Over 1,000 Exhibits at Shrewsbury Steam Rally 2023!

The County of Salop Steam Engine Society’s 2023 Rally takes place at Onslow Park, Shrewsbury, on the August Bank Holiday weekend, Sunday 27th August and Monday 28th August. Shrewsbury Steam Rally organisers are delighted to showcase over 1,000 exciting exhibits.

The highly entertaining range of attractions will include the wonderful spectacle of working steam engines and beautifully preserved classic vehicles from yesteryear, to delight visitors at the popular annual family event.

Throughout each day spectators can enjoy moving convoys of historic commercial vehicles, including buses and fire engines, vintage cycles, working horses, vintage tractors, pre-and post-World War II cars, classic motorcycles, and perambulators. The Main Arena is the centrepiece of the event, with the ‘Grand Parade of Steam’, set to nostalgic music and poetry, a memorable highlight of the two-day event.

This year there will be a special Land Rover Celebration, commemorating the heritage of this iconic brand and its 75th anniversary. The Rally covers 45 acres of beautiful parkland and hosts a variety of preserved commercial vehicles, that includes lorries, buses, fire engines and a large display of military vehicles.

The Olde Time Fair offers lots of fun, with steam- powered rides for all – accompanied by vintage fairground music. Finally, there are some excellent miniature steam engines, a highly popular Craft Marquee and six acres of trade stands.

The Golden Age of Victorian Farming proves ever-popular; and in pride of place is the Working Field, which welcomes both pre-1940 and post- 1940 tractors; and a team of beautiful shire horses, harvesting with reaper binders, chaff cutting and threshing box. They steal the show and people love it! Over 240 tractors of various marques (some static) will be on view on the showground. Visitors can take a step back in time, explore original farming skills – and literally live and breathe the past.

The family-friendly event provides some enjoyable entertainment with a full Arena Programme on both days, including the highly popular and majestic cavalcade of Showman’s engines, traction engines, steam rollers and steam cars.

You can find full information and buy tickets online at www.shrewsburysteamrally.co.uk. For enquiries email info@shrewsburysteamrally.co.uk or call 01938 570 874.