Tarrant Hinton

It was announced in November that the date for the fair at the Tarrant Hinton Showground was changing, to avoid clashing with the new school term and other big events, and to encourage more visitors. The change of dates to Thursday, August 25 to Bank ...

Bank holiday may have been a wash-out for many Westcountry attractions but blue skies and sun blessed the site at Tarrant Hinton, near Blandford – a contrast to the mud on last year's first day – and the forecast is good for the rest of the show. The ...

GLEAMING rows of show engines, thick clouds of smoke and the sound of fairground organs heralded the start of the Great Dorset Steam Fair. Tens of thousands of people headed to the village of Tarrant Hinton, near Blandford Forum, where the event is ...

Tens of thousands of people are expected to head to Dorset for the Great Dorset Steam Fair. The event is being held at the village of Tarrant Hinton, near Blandford Forum on a 600 acre showground. Steam road locomotives and showman's engines used to ...

Since it first launched in 1968, the popular annual event has attracted hundreds of thousands of visitors. The Steam Fair - held at Tarrant Hinton - is one of the largest open air shows in Europe and is known as the biggest steam and vintage show in ...

More than 3,000m of roads are being constructed on the site of the Great Dorset Steam Fair after bad weather affected the event last year. Festival-goers struggled to access the site in Tarrant Hinton near Blandford because the wet ground made ...