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FARMING AND RURAL EVENTS JUNE – SEPTEMBER 2023
JUNE 2023
- 1-30 June: Festival of Roses
RHS Rosemoor, Great Torrington, Devon EX38 8PH
www.rhs.org.uk - 1-3 June: Royal Bath and West Show
The Showground, Shepton Mallet, BA4 6QN
www.bathandwest.com - 8-10 June: Royal Cornwall Show
Wadebridge, PL27 7JE
www.royalcornwallshow.org - 10-11 June: Woolly Weekend
The Weavers’ Workshop, Dilham, Norfolk, NR28 9PT.
Woolly Weekend - 11 June: St Barnabas – traditional day to start haymaking
- 11 June Leaf Open Farm Sunday – UK wide
https://farmsunday.org/ - 11 June Somerset Green Scythe Fair
Muchelney, Langport,
www.greenfair.org.uk http//scytheassociation.org/events/ - 12-13 June: Cheffins Cambridge Machinery Sales
Machinery Saleground, CB6 2QT
www.cheffins.co.uk - 15 June: St Vitus day – folk lore has it that rain on this day is followed by 40 wet days
- 16-18 June: Three Counties Show
Three Counties Showground, Malvern, Worcestershire WR13 6NW www.countrytastic.co.uk - 17-18 June: Cork Summer Show
Cork Show Grounds, Curraheen, Co Cork - 21 June: Summer Solstice
- 20-21 June: Cheshire County Show
Tabley, near Knutsford, WA16 0JF - 21-22 June: Lincolnshire County Show
Showground Grange-de-Lings Lincoln LN2 2NA UK
lincolnshireshow.co.uk - 24 June: Midsummer’s Day – the third quarter day when agricultural rents are due
- 22-25 June: Royal Highland Show
Ingliston, Edinburgh
royalhighlandshow.org - 28-29: June Groundswell – The Regenerative Agricultural Festival
Lannock Manor Farm, Hertfordshire
www.groundswellag.com - 28-29 June: Royal Norfolk Show
Dereham Road, Costessey, Norwich, NRS 0TT
www.royalnorfolkshow.co.uk
JULY 2023
- 1 July: Lampeter Agricultural Show including the Dyfed Angora Goat Society Club Show
www.lampetershow.co.uk - 1-2 July: Winterton Agricultural Show, Scunthorpe
www.wintertonshow.co.uk - 2 July: Howden Agricultural and Horticultural Show
www.howdenshow.co.uk - 7-9 July: Kent County Show, Detling, Kent
http://kentshowground.co.uk - 8 July: Dalkeith Agricultural Show
www.dalkeithshow.co.uk - 8 July: Liskeard Show, Cornwall
www.liskeardshow.org - 8 July: Tendring Hundred Show, Manningtree (including Colchester Poultry Club Show)
www.tendringshow.co.uk - 11- 14 July: 164th The Great Yorkshire Show, Harrogate
www.greatyorkshireshow.co.uk - 15-16 July: Eccleston Show
www.greatecclestonshow.co.uk - 14-15 July: Caithness County Show
www.caithness.co.uk - 15 July: Alrewas Show, Staffs
www.alrewasshow.co.uk - 15 July: Penrith Show, Cumbria
www.penrithshow.co.uk - 17 July: Stithians Show, Cornwall
https://stithians.show - 16 July: Bakewell Country Festival, Bakewell Showground
www.visitpeakdistrict.com/events/bakewell-show - 22 July: Cheffins Vintage Auction, Ely Cambs
www.cheffins.co.uk - 24-27 July Royal Welsh Show: Builth Wells
www.rwas.co.uk - 25 July: 152nd Ryedale Show
www.ryedaleshow.org.uk - 25-27 July: New Forest & Hampshire County Show
www.newforestshow.co.uk - 26 July: 126th Nantwich & South Cheshire Show.
