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08/04/2026

Love steam, railways and heritage days out?

The Steam Heritage Guide 2026 is now available — your essential companion for planning visits across the UK.

With thousands of heritage railways, museums and attractions organised by region and a comprehensive events diary, it’s designed to make finding places to visit easy.

From steam rallies to special steaming days, everything is brought together in one handy A5, full colour guide.

👉 Order your copy here:
https://www.steamheritage.co.uk/shop/item/steam-heritage-guide

23/03/2026

The 2026 Steam Heritage Guide is now available! Order your copy from https://www.steamheritage.co.uk/shop/item/steam-heritage-guide

The guide contains details of thousands of heritage railways, museums and attractions to visit arranged by region and type to make it easy to use. A comprehensive diary of events including steam rallies, special steaming days and much more is also included. All contained in a handy A5, full colour booklet.

Order your copy now from our online shop.

The Steam Heritage Guide is the most comprehensive annual guide to Britain’s steam railways, heritage museums and events.

04/03/2026

Planning your 2026 steam and heritage season?

The 2026 Steam Heritage Guide is now available to pre-order.

Packed with steam rallies, vintage events, heritage railways and transport museums from across the UK, the Guide is the perfect companion for planning your 2026 heritage season.

Whether you follow the rally circuit, enjoy a day out on a heritage railway, or simply love Britain’s steam and industrial heritage, the Guide brings it all together in one place.

📖 Secure your copy today:

https://www.steamheritage.co.uk/shop/item/steam-heritage-guide

*The guide will be published on 26th March and sent in to you as soon as it becomes available.

03/03/2026

Nearly There – 2026 Guide Deadline Approaching

The 2026 Steam Heritage Guide is coming together — and we’re looking forward to another packed season of visiting events and attractions across the UK.

If you’re planning a steam rally, vintage show, or running a heritage attraction, there’s still time to be part of it. The Guide helps thousands of enthusiasts plan their year.

📅 Advertising copy deadline: Friday 6th March

If you’ve been meaning to get in touch, now’s the time.

📩 Send us a message and we’ll be happy to help.

04/02/2026

We are finalising details for our 2026 Guides. Make sure we have your event or attraction details listed correctly on the Steam Heritage website or send us a message.

11/10/2025

So Many Trains – Rail 200’s ‘Greatest Gathering’ Steaming Around At Old Warden The Kingdom Of Caledonian Macbrayne Tractoring At Welland Borders Borderers – The Atkinson Borderer It’s Not About The Tractor – development of the Ferguson System

18/08/2025

Are you planning to visit any events this weekend? If you are still looking for ideas, take a look at our bank holiday listings

Steam and heritage events happening on the August Bank Holiday from railways to rallies, open days and vintage fairs.

13/08/2025

Making Only Its Second Appearance – Apart from a showing in 2003, Allchin TE No.1268 has been out of the limelight for more than 50 years but this year it made a second outing to a rally. James Hamilton tells the story in the September issue of Vintage Spirit: https://www.steamheritage.co.uk/shop/item/september-2025

13/08/2025

In the Vintage Spirit September 2025 issue:
https://www.steamheritage.co.uk/shop/item/september-2025

➡ Allchin Makes Only Its Second Appearance – No.1268 had been out of the limelight ➡ for more than 50 years
➡ The Life & Times Of James Nasmyth
➡ Appleford 75 – An Appreciation
➡ When Ford Rescued Britain
➡ Normandy 25
➡ Somerset’s Lost Canal, Part 3
..plus more, including all the latest news and event reports.

11/04/2025

The May 2025 issue of our monthly magazine Vintage Spirit is published today. This issue includes:

➡ The First ‘London to Brighton’ By Self-propelled Mechanical Power
➡ Seddon Of Oldham
➡ A Trip On A Slate Train
➡ Britain’s First Trolleybuses
➡ Surely You Deal With The Naughty One – the work of the pioneer of photography
➡ Showman’s Engines In Their Working Days, Part Two
..plus all the latest news and event reports.

Order your copy now from https://www.steamheritage.co.uk/shop/item/may-2025

08/04/2025

We have more than just the guide on our website. Our shop also has some great books for steam enthusiasts including three books by well-know photographer Barry Finch which you can order together for just £19.95 + p&p from our shop at https://www.steamheritage.co.uk/shop/item/barry-finch-books-bundle

Packed with stunning photographs of road and agricultural steam, taken around 60 years ago, this bundle includes:

REFLECTIONS OF LIVING STEAM: Barry J Finch published a number of books in the 1960s and 1970s of photographs he took in the 1950s-60s. This book presents Barry’s photographs in a modern and large A4 landscape format, so you can really see the detail in the pictures that this brings out. With 100 pages, there are plenty of reflections from a past age to enjoy. 100 pages, A4 landscape.

MORE REFLECTIONS OF LIVING STEAM: A further selection of stunning photos of road and agricultural steam engines, photographed around 60 years ago by Barry J Finch, of engines both on the road and at early rallies. 100 pages, A4 landscape.

PLOUGHING ENGINES AT WORK: First published in 1962 as a small booklet, ‘Ploughing Engines at Work’ has been revised into a larger A4 landscape, 76 pages book with soft cover – bringing Barry’s excellent photographs to life in a larger format that really brings out the detail. The book includes a detailed commentary on steam cultivation by the late Rev. R C Stebbing, using these photographs as illustrations. This is a fascinating book with high quality photographs bringing to life a bygone era of steam ploughing and will be an asset to any book collection, or make a great gift for any steam enthusiast. 76 pages, A4 landscape.

Own all three books by well-known photographer Barry Finch and save £9.95 on the combined cover price!

05/04/2025

Subscribe to our monthly magazine Vintage Spirit! It's only £48 for 12 issues – that's a 20% saving on the cover price – to have the quality magazine for steam and industrial heritage enthusiasts delivered each month direct to your door in the UK, or just £28 for six issues. Subscribe online now at

Subscribe to Vintage Spirit and save up to 25%* off the cover price, and receive your copy straight from the printers...