Smallwood Vintage Rally
23rd, 24th & 25th May 2026

Access to site & entry times.

 

Access to site for all traffic is from the main A50 road, (except for the large engines, who road steam to us and these will enter via Love Lane and will be the ONLY vehicles permitted to enter from Love Lane. Thank you.

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ALL BIG LOW LOADERS ARE TO BE PARKED AT THE FARM PLEASE.

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Exhibitors, traders, caterers and anyone who is part of the show, please enter into FIELD A signposted Exhibitors Entrance and down the barriered lanes to security, please use all lanes not just the one with the all weather road. Have your PASS ready to help us, to help you, to get to the right place as quickly as we can.

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Day visitors on Saturday, Sunday and Monday will enter into FIELD C Signposted Public Car Park.   

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Please note that NO EXHIBITORS PASSES at all, will be accepted at the public pay gate.  They do not have wristbands at the Car Park pay gate. If your “other half” is coming after you, please ask them to use the exhibitor gate and meet them there, we will then direct them to a specific exhibitor parking area.

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Schedule of arrivals (weather permitting) as follows:

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Wednesday 9am - Outside Trade & Catering Only please

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Thursday 9am-9pm - Exhibitors who have booked exhibitor camping, Outside Trade, Catering, Entertainers. Steam.

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Thursday 2pm-9pm - Vintage Camping, Awning Displays

 

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All outside traders will be shown to their pitch by Malc & Christine, our trade stand stewards. If you know which aisle you are on, then please do turn into it and wait for the golf cart, thank you. 

 

 

Friday 7am - 9pm - Exhibitors who have booked exhibitor camping.  Vintage campers, Awning Displays, Public campers. Outside Trade, Catering, Entertainers. Steam.

 

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Friday 12.30pm - 9pm Military.

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Friday  12.30pm - 9pm Craft Marquee Vendors.

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Local band the Scooby Dudes will be playing in the beer tent,  from around 7.30pm for our on site residents only.

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Saturday, Sunday, Monday

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7am (probably earlier ) - 9am the exhibitor gate into the show field will be open. 

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9am-9.30am any arrivals will be escorted onto the show field.

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Please note for any day exhibitors.

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9.30am - 9.45am there is no guarantee of entry to the show field, this will only be at my discretion and with an escort,  depending on volume of public and which section you are heading for, if we are busy early then there will be no entries after 9.30am, Health and Safety is Paramount and no vehicle movement on the show field will be in place until 5pm - except of course, escorted sections to display in the arena.

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*** PLEASE HELP US, TO HELP YOU AND HAVE YOUR EXHIBIT PARKED UP ON THE SHOW FIELD BY 9AM, EACH DAY PLEASE,  WHEN WE OPEN TO OUR DAY VISITORS, YOUR CO-OPERATION IS VERY APPRECIATED AND HELPS MAKE THE SHOW FIELD A HAPPY AND SAFE PLACE FOR OUR VISITORS, EXHIBITORS AND FOR OUR GREAT TEAM OF VOLUNTEERS *** THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. 

 

 

 

30 on the Lower Map is the Craft Marquee. The Tea Tent can be found in the same area, at the end of the catering line, at the top of the arena.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Smallwood Vintage Rally welcomes you to our established family fun show, on the A50 near Sandbach, Cheshire (Junction 17 of the M6).

 

We have a big variety of trade and autojumble stands offering everything from:

Tweed Handbags to Workwear, Tools, Hats, Antiques, Footwear, Collectables, Cakes

and much, much more...

A craft marquee, children's amusements,

vintage classic and modern vehicle exhibits including: commercials, vintage cars,

classic campers, stationary engines, military vehicles and tanks, motorbikes, fire

engines, an amazing display of steam engines with a daily steam parade

and a great display of almost 200 vintage tractors. Cheshire K9 dog display also

have their own arena and will be demonstrating and holding a fun dog show

each afternoon.

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Our very popular Tractor Pulling, hosted by Stu & Kate Seabridge & the Challenger

Tractor Pulling team, will be in action daily over the weekend and unique to

Smallwood Rally, evening pulling by floodlight, goes on until around midnight,

on our new pulling area and is a fabulous spectator event for all of the family. 

​A wide choice of tasty hot & cold food, snacks and refreshments are always available on site all weekend!

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Children’s entertainment……includes our regular circus skills demonstrations, Wings & Things with their range of creatures great and very small, Birds of Prey, Ferret racing, dog agility displays, Our popular Military arena, will be back in action again in 2026 where tanks and other large army vehicles can show off their skills, this arena is situated to the rear of the tea tent along the back hedge. Great fun to watch, for both the young & young at heart. We are bringing back the dedicated children’s party with fun & games in the beer tent at approx 6pm free to join in as well as our ever popular sand pit where you will also find extra seating and more refreshments. 

 

The highlight of our main arena entertainment on Saturday 23rd May is the “Free Spirit” show, starring Jonathan Marshall, his gorgeous black Fresian Stallion; Amadeus and his falcons.

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The highlight of our main arena entertainment on Sunday 24th & Monday 25th May 2026 will be the fantastic Bolddog FMX Motorcycle stunt display team, one of, if not THE best in the country. First time at Smallwood Rally.​​​

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We also thank our existing show sponsors; HAMPTON’S SCRAP METAL DEALERS, TIDYSITE SKIP HIRE, ARCLID TRANSPORT, MR WHIPPY ICE CREAM AND HASLINGTON HAULAGE for their continued and generous support.

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On the day entry; £15 per adult (all accompanied school children 15 and under are FREE all weekend) Pay on the day….cash or card at our pay booth.

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Evening Entry (after 5pm): £5 per person (children 15 and under FREE if accompanied by an adult)

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Carers receive complimentary entry at the discretion of the pay booth staff. Please bring relevant documentation as proof of eligibility.   

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Please note for anyone who leaves the showground, re-entry without a wristband, after 5pm, will be charged the evening entry price of £5 to enjoy our evening entertainment. (Hand stamps are no longer valid after 5pm).

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TICKET SALES

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Adult Entry £15

 

 

 

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Dogs on lead are welcome

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Weekend camping for non exhibitors is £100.00 this includes pitch, plus two adult wristbands (children 15 & under free) extra wristbands can be purchased when booking, or on the day, Priced at £35. (Please note we only take FULL weekend bookings, not individual nights. Thank You)

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Would all our guests and visitors please note card payments are welcomed in the beer tent and on several catering & trade stands. However, many trade stands don’t have card machines, the signal gets worse as it gets busier and some things such as the dog show, fairground rides will also be cash only

So please, don’t be cashless on the day and do please come along and support our trade section, some of whom have travelled to us from as far as Devon and Somerset, others from the North East and Cumbria.

We also have an eclectic row of Autojumblers….with everything & anything, no doubt including a kitchen sink or two on offer and our craft marquee with our makers, crafters, modellers and bakers.

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See What's On and Further Info for all the details.