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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
