Browse our guide to the best events featuring Planes, Trains, Boats, Automobiles and Motor Cycles in Oxford and across Oxfordshire.
One of the most amazing things for children to do in the run-up to Christmas is to take a traditional steam train ride and visit Santa’s Grotto, and of course, share with Santa all the things they would like him to bring them on Christmas Day.
Take a train trip with Santa at the Cholsey & Wallingford Railway this Christmas.
Be entertained by Santa’s elves, be visited by Father Christmas, and every child
Explore the 21-acre site to find each of Santa’s lost reindeer, culminating in a visit to the grotto to meet Santa.
Visit Father Christmas in his bus grotto while enjoying a complimentary vintage bus ride.
From flying displays to static aircraft displays, as well as a great mix of re-enactment stalls, classic cars, country fayre, and arts and craft stalls – the Abingdon Air and Country Show has something for everybody.
A sell-out in record time in 2022, the Bicester Heritage April Scramble is always a special family- and dog-friendly laid-back Sunday in spring, in the company of some spectacular machines, with fresh air aplenty.
Take unlimited rides behind historic Diesel Locomotives or in our GWR Diesel Railcar and see many steam locomotives in the original GWR Engine Shed and around the Centre. There’s also a chance to explore the spacious undercover areas of the Carriage Display and Victorian Broad Gauge Exhibition.
Take unlimited rides behind historic Diesel Locomotives or in our GWR Diesel Railcar and see many steam locomotives in the original GWR Engine Shed and around the Centre. There’s also a chance to explore the spacious undercover areas of the Carriage Display and Victorian Broad Gauge Exhibition.
Take unlimited rides behind historic Diesel Locomotives or in our GWR Diesel Railcar and see many steam locomotives in the original GWR Engine Shed and around the Centre. There’s also a chance to explore the spacious undercover areas of the Carriage Display and Victorian Broad Gauge Exhibition.
Take unlimited rides behind historic Diesel Locomotives or in our GWR Diesel Railcar and see many steam locomotives in the original GWR Engine Shed and around the Centre. There’s also a chance to explore the spacious undercover areas of the Carriage Display and Victorian Broad Gauge Exhibition.
The Boat Race, the annual rowing contest between crews from Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Clubs, will take place on Sunday, 26 March 2023, at its celebrated Championship Course on the River Thames in London.
Scramble! into the New Year at the Bicester Heritage January Scramble – the family- and dog-friendly laid back open day in the company of some spectacular machines, with fresh air aplenty.
A rare chance to see and ride behind three contrasting locomotives as 2999 “Lady of Legend”, recently-restored 1340 “Trojan”, powerful visiting engine Lambton Colliery No 29 and diesel hydraulic 9615 The Teddy Bear will all be working passenger trains.
A fun-filled weekend of live entertainment, Hot Air Balloons, Giant Funfair, Fireworks, Food and Drink, Local Traders and much more.
The Park and Gardens of the House will play host to over 400 hypercars and supercars including an array of the world’s most prestigious automotive legends.
More than two years in the making, Auto Royale at Waddesdon is a modern reimagining of what the traditional Concours d’Elegance can be. Modern British culture will meet world-class automotive machinery in the luxurious yet accessible settings of Waddesdon.