Hollycombe Steam Collection

The collection dates to the late 1940s when Commander John Baldock decided to preserve some steam traction engines that were rapidly disappearing from British life.

Over time the collection grew so large it became impossible for one person to maintain, and by 1984 Baldock decided he would have to close the operation.

S. Fields Steam Circus was built between 1868 and 1872 [citation needed] and is the oldest surviving mechanically propelled fairground device.

There are rides for all ages and the atmosphere is completed with a number of fairground organs and a range of side stalls.

The farm includes a wide range of vintage steam-powered farm equipment including ploughing engines, a threshing machine, a baler, and a stationary steam engine driving small machinery through a line shaft.

The sawmill is used to cut much of the wood used on-site and is powered by a large semi-portable Robey steam engine.

John Clarke Hawkshaw planted over a million trees on the Hollycombe estate from the 1880s, so it is a Victorian garden in origin.