AUGUST 31 - SEPTEMBER 4
Blandford Forum. Great Dorset Steam Fair, Tarrant Hinton.
Details: Show Office, Dairy House Farm, Child Okeford, Blandford, Dorset, DT11 8HT, phone/fax: 01258 860361, website, email.



SEPTEMBER 2-4
Sheringham North Norfolk Railway Steam Gala Free Vintage Buses Holt-Weybourne-Sheringham-Cromer, and also Norwich-Sheringham. All buses welcome.
Details: 01263 820800. website. Vehicle enquiries: email.



SEPTEMBER 3
Chingford, Essex. London Bus Display at the Royal Forest Hotel with free bus rides and NLTS sales stall.
Details: North London Transport Society Events, 8 The Rowans, Palmers Green, LONDON. N13 5AD email



SEPTEMBER 4
Bournemouth/Bath. 40th Autumn Road Run. 90-mile road run from Kings Park, Bournemouth to Lansdowne Park & Ride, Bath.
Details: Commercial Transport in Preservation. Website.

Brighton & Sheffield Park Brighton & Hove Tilling RML2317 running to Bluebell Railway from Brighton via Lewes.
Details: phone 01825 720800 website.

Dudley. 12th Classic Car & Transport Show, Himley Hall.
Details: Transtar Promotions, 9 Newquay Road, Park Hall, Walsall, WS5 3EL. Phone: 01922 643385. email, website.

Manchester. Trans-Lancs Historic Vehicle Rally, Heaton Park. REVISED ARRANGEMENYS The Museum will now be open all day and there will be no road run this year - exhibiting vehicles will go directly to Heaton Park. A free heritage bus service will link Heaton Park Middleton Road Gates with the Museum of Transport. Organised by the Museum of Transport.
Details: phone 0161 205 2122, fax 0161 202 1110. website.

Merthyr Tydfil Bus and Coach Wales, Merthyr Tydfil College. Largest bus rally in Wales (incorporating the Merthyr Tydfil Vintage Bus Running Day).
Details: Secretary, Cardiff Transport Preservation Group, 16 Carter Place, Fairwater, CARDIFF. CF5 3NP, website, email.

Oxted Country Bus Running Day. Programmes and vehicle diagrams: £6.50 (A5 stamped addressed envelope please) from East Grinstead address above, or £7 on the day. Usually available seven to 10 days before the event.
Country Bus Rallies, 19 Hampton Way, EAST GRINSTEAD. RH19 4SG. email website.

St Helens Morris Minor Spectacular, North West Museum of Road Transport 11.00-16.00 plus refreshments, free bus.
Details: North West Museum of Road Transport, The Old Bus Depot, 51 Hall Street, ST HELENS. WA10 1DU, phone 07725 052659. website, email.

Torquay. Torbay Vintage Bus Running Day, based on Shedden Hill Car Park, hard standing just off the seafront and near to Torquay Hi-Flyer Balloon attraction and town centre. Frequent free Bus services 10.00 to 17.00 around Torquay and Paignton, together with a static display of vehicles in the park. Admission free, programmes available on the day.
Details: Torquay VBRD, 3 Walstead Lodge, Franklynn Road, HAYWARDS HEATH. RH16 4HR email, website.



SEPTEMBER 10
Crawley. Toy and collectors' fair, K2 Leisure Centre, Pease Pottage Hill, 10.30-15.00. Admission £2
Details: (stallholder bookings) Geoffrey Martin, 11 Macaulay Close, Larkfield, Kent, ME20 6TZ. Phone: 01732 840787.

Gateshead. Heritage bus service.

Details: Aycliffe & District Bus Preservation Society website, phone 01670 790268

Long Eaton, Notts. East Midlands Model Road Transport Exhibition, 1000-1600, United Reformed Church Hall, Midland Street, NG10 1HQ.
Details: John Morris, Model Bus Federation, 171 Village Street, Old Normanton, Derby, DE23 8DF, phone 01332 772435 or 07799 594702, email

SEPTEMBER 10-11
Birmingham Heritage Open Days weekend, Aston Manor Road Transport Museum (free admission).
Details: Aston Manor Transport Museum, 208-216 Witton Lane, Aston, BIRMINGHAM. B6 6QE, phone 0121 322 2298 website.

Leamington Spa. International N gauge show, Warwickshire Exhibition Centre, Fosse Way CV31 1XN. 1000-1700 (Sat) 1600 (Sun)
Details: website.

Lowestoft. East Anglia Transport Museum Trolleybus Weekend.
Details: East Anglia Transport Museum, Chapel Road, Carlton Colville, Lowestoft NR33 8BL. Phone: 01502 518459. Fax: 01502 584658. website. email.

Liverpool, Merseyside. Short city circle tours on Saturday. Running Day, Sunday based at South Parkway Merseyrail station.
Details: website, email.

Manchester. Museum of Transport. Free admission.
Details: Phone 0161 205 2122, fax 0161 202 1110, website.



SEPTEMBER 11
Amberley, West Sussex. Amberley Museum annual bus show.
Details: Amberley Museum, Amberley, ARUNDEL. BN18 9LT, phone 01798 831370, website, email.

