UK Steam Rallies

If you want to see Britain at its best visit one of the many Steam Rallies held each year. That's not my opinion, it's Yuehong's, she still enjoys them although the novelty has worn off. Of course, these days they all tag on "country fair" and / or "vintage transport" to broaden the attraction and its appeal. However, given the nature of this site you will find only steam power in these pages. I had planned to introduce Yuehong to this phenomenon in 2012 but the generally wet weather and other business meant it was put off until 2013, since when we have more than made up for lost time. Initially not having a car of our own, we employed a little bit of cunning to get to these public transport free zones cheaply. Later we took advantage of competitive weekend hire car rates to travel further from our base in West Gloucestershire and now we have our own 'wheels'. From each annual index below, choose the rally you are interested in which will generally take you to a further index page. Within each linked page click on a thumbnail for a larger image. Then click again to return to the previous page.

This page was originally created for our 2013 visits, only the pandemic has affected the growth of the list:

• Roxton Park Steam Rally 1970
• Three UK Steam Rallies in the early 1980s (added 15th January 2022)
• UK steam rallies 2013
• UK steam rallies 2014  
• UK steam rallies 2015 
• UK steam rallies 2016 
• UK steam rallies 2017 
• UK steam rallies 2018 
• UK steam rallies 2019 
• UK steam rallies 2021 
• UK steam rallies 2022 (10^th October 2022)
• UK steam rallies 2023 (17^th November 2023)
• UK steam rallies 2024 (11^th September 2024)

There are also many videos on my YouTube channel, check out https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZWKiKiRxGhETC_oeg63248P0f4zBFiPs. (Fortunately it's a clickable link!)