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10/01/2025

The February 2025 issue of Vintage Spirit is published today:
https://www.steamheritage.co.uk/shop/item/february-2025

➡ Restoring A Rarity – the recovery and restoration of an 1864 Stothert & Pitt Hand Crane
➡ Dingwall’s Way To The Sea – the northernmost man-made waterway
➡ Slinfold Boxing Day Steam Gathering - Sussex steam and vintage vehicles winter get together
➡ Restoring The Steam Tug ‘Brent’
➡ Malta’s Railways: An update
➡ Brunel’s PS ‘Great Western’ – the story behind one of Brunel's great steamships
..plus more and all the latest news and events.

06/01/2025

Have we got your dates for 2025?

We are compiling this year's Steam Heritage Guide and, if you run a heritage event or attraction, it's time to make sure we have your dates and up-to-date information. You can manage or add your listings from your account section on the Steam Heritage website (https://www.steamheritage.co.uk/account) or send them directly to us and we'll add them for you.

For the best promotion, also contact us about advertising your event, we offer options across the website and our publications – see https://www.steamheritage.co.uk/advertise for more details and to download the media pack.

14/08/2024

In the September issue of Vintage Spirit:

➡ Scott’s Steamers – a Tasker and Wallis Advance
➡ Fighting Fire In Martin’s Bar
➡ An Ambitious Heritage Railway
➡ A Day Out At Braunston
➡ Hereford’s Victorian Treasure
..plus all the latest news and event reports

Order your copy from the Steam Heritage website: https://www.steamheritage.co.uk/shop/item/september-2024

19/03/2024

The Steam Heritage Guide 2024 is now available to order from our shop at https://www.steamheritage.co.uk/shop/item/steam-heritage-guide

Published annually for around 60 years, this is the most comprehensive guide to over 1200 of Britain’s transport, industrial and agricultural heritage attractions – heritage railways, museums and sites of interest, as well as a similar number of heritage events for 2024!

Packed full of great ideas for fantastic days out, The Steam Heritage Guide is ideal for any transport – whether it be road, rail, air or maritime – or industrial heritage enthusiast.

An A5, full colour book, the guide provides details of museums, attractions and events in a handy format. Clearly laid out, it is easy to browse attractions by region and type, as well as railway events, steam rallies, special open days and much more.

The Steam Heritage Guide 2021 is the most comprehensive annual guide to Britain’s steam railways, heritage museums and events.

09/02/2024

The 2024 Steam Heritage Guide will be published on 21st March and available to pre-order very soon.

If you would like to promote your event, steam rally, railway or other heritage attraction, the booking deadline for advertising is just a week away – Friday 16th Feb – so get in touch as soon as you can to reserve your space.

More details and the media pack are available at https://www.steamheritage.co.uk/advertise

09/02/2024

The March issue of Vintage Spirit is now available:
https://www.steamheritage.co.uk/shop/item/march-2024

In this issue:

➡ Deep In The Forest – steam locomotives at a flour mill in the Forest of Dean
➡ Armstrong’s Silo – a unique 1880s silage plant
➡ Going Off The Rails: Our Epidemic of Railway Disasters (Part 2)
➡ Could The Petrol Engine Have Stopped The Great War?
➡ Ten Years Ago – NTET 60th Anniversary Road Run
➡ The Pillar, The Post and the Pilling Pig!

Plus all the latest news and reports.

09/12/2023

The main rally season may have finished, but there are still loads of heritage events happening in December. See our listings at https://www.steamheritage.co.uk/steam-rallies-and-events/archive/2023/12 to find out what's happening near you.

Visit the Steam Heritage shop for gift ideas including a subscription to Vintage Spirit Magazine, books of steam memories and fun tales or find something to watch in our collection of fascinating steam DVDs

08/12/2023

The Vintage Spirit January 2024 issue includes...