www.nantwichshow.co.uk - 26 July: Ulverston and North Lonsdale Agricultural Show
www.northlonsdaleshow.co.uk - 26 July: Stranraer Show
www.stranraershow.co.uk - 29 July: Borrowby Show
www.borrowbyshow.org.uk - 29 July: Carnwarth Show
www.carnwathagriculturalsociety.com - 29-30 July: 155th Heckington Show including Donkey Show
www.heckingtonshow.org.uk - 30 July: Totnes & District Show, Devon
www.totnesshow.com - 30-31 July: Turriff District Agricultural Association
www.turriffshow.co.uk/
AUGUST 2023
- 1 Aug: Lammas Day (Lughnasadh)
- 2 Aug: Wigtown Show at Bladnoch Park, Wigtown, Newton Stewart, Dumfries & Galloway, DG8 9AB
www.wigtownshow.org.uk - 2-3 Aug: Black Isle Show, Mansfield Showground. ([Preview evening 2nd)
www.blackisleshow.info - 2-5 Aug: Equifest Arena UK
equifest.org.uk - 3 Aug: Burwarton Show, Shropshire
www.burwartonshow.co.uk - 5 Aug: Cockermouth & District Show, Cumbria
www.cockermouthshow.co.uk - 5 Aug: Cardigan County Show
www.cardigancountyshow.co.uk - 5 Aug: 138th Blakesley Show, Towcester, Northamptonshire
www.blakesleyshow.co.uk - 5 Aug: Brecon County Show
breconshow@btinternet.com - 5 Aug: Dumfries & Lockerbie Show
dumfriesshow.co.uk - 5 Aug: Emley Show
www.emleyshow.co.uk - 5 Aug: Garstang Show, Lancs
www.garstangshow.org - 5 Aug: 113th Osmotherley & District Horticultural & Agricultural Show
www.osmotherleyshow.co.uk - 5 Aug: Oswestry & District Agricultural Show
www.owestryshow.co.uk - 5 Aug: Pruning Plum Trees West Raynham, Norfolk
www.applesandorchards.co.uk - 6 Aug: 138th Sykehouse Show
www.sykehouseshow.org.uk - 6 Aug: Tockwith & District Agricultural Show
www.tockwithshow.org.uk - 6 Aug: Wayland Agricultural Show, Watton, Norfolk
www.waylandshow.com - 7 Aug: NSA Early Ram Sale, RWAS Showground, Builth Wells
www.nationalsheep.org.uk/nsaram-sales/main-sales/ - 9 Aug: Bute Agricultural Summer Show
www.buteagriculturalsociety.co.uk - 10 Aug: Appleby Agricultural Show
www.appleby-show.co.uk - 10 Aug: Okehampton & District Agricultural Show
www.okehamptonshow. co.uk - 11-12 Aug: Royal Manx Agricultural Show Isle of Man
www.royalmanx.com - 12 Aug: Chepstow Show
www.chepstowshow.co.uk - 12 Aug: Dalston Show Cumbria Website
www.dalstonshow.co.uk - 12 Aug: Ellingham & Ringwood Show
www.ellinghamshow.co.uk - 12 Aug: Halifax Agricultural Show
www.halifax-agricultural-show.co.uk - 12 Aug: Orkney Agricultural Show
www.orkneycountyshow.co.uk - 12 Aug: Sedgefield Show
www.sedgefieldshow.co.uk - 12-13 Aug: Chertsey Show inc donkey show
www.chertseyshow.co.uk - 15-16 Aug: Anglesey County Show
www.angleseyshow.org.uk - 16 Aug: South West Ram Sale, August, Exeter Livestock Centre
www.nationalsheep.org.uk/events/forthcoming-events/ - 16-17 Aug: Gillingham & Shaftesbury, Dorset
www.gillshaftshow.co.uk - 17 Aug: Denbighshire & Flintshire Agricultural Show
www.denbighandflintshow.com - 19 Aug: Ashbourne Show
www.ashbourneshow.co.uk - 19 Aug: The Donkey Breed Society Championship Show, Moreton Morrell College, Warwickshire www.donkeybreedsociety.co.uk
- 19 Aug: Fillongley Show, Coventry
www.fillongley-show.co.uk - 20 Aug: Mid-Somerset Show Shepton Mallet
www.midsomersetshow.org.uk - 24 Aug: Melplash Show
www.melplashshow.co.uk - 25 Aug: NSA Eastern Region Rugby Ram Sale, Rugby Farmers Mart www.nationalsheep.org.uk/events/forthcoming-events/
- 26 Aug: Wensleydale Agricultural Show
www.wensleydaleshow.org.uk - 27-28 Aug: Edenbridge and Oxted Surrey
www.edenbridge-show.co.uk - 28 Aug: 75th Epworth Show nr Doncaster
www.epworthshow.org - 28 Aug: Aylsham Show, Norfolk
www.aylshamshow.co.uk - 31 Aug – 3 Sept: Burghley Horse Trials
www.burghley-horse.co.uk
SEPTEMBER 2023
- 1 Sep: Thame Farmers Market breeding ewe sale incorporating the NSA South East Ram Sale nationalsheep.org.uk/events/forthcoming-events/
- 2 Sep: Alresford Show
www.alresford-agriculturalshow.org.uk - Sep: Harbottle Show
www.harbottleshow.com - 2 Sep: Keighley & District Agricultural Show
www.keighleyshow.org - 2 Sep: Lladysul Show
www.sioellandysulshow.co.uk - 2 Sep: Lowick & District Agricultural Show
www.lowickshow.com - 2-3 Sep: Wolsingham Agricultural Show
www.wolsinghamshow.co.uk - 3 Sep: Kildale Agricultural & Horticultural Show Yorks
www.kildaleshow.com - 8-9 Sep: Melton Mowbray, Leics Traditional Native Breeds Show and Sale
www.meltonmowbraymarket.co.uk - 8 – 9 Sep: 181st Stanhope Agricutural Society Show
www.stanhopeshow.co.uk - 9 Sep: How to identify Apples, EEOP’s HQ at West Raynham, Norfolk
www.applesandorchards.co.uk - 9 Sep: Findon Sheep Fair, West Sussex
www.findonsheepfair.co.uk - 9 Sep: Frome Agricultural & Cheese Show
www.fromecheeseshow.co.uk - 9 Sep: Romsey Show
www.romseyshow.co.uk - 9-10 Sep: Build It Live SouthWest, WestpointArena, Exeter.
