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Ripon Tinsel Tractor Run

Get ready for a festive spectacle! Over 30 tractors, decked out in their holiday best, will roll into F Tate & Sons Garden Centre and Café on Studley Road, near Ripon, starting at 1pm. Bring your family and friends to witness the festive cheer and enjoy the beautifully decorated tractors. You can come see the tractors as they gather, or join the fun along the route to cheer them on. Volunteers will be there to collect donations for Yorkshire Cancer Research.

Route schedule:
1pm -3pm F Tate & Sons
3:15- 3:30 – Ripon Morrisons
3:50 Masons Arms Bishop Monkton
4:20 The Crown Inn, Roecliffe
4:35-4:50 – Boroughbridge Morrisons
5pm – Boroughbridge Old Maket Square
5:20pm – The Archer Inn, Langthorpe
5:35 – The Black Lion Pub, Skelton On Ure
6:15– Ripon Market Square

Last year’s inaugural event raised an impressive £1,600 to support life-saving efforts in Yorkshire. This year, the organizers are aiming even higher, hoping to surpass £2,000. If you have a tractor and want to take part in the event, you can pick up an entry form from F Tate & Sons, Ripon.

Plan your visit

This is not a ticketed event, spectators are free to turn up on the day. 

If you would like any additional information, please contact Mark Nicholson on 07813 068520 or by email.

Why Yorkshire needs you

In Yorkshire, nearly 600 people receive a cancer diagnosis every week. When you fundraise for Yorkshire Cancer Research, you’re helping to fund pioneering research to improve the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer in our region.

2 Tractors decorated in Christmas lights on a dark winter night Santa sat on a christmas decorated tractor An inflatable snowman lit up on the back of a tractor on a cold winter night