➡ FREE 2024 Wall Planner
➡ A Day At The British National Ploughing Championships
➡ Pioneers Of Difficult Preservation – Maritime, Part 2
➡ The Genius Of Sir Goldsworthy Gurney
➡ The Remembrance Run
➡ Hidden In Plain Sight – one of the largest surviving mill steam engines
➡ Fosters In 1915
..plus all the latest news and events reports from the preservation scene.
Available to order from https://www.steamheritage.co.uk/shop/item/january-2024

06/12/2023

Do you run a heritage museum, attraction or event? If so, make sure we have your full and correct details on the Steam Heritage website – https://www.steamheritage.co.uk/.

It is free to have a listing and we need the full details by 31st January 2024 for you to be included in the Vintage Spirit Events Guide and Steam Heritage Guide. Advertising opportunities are also available, see https://www.steamheritage.co.uk/advertise for more details.

05/12/2023

Don't forget, our shop has plenty of gift ideas for steam enthusiasts including:

➡ Vintage Spirit subscription: https://www.steamheritage.co.uk/.../vintage-spirit...
➡ A great range of books with amusing tales and memories to superb nostalgic photos of a bygone era: https://www.steamheritage.co.uk/shop/category/books
➡ Vintage Spirit Calendar: https://www.steamheritage.co.uk/.../2024-vintage-spirit...
➡ DVDs including Fred Dibnah and other fascinating programs and films of people and events from the preservation movement: https://www.steamheritage.co.uk/shop/category/dvds-video

See the full range at https://www.steamheritage.co.uk/shop/

13/08/2023

In the September 2023 issue:

➡ The Lockdown Restoration, Part 1 – Robey 29450 is restored after 80 years out of use
➡ 79th D-Day Anniversary, Part 1 – travelling to France to commemorate the D-Day landings
➡ Gloucester’s Historic Docks – the famous inland docks in Gloucester
➡ Holt, Friend Or Foe! – did the Holt tractor form the basis of the WWI tank?
➡ Visiting The Depot: London Transport Museum store open day
..plus all the latest news and events reports from the preservation scene.

Get your copy here:
https://www.steamheritage.co.uk/shop/item/september-2023

07/08/2023

Do you run an event or business you'd like to promote to thousands of steam and vintage enthusiasts? Why not take a look at our advertising opportunities:

➡ MONTHLY in Vintage Spirit Magazine
➡ ALL YEAR in the Steam Heritage Guide
➡ ONLINE on our busy Steam Heritage website

See https://www.steamheritage.co.uk/advertise for more details

03/08/2023

There's plenty on this weekend. Check out our events listings at https://www.steamheritage.co.uk/steam-rallies-and-events and see what's happening near you.

Visit the Steam Heritage shop for gift ideas including a subscription to Vintage Spirit Magazine, books of steam memories and fun tales or find something to watch in our collection of fascinating steam DVDs

14/07/2023

In the August 2023 issue...

➡ Has The World Of Steam Changed Much?
➡ Wheels, Jennies, Mules And The Quest For The Holy Grail
➡ Steam Boats On The Fal
➡ Abbotts Of Newark – experts for over 150 years
➡ Sparked By Marconi
➡ What Is Left Of The Gwinear Road To Helston Branch
..plus all the latest news and events reports from the preservation scene.

Get your copy here:
https://www.steamheritage.co.uk/shop/item/august-2023

16/06/2023

There's plenty going on with the season in full flow – where are you visiting this weekend?

Visit the Steam Heritage shop for gift ideas including a subscription to Vintage Spirit Magazine, books of steam memories and fun tales or find something to watch in our collection of fascinating steam DVDs

16/06/2023

60 Years Of Great Yorkshire Steam Military Road Steam In South Africa The Most Successful British Car Ever Made? Shropshire’s Snailbeach Cornish Commemorations Classic Rebuild of a Land Rover Series One

21/04/2023

Get your copy of the comprehensive guide to Britain's transport and industrial heritage museums, railways and events!

The Steam Heritage Guide 2021 is the most comprehensive annual guide to Britain’s steam railways, heritage museums and events.

18/03/2022

Also just published is the latest edition of Barry Finch's superb black & white photographs from the 1950s and 1960s. This 100 page A4 book is full of large photographs of road engines from a bygone ago. Order on line 2 from our website at www.steamheritage.co.uk/shop or ring 01403 588360. UK price £16.95 including postage.