About the show
Belvoir Castle Steam Festival & Family Show 2009 will be on the 16th & 17th May 2009.
About the Organisers & Sponsors.
The Steam & Country Feastival is held yearly in the grounds of Belvoir Castle, and was originally concieved & created by Paul Appleton, former editor of Heritage Commercials Magazine - and founder of Old Glory Magazine, along with event promoter Phil Wing.
The Steam & Country Festival is supported by Uk's leading heritage magazines.
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Location
Set in the stunning suroundings of Belvoir Castle, Woolsthorpe, Near Grantham.
The Castle occupies a commanding position with breath taking views across the Vale of Belvoir.
The Steam & Country Festival is held on the Belvoir Castle Estate (not Park) - amid 1000's of acres of beautiful parkland.
Event Sponsors
The show is PROUDLY sponsored by the UK's biggest heritage & transport magazines, who will also be in attendance for the festival:
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Heritage Commercials magazine is Britain’s brightest full colour magazine for classic and vintage commercial vehicle enthusiasts.. Heritage Commercials magazine celebrates the days when roads were still quiet and lorry driving was fun as well as hard work. . But Heritage Commercials is not just about old drivers – its strong historical content looks at the various vehicle manufacturers, while it keeps up to date with the current preservation scene with stories of beautifully restored vehicles of a bygone age, and their owners, being featured. The magazine also regularly features light commercials – vans to you and me – buses and coaches, fire engines and military vehicles, as well as keeping in touch with the ever growing number of superb long distance road runs and events held throughout the year.. This is living history on the move! |
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Interest in the humble vintage tractor has never been so great, with more people buying and restoring old tractors than ever before, and an increasing number of events at which to showcase them every year. Tractor is a celebration of the farm tractor and its development over a hundred years, and we'll meet owners and restorers and report from the top events -- but there's much more to it than that, as the title implies. From seed time to harvest, from dairy to stackyard, our farming heritage is as important as the tractors themselves, and in Tractor we'll look back to the way things were on the farm between and during the great wars and through to the 1950s and 60s. |
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If you love the spectacle of immaculately-restored old machinery, or are fascinated by Britain’s rich industrial and transport heritage, Old Glory is the magazine for you! In vivid detail it brings back all the sights and sounds of yesteryear. Glorious showman’s engines belt out the amperes to drive historic fairground rides; pairs of mighty steam ploughing engines turn the soil; steam rollers make up roads once more; tram wheel flanges squeal through town and city streets; colourful working narrowboats ply the canals; dray horses deliver good ale to the pubs; vintage tractors cough into life; stationary engines turn over tirelessly and the commercial vehicles we used to know take to the road again. Old Glory is the best magazine for those who admire all aspects of British heritage culture, whilst giving fantastic detail into heritage life today. |
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Contact Information
Public camping and caravanning information - Tel: 01509 853712
Trade/catering enquiries - Tel: 07860 758872
General enquiries - Tel: 01780 484630/ 07887 922415
Postal Address:
Paul Appleton,
Belvoir Castle Steam Festival & Family Show,
Foundry Road,
Stamford,
Lincs PE9 2PP.
E-Mail: info@steamfestival.co.uk
Section Leaders - contact
This is the list of section leaders for each category at the 2008 Steam Festival. Please remember to send an s.a.e. if you want an entry form sending to you. Our section leaders cannot be expected to fund postage and remember they are all unpaid volunteers. You may call them first if you have an enquiry, but please do not call section leaders after 9.00pm
Full Size Steam Engines: Paul Worbey, Park Farm, Old Arlesey Road, Henlow, Bedfordshire SG16 6DF. Tel: 07850 195 622.
Organs: Phil Wing, Manor Lodge, Great North Road, Stibbington, Peterborough PE8 6WD. 07860 758872.
Miniature Steam: Norman Douglas, 190 Sunfield, Guywood Flats, Romiley, Stockport, Cheshire SK6 4QS. Tel: 0161 4308111 / 0789 185 2689
Military Vehicles: Ian Durrant, 39 Chapelgate, Sutton St James, Lincs PE12 0ER.
01945 440568.
Commercial Vehicles: NickHibbett, 32 Braybrooks Drive, Hotton, Bedfordshire SG19 2LJ. 07887 896246.
Vintage Tractors: Andy Watson, Willow Corner, Main Street, Marston, Grantham, Lincs, NG32 2HH. 01400 250840.
Stationary Engines: Barry Paul, Clovelly, Main Road, Sibsey, Boston, Lincs PE22 0TT. 07950 382917.
Model Section: Rod Sherwood, 56 Eagles Drive, Melton Mowbray, Leics LE13 0BA.
07737 671245.
Vintage/Classic Motorcycles: Glenyse Barr, 7 Hale Road, Heckington, Sleaford, Lincs NG34 9JN. 07835 908540.
Vintage/Classic Cars: Grantham Car Club, c/o Mike Whiston, 8 Eaton Court, Vicarage Lane, Eaton, Grantham, Lincs NG32 1SP. 07775 923732.
Classic Caravans: Nich Stanyard, 15 Regent Street, Thrussington, Leicester LE7 4UB. Tel: 07803 250008 (6-9pm)
Bygones & Collections: Norman Appleton, 6 Prestbury Drive, Thelwall, Warrington, Cheshire WA4 2HZ. Tel: 01925 264008
Working Displays: Paul Appleton, Ian Allan Publishing Ltd., Foundry Road, Stamford, Lincs PE9 2PP. Tel: 01780 484633 (daytime), 07887 922415 (evenings).
Land Rover Section: Chris Keast, 5c St Giles Way, Cropwell Bishop, Notts NG12 3DW.
Rare Breeds, Animals, Heavy Horses: Phil Wing, Manor Lodge, Great North Road, Stibbington, Peterborough PE8 6WD. 07860 758872.
Legal Information
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Belvoir Castle Steam Festival
Foundry Road
Stamford
Lincs
PE9 2PP
