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Heritage Transport Show and South East Bus Festival return to the Kent Event Centre in Detling, near Maidstone, this April

05:00, 01 April 2024

More than 1,000 vintage vehicles will be pulling up for a festival celebrating all things transport.

The Heritage Transport Show will boast retro cars, motorcycles, buses, steam engines and military vehicles from different decades at the Kent Event Centre in Detling.

This year’s Heritage Transport Show will have everything from vintage sports cars to tractors and commercial vehicles. Picture: Thomas Alexander
This year’s Heritage Transport Show will have everything from vintage sports cars to tractors and commercial vehicles. Picture: Thomas Alexander

The show also includes an exhibit from the South East Bus Festival, which has been running for 13 years, displaying more than 100 buses and coaches.

Many of these larger vehicles will be offering free bus rides around the showground from the festival’s pop-up bus stops throughout the day.

There will be displays of vintage cars from all sorts of makes and models, while petrolheads can also admire more unique vehicles such as custom-built motorcycles and tanks and armoured cars that have been used in military service.

The South East Bus Festival also coincides with this year’s transport event. Picture: Sean Aidan.
The South East Bus Festival also coincides with this year’s transport event. Picture: Sean Aidan.

For those visiting with kids, there will also be a traditional funfair with family games.

There’s also an autojumble and farmers market for visitors to pick up some goodies to take home, as well as local food and drink vendors selling refreshments all day.

The show takes place at the Kent Event Centre in Detling, near Maidstone, on Saturday, April 6 from 10am to 4pm.

Adult tickets cost £12 when booked in advance here.

You can also buy tickets on the gate for £15.

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