British Falconry and Raptor Fair

"One of the largest one-day agricultural shows in the North of England, set in the magnificent parkland of Duncombe Park with over 250 trade stands, sheepdog trials, a brass band and a showcase of local livestock and crafts."

Ryedale Show

"Traction engines, showman's engines and road rollers gather above Whitby for a summer rally that ends each Saturday with fireworks over the abbey ruins, in one of the most dramatic settings for any steam event in England."

Whitby Traction Engine Rally

"The beautiful village of Osmotherley above the Vale of Mowbray holds its annual show at Thimbleby each August, a hill-country gathering where the Cleveland Hills form an unbroken skyline above the ring and the sheep and cattle classes are judged with an intimacy impossible in any larger show."

Osmotherley Show

"Ripon celebrates the return of St Wilfrid from Rome in 672 AD with a costumed procession through the city each August Bank Holiday Saturday, a piece of living medieval pageantry that has run continuously for well over a thousand years and remains entirely in the hands of the city's own community."

St Wilfrid Procession

"One of the Vale of York's biggest village shows, handing out more than 120 trophies across livestock, horticulture and a different farm-animal theme each year."

Tockwith Show

"The 225th running: the Egton Bridge Old Gooseberry Society meets in a North York Moors village to weigh berries that have been grown in secret since March, and the champion is measured in drams, not centimetres."

Egton Bridge Old Gooseberry Show

"The pinnacle of English sheepdog competition, run across four days on a Cheshire hillside where the country's finest handlers and their Border Collies compete for a place at the International."

English National Sheepdog Trials

"The 122nd year of this gorgeous one-day show in Rydal Park, with sheepdog trials, foxhound and terrier classes, hound trails, a shepherd's crook show and a fell race packed into a single Lakeland afternoon."

Vale of Rydal Sheepdog Trials and Hound Show

"The 120th year of this tiny, utterly traditional Lakeland show at the foot of Helvellyn, with open sheepdog trials, foxhound and terrier judging and a fell race while the ancient sound of Cumbrian dialect fills the valley."

Patterdale Dog Day

"Since 1852 the Showfield at Grasmere has hosted Cumberland and Westmorland wrestling, fell guides racing, hound trailing and tