Bloxham Vintage Vehicle Rally and Country Fayre
28 and 29 June 2008
Our 2008 rally will be held on 28 and 29 June 2008 at Bloxham, near Banbury, Oxon. It is expected to be one of the biggest and best events in the country. We expect a similar number and variety of exhibits as at our previous rallies.
For directions to the Rally Site, click here for text-based
directions or a map.
- open from 10 am daily.
- admission £6 for adults, £4 for OAPs, £2 for children
over 5, children under 5 go free (prices to be confirmed)
- free car parking.
- convenient parking and toilet facilities for disabled visitors.
- bar, catering, facilities and evening entertainment on site.
- caravan and camping facilities in fields adjacent to the rally site.
Caravan & camping prices (to be confirmed)
- general public £25 per tent / caravan
- caravan clubs £18 per tent / caravan
- these prices include entry to the site for 2 adults and 2 children
If you have any questions, please contact us.
Attractions will include the following, and we will add more as they are confirmed:
| Steam Engines | Arena Displays | ERF and Foden Clubs | Vintage Commercial Vehicles |
| Licenced Bar | Stationary Engines | Ex-Military Vehicles | Vintage Tractors |
| Working Area | Living Wagons | Vintage Motorcycles | Vintage Cars |
| Model Tent | Old Time Fairground | Lawnmowers | Craft Tent |
| Market Stalls | Fairground Organs | Classic caravans | Rural Bygones |
| Iron Collections | Power Tractor Pulling | Heavy Horses |
2007 Rally - 23 and 24 June 2007
This year's show was incredibly muddy but there was a good spirit among those
who attended
Follow the link for reports from some of the section leaders. for our 2005 rally. 2007 reports will follow shortly.
| Exhibits: | Other attractions: |
| 38 steam engines | Craft marquee and food hall |
| Road making display | Beer tent |
| 56 motorcycles | Fairground |
| 116 tractors | Ring events |
| 10 lawnmower collections | Dedicated steam ring |
| 52 ex-military vehicles | The original "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" |
| 11 fairground organs | Napoleonic skirmish with cannons |
| 8 "any old iron" collections | Lord Robart's regiment - English civil war encampment |
| 149 cars and light commercials, comprising: | Punch & Judy |
| - 8 vintage (1915 - 1930) | Owl display |
| - 22 historic (1933 - 1951) | Pioneer group |
| - 42 early classic (1956 - 1965) | Climbing wall |
| - 67 classic (1966 - 1993) | Extreme trampolining |
| - 10 light commercials (1932 - 1972) | Miniature train rides |
| 68 commercial vehicles | Ferrett racing |
| 36 exhibits in the working area | Siberian Huskies |
| 61 stationary engines | Giant slide |
| 11 rural bygone exhibits | Go karts |
| 58 models | Hook Norton Brewery shire horses and wagon |
| Sidney the Shire Horse wagon rides | |
| Trailer rides |
2002
2002 rally photos by Kate Spencer (copyright K Spencer)
If you have a fast internet connection, you can view all the 2002 photographs at the same time, half-size, by following the link to all rally photographs.
If you have a slower connection, or would prefer to see larger pictures, we recommend you view the photographs one section at a time by following the links below.
44
steam engines
10 minature steam
engines
Dedicated steam engine
ring
Vintage road
making demonstration
53
commercial vehicles
Foden Society
ERF Society
126 vintage and classic
cars
39 motorcycles
10 fairground organs
35 ex-military
vehicles
4 showman's
living vans
8 period and classic caravans
37 exhibits
in the working area
13 lawnmower
collections
125 tractors
Banbury and District Ploughing
Society
North Yorkshire Vintage Group
57
stationary engines
7 examples
of rural bygones
Cast Iron
Seat Society
44
exhibits in the model tent
15 contributors to the
craft marquee
Evening
entertainment
Beer tent
Vintage
and modern fairground
Saturday night fairground
powered by showmens' engines
Market
area
Ring events
Mini tractor pulling
Pets corner
Shire horses
Crowd shots
Rally Control