https://builditlive.co.uk/ - 10 Sep: Warden Abbey Vineyard, Bedfordshire,Open Day
- 11 Sept: Wiltshire Horn North Wales Show & Sale, Gaerwen LL60 6DF
www.wiltshirehorn.org.uk - 13 Sep: Westmorland County Agricultural Show
www.westmorlandshow.co.uk - 15 Sep: Midlands Sheep Fair incorporating the NSA Eastern Region Ram Sale
nationalsheep.org.uk/events/forthcoming-events/ - 16 Sep: City Farm Show and Harvest Festival
https://londonharvestfestival.org.uk/home/london-harvest-festival/ - 16 Sep: Wiltshire Centenary Premier Show & Sale, Stoneleigh Park, CV8 2RG www.wiltshirehorn.org.uk
- 16 – 17 Sep: Newbury Show
www.newburyshowground.co.uk/ - 18 Sep: Wales & Border Main Ram Sale, Royal Welsh Showground
www.nationalsheep.org.uk/nsa-ram-sales/ - 22-24 Sep: Malvern Autumn Show
www.threecounties.co.uk/threecounties - 23-24 Sep: Festival of Thrift Billingham, Stockton
info@festivalofthrift.co.uk - 23 Sep: 164th Stokesley Show
www.stokesleyshow.co.uk - 23 Sep –1 Oct: Shetland Wool Week
www.shetlandwoolweek.com - 24 Sep: Nidderdale Show Pateley Bridge
www.nidderdale.co.uk/show - 24 Sep: Ramsey Rural Museum Country Fair Huntingdon, Cambs
www.ramseyruralmuseum.co.uk - 29 Sep: Michaelmas Day – St Michael is one of three archangels mentioned in the bible. It is one of the quarter days of England.
- 30 Sep: Gransden & District Agricultural Show
www.gransdenshow.co.uk
OCTOBER
- 7 Oct: East Anglian Regional Donkey Show Skylark Garden Centre Wimblington, Cambs
ewright757@btinternet.com - 11-15 Oct: Become a food grower and earn £ Sheepdrove Organic Farm, Lambourn, Berkshire
- 14 Oct: Poultry Club Egg Show Meeting Point House, Telford, Shropshire, TF3 4HS
https://nationalshow.poultryclub.org/ - 14 Oct: Scottish Smallholder Festival 2023 Royal Highland Centre
www.festival.scot - 14-15 Oct: British National Ploughing Championships and Country Festival Bishop’s Lydeard, near Taunton by kind permission of KS Coles and family.
www.ploughmen.co.uk - 21 Oct: Cheffins Vintage Sale Sutton, near Ely
cheffins.co.uk - Oct 21st-24th: FOUR Day CAMELIDynamics Clinic, Mullacott Alpacas! Ilfracombe Devon EX34 8NA www.camelidynamics.com
- 23 Oct: National Sheep Association (NSA) Sheep Health Week
www.nationalsheep.org.uk - 26-28 Oct: The National Honey Show, Sandown Park Racecourse, Esther, Surrey
www.honeyshow.co.uk
NOVEMBER
- 4-5 Nov: Newark Vintage Tractor & Heritage Show
www.newarkvintagetractorshow.com - 15 Nov: The Southern Counties Farming & Machinery Show, Newbury Showground
southerncountiesmachineryshow.co.uk - 22 Nov: The Vineyard & Winery Show, Kent Event Centre, Detling, Maidstone, Kent ME14 3JF vineyardshow.co.uk
- 25 Nov: Pedigree & commercial sale of in lamb females, Melton Mowbray Market, Scalford Road, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 1JY
meltonmowbraymarket.co.uk
DECEMBER
- 2 December: Melton & Belvoir Agricultural Fatstock Show & Sale, Melton Mowbray Market, Scalford Road, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 1JY
meltonmowbraymarket.co.uk - 4 December: Winslow 153rd Annual Christmas Primestock Show & Sale, Melton Mowbray Market, Scalford Road, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 1JY
meltonmowbraymarket.co.uk
JANUARY 2024
- 12-13-14 Jan: Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival, Cambs
strawbear.org.uk - 17-18 Jan: LAMMA (agricultural machinery, equipment and technology show) NEC, Birmingham
www.lammashow.com
DISCLAIMER: Please note that the Country Smallholder magazine cannot take any responsibility for descriptions of shows and events included in this diary. Check before you set out to travel to make sure that the show is running and is what you want to visit.
