Truckfest is a transport festival in the

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centred on

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s and the

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industry. As well as trade stands and music entertainment, highlights of the shows are displays of customised trucks and

monster trucks A monster truck is a specialized off-road vehicle with a heavy duty suspension, four-wheel steering, large-displacement V8 engines and oversized tires constructed for competition and entertainment uses. Originally created by modifying stock pic ...

Overview

The main Truckfest event is held in

Peterborough Peterborough () is a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, east of England. It is the largest part of the City of Peterborough unitary authority district (which covers a larger area than Peterborough itself). It was part of Northamptonshire until ...

at the

East of England Showground The East of England Showground is a large showground area (667,731sqm) located on East of England Way in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England. The Showground is owned by Bellway as of around 2019 and the site currently includes the East of Engla ...

, and is billed as the biggest get-together in the lorry-driving calendar. The Peterborough event celebrated its silver (25th)

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in 2007 The 2016 event was held at Peterborough on 1-2 May. A Truckfest event was held on 8–9 September 2021 at

Newark Showground Newark Showground is a showground in Newark, Nottinghamshire. It makes up of the former RAF Winthorpe Airfield which was purchased in 1964 by the Newark and Nottinghamshire Agricultural Society. Events LAMMA The LAMMA show, LAMMA agricultural ...

.TV's Ice Road queen at Truckfest. ''Chad'', 5 September 2021, p.48 Other Truckfest events are held at

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in the northwest, the

Royal Highland Centre The Royal Highland Centre, originally the Royal Highland Showground, is an exhibition centre and showground located at Ingliston in the western outskirts of Edinburgh, Scotland, adjacent to Edinburgh Airport and the A8. History The Royal Highla ...

in Scotland, the

Royal Bath and West Showground The Royal Bath and West of England Society is a charitable society founded in 1777 to promote and improve agriculture and related activities around the West Country of England. Based at the Royal Bath and West of England Society Showground near S ...

in the southwest,

Kent Showground The Kent Showground, formerly (and still colloquially) known as the Kent County Showground is an area of land in Detling, Kent, England, north of the county town of Maidstone. Stretching along the north side of the A249 from the top of Detling Hil ...

in the southeast and

Croft Circuit Croft Circuit is a motor racing circuit located near Dalton-on-Tees in North Yorkshire, England. The tarmac circuit is long and is based on the lands of an airfield, but has long since moved on from being a basic airfield circuit. The circui ...

in the northeast.

References

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External links

Truckfest official homepage
Auto shows in the United Kingdom Road transport in the United Kingdom Festivals in Edinburgh Festivals in Cambridgeshire Culture in Peterborough

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