Planes/trains/boats/automobiles

Browse our guide to the best events featuring Planes, Trains, Boats, Automobiles and Motor Cycles in Oxford and across Oxfordshire.

Santa Steam Specials

Princes Risborough Station Station Approach, Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire +1 more

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.

From £22.00

Santa Express

Wallingford Railway Station 5 Hithercroft Road, Wallingford +1 more

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

£20.00

Steam into Christmas at Didcot Railway Centre

Didcot Railway Centre Didcot Parkway, Didcot, Oxfordshire

Explore the 21-acre site to find each of Santa’s lost reindeer, culminating in a visit to the grotto to meet Santa.

£25.00

Oxford Bus Museum Father Christmas Days

Oxford Bus Museum Hanborough Rail Station Yard, Main Road,, Long Hanborough, Witney, Oxfordshire

Visit Father Christmas in his bus grotto while enjoying a complimentary vintage bus ride.


  • Abingdon Air and Country Show 2023

    Abingdon Air and Country Show 2023

    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.

  • Bicester Heritage April 2023 Scramble

    Bicester Heritage April 2023 Scramble

    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.

  • Didcot Railway Centre Heritage Diesel Days

    Didcot Railway Centre Heritage Diesel Days

    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.

  • Didcot Railway Centre Heritage Diesel Days

    Didcot Railway Centre Heritage Diesel Days

    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.

  • Didcot Railway Centre Heritage Diesel Days

    Didcot Railway Centre Heritage Diesel Days

    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.

  • Didcot Railway Centre Heritage Diesel Days

    Didcot Railway Centre Heritage Diesel Days

    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 Oxford Cambridge Boat Race 2023

    The Oxford Cambridge Boat Race 2023

    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.

  • Bicester Heritage January 2023 Scramble

    Bicester Heritage January 2023 Scramble

    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.

  • Didcot Railway Centre August Bank Holiday Steam Up

    Didcot Railway Centre August Bank Holiday Steam Up

    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.

  • Oxford Balloon Festival 2021 (Cancelled)

    Oxford Balloon Festival 2021 (Cancelled)

    A fun-filled weekend of live entertainment, Hot Air Balloons, Giant Funfair, Fireworks, Food and Drink, Local Traders and much more.

  • 2021 Bremont Stonor Supercar Sunday

    2021 Bremont Stonor Supercar Sunday

    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.

  • Auto Royale 2021 Concours d’Elegance at Waddesdon (Cancelled)

    Auto Royale 2021 Concours d’Elegance at Waddesdon (Cancelled)

    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.