Trevithick Day is provisionally expected in Camborne on Saturday 24 April 2027. The organiser describes its event as taking place at the end of April each year, and Camborne Town Council’s 2026 report invited visitors back the following year, but no dated 2027 programme is live yet.
The completed 2026 edition used Camborne town centre for working steam engines, the Puffing Devil replica, live music, dancing, stalls, street food, a fair, vintage vehicles and model-engine displays. Those features describe the established format, not a guaranteed 2027 schedule.
The day marks Richard Trevithick, born in 1771 into Cornwall’s mining country and the engineer who made high-pressure steam work. In 1801 he built a full-size steam road locomotive on a site near what is now Fore Street in Camborne, with his cousin Andrew Vivian steering; the run up the hill gave Cornwall the folk song “Camborne Hill”. The Puffing Devil that leads the engine parade is a working replica built by the Trevithick Society, first shown on Trevithick Day in 2001. The parade passes the Trevithick statue outside the Passmore Edwards building, which is why the engines gather in the town centre rather than at a showground.
Current status
Provisional date: Saturday 24 April 2027, the final Saturday in April. The date must be upgraded only when Camborne Trevithick Day CIC publishes it.
Venue: Streets and spaces across Camborne town centre. Road closures, stage locations and the 2027 event map are not yet available.
Admission: Not yet announced for 2027.
Programme: Four music stages, steam and vintage-vehicle parades, a fair and park-and-ride buses ran in 2026; the organiser will confirm the 2027 plan.
Where to stay
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