Hollycombe Steam Festival 2026
Other Engines
This is one of a series of pages which I have uploaded to illustrate facets of steam rallies we have attended in the UK. Such events occur all over the country in the summer months, they are easily found by using your favourite search engine and may have anything between a handful of steam engines and hundreds (as at the Great Dorset Steam Fair which could probably be fairly described as having an excess of riches). Click here for the Hollycombe Steam Festival 2026 index and click here for the overall index for 2026.
A major effort had been made to attract a significant number of visiting engines, a fair number of which were showcasing 'Steam in the Country'. There were three saw benches and a stone crusher in use. Additionally one or two of the engines were offering trailer rides around the site and the narrow gauge and miniature railways were in operation. Fortunately it was rather warmer than in West Gloucestershire although, for much of the early part of the day while I was exploring, the light was not very good to put it mildly. However, it didn't rain!
General Engines
Steam Rollers
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Maker |
Number |
Registration |
Notes |
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Aveling and Porter | 5156/1902 | TU 874 |
"Lydia" Tinkers Park Rally 2015 Picture Wiston Rally 2015 Picture Great Dorset Steam Fair 2018 Picture Wiston Rally 2019 Picture Weald of Kent Rally 2019 Picture Great Dorset Steam Fair 2019 Picture Weald of Kent Rally 2021 Picture Great Dorset Steam Fair 2022 Picture Sussex Rally 2024 Picture |
Simon Patterson's 2025 picture |
Aveling and Porter | 10050/1921 | XM 4037 | |
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Aveling and Porter | 10121/1921 | ES 4162 |
"Herta" Hollycombe Steam in the Country 2023 Picture |
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Aveling and Porter | 10893/1924 | NX 6283 |
"Desperate Dan" Hollycombe Rally 2024 Picture |
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Burrell | 4058/1926 | PX 5192 |
"Joan" Great Dorset Steam Fair 2022 Picture Hollycombe Steam in the Country 2023 Picture |
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Fowler | 15688/1921 | AD 9802 | Malpas Rally 2025 Picture |
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Fowler | 16144/1924 | ES 6534 |
"Rosie" Hollycombe Rally 2024 Picture |
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Wallis and Steevens | 8023/1932 | CG 571 |
In the Rotunda building in the fairground. Hollycombe 2014 Picture |
Showman's Engines
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Maker |
Number |
Registration |
Notes |
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Burrell | 2625/1904 | BD 5257 |
"Lady Pride of England" |
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Garrett | 33818/1920 | BJ 5323 | "Lady Olivia" Great Dorset Steam Fair 2018 Picture Great Dorset Steam Fair 2019 Picture Netley Marsh Rally 2022 Picture Great Dorset Steam Fair 2022 Picture Hollycombe Steam Rally 2023 Picture |
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Wallis and Steevens | 7482/1914 | AA 5459 |
"Royal Star"
Fawley Hill Rally 2014 Picture Great Dorset Steam Fair 2018 Picture Great Dorset Steam Fair 2019 Picture Wiltshire Rally 2022 Picture Netley Marsh Rally 2022 Picture Great Dorset Steam Fair 2022 Picture Sussex Rally 2024 Picture |
Wagons
Ploughing Engines
The three ploughing engines were operating at the top of the site with a cultivator. Unlike 2024, courtesy of recent rain, the ground was soft enough to be worked but it seemed somewhat waterlogged. As a result, at one stage the cable got on the wrong side of a tine and it took a while to get it back on the right side.
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Maker |
Number |
Registration |
Notes |
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Fowler | 1050/1868 | KE 2319 |
Rebuilt with Burrell Single Crank Compound Cylinders ca 1911/2. "Heinz" SPC Great Challenge 2018 Picture Weald of Kent Rally 2019 Picture |
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1908/1873 | HR 3666 |
"The Mistress" Crockey Hill 2016 Picture Hollycombe Steam Rally 2023 Picture Hollycombe Steam Rally 2024 Picture Bloxham Rally 2025 Picture |
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Fowler | 13910/1914 | AB 9987 |
"My Delight" SPC Crockey Hill 2016 Picture Old Warden Rally 2016 Picture Somerset Show 2017 Picture Old Warden Rally 2017 Picture South Cerney Rally 2018 Picture Old Warden Rally 2018 Picture St. Albans Show 2019 Picture Kettering Fayre 2021 Picture Stotfold Mill Gathering 2021 Picture Chiltern Rally 2023 Picture Fawley Hill Festival 2024 Picture Herts Show 2024 Picture Marsworth Rally 2024 Picture |
Fire Engine
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Maker |
Number |
Notes |
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Merryweather | 2743/1908 |
In the Rotunda building in the fairground. "Colstoun House" |