Blackpool. Lancastrian Trust Open Day 1200-1600, Brinwell Road depot. UK Bus Driver of the Year final.
Details for Open Day: Paul Turner, LTT phone 07815 983885, LTT website, email.
Details for Bus Driver of the Year: LTT website

Bury East Lancashire Railway SELNEC Bus Event.
Details: website.

Crich Classic Ford Day, Tramway Village, Derbyshire.
Details: Crich Tramway Village, Crich, Matlock, DE4 5DP. Phone: 01733 854321, Fax: 01773 854321, email, website.

Dublin Toy Collectors Fair. Clontarf Castle Hotel, Castle Avenue, Clontarf. 10.00-17.00. Over 60 stalls including photographs and transport ephemera. Dublin Bus route 130. Ten min walk from Killester DART station.
Details: phone Brian Kelly on 00 353 1 280 3008 or Terry McNally on 00 353 1 284 9199, website.

Leicester Transport Heritage Trust Bus Running Day.
Details: phone 07891 071908, email, website.

Liverpool. Merseyside Transport Trust 6th annual running day 10.00-17.00 with buses operating from South Parkway station to Woolton and city centre via Penny Lne and Aigburth. Visiting vehicles welcome.
Details: phone 0151 298 2122, website, email.

Norwich Bus Rally, Norfolk Showground. Part of Norfolk Gala Day with cars, motorbikes, exhibitions, etc.
Details: Rally Organiser, 78 Park Road, Norwich, NR10 3PJ. website, email

Romney Hythe & Dymchurch Railway "Bus & Vehicle Rally" based at New Romney Station.
Details: website



SEPTEMBER 17
Henfield, West Sussex. Toy Collectors' Fair, Village Hall. 1000-1500.
Details: Phone: 01732 840787 or 01622 735396.

Kingsbridge, Devon. Fourth 7ft 6in Vintage Bus Running Day at Kingsbridge bus station, The Quay. Organised by Thames Valley & Great Western Omnibus Trust.
Details: phone 07990 505373, website, email.

Sandtoft Trolley Weekend, Trolleybus Museum.
Details: 01724 711391. website, email.



SEPTEMBER 17-18
Sandtoft Trolley Weekend, Trolleybus Museum.
Details: 01724 711391. website, email.



SEPTEMBER 18
SHOWBUS international, Duxford

Imperial War Museum, Duxford, Cambridgeshire. Sunday September 18th TTCDiecast presents SHOWBUS International 2011 Britain's biggest vintage and modern bus and coach rally, with around 500 vehicles and 100 stalls. A special on site parade of buses celebrating 100 years of Maidstone & District at noon. Alexander-Dennis Enviromania display. Showbus will also celebrate several industry anniversaries including 60 years of the London RF and 50 years of the Alexander Y-type and London RML. TTCDiecast commemorative models will be available for and on the day (FRM1 and V3). Stagecoach citi 7 to/from Cambridge bus and rail stations (Discount on Museum entry - just show your bus ticket), shuttle from Whittlesford Station, free parking, Village tours of Duxford and on-site shuttle. Site opens 08.30. Admission is £16.50 and includes entry to Europe's biggest aviation museum. Senior citizens and others pay reduced rates and under-16s are free. Contact the museum on 01223 835000 or see the IWM website. SHOWBUS for £8.50 or less - special rate for excursion passengers with same concession for rally participants with driver and first free passengers FREE, extra discounts for heavily laden buses, under 16s FREE. Please note that dogs and barbecues are NOT allowed on site as Duxford is a live airfield. Entry forms and other information is on this site. Otherwise write to Showbus at 6 Fair Ridge, HIGH WYCOMBE. HP11 1PL (rally) or for stalls at 301 Kings Road, KINGSTON on THAMES. KT2 5JJ Phone: 01494 558147 (outside office hours). SMS/mobile: 07518 624034. email or for stall information email here.

Other events on September 18th:
Autumn Transport Show, British Commercial Vehicle Museum Leyland, Lancs.
"Fares Please" Classic Bus & Coach Day, Bewdley Station, Severn Valley Railway.
Bedford OB 72nd Anniversary Get-Together, Tredegar Park, South Wales
Hall Street Depot 25th Anniversary Event, North West Museum of Road Transport, St Helens
South Yorkshire Transport Rally, Meadowhall Shopping Centre Coach Park, Sheffield.
Open Day at the South Yorkshire Transport Museum, Aldwarke premises, near Rotherham.
Annual Gathering, West Country Historic Omnibus & Transport Trust, Devon County Showground, Westpoint, Exeter




SEPTEMBER 23-24
Acton Open weekend, London’s Transport Museum Acton Depot. Guided Tours at Acton Depot.
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SEPTEMBER 24-25
Kettering Vintage Rally & Steam Fayre, Cranford, Northants.
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SEPTEMBER 25
Crich Tramway Village. VW Beetle drive.
Details: Crich Tramway Village, Crich, Matlock, DE4 5DP. Phone: 01733 854321, Fax: 01773 854321, email, website.

Lathalmond Bus Running Day (50 years of the Y-Type), Scottish Vintage Bus Museum, Lathalmond, Fife.
Details: phone 01383 623380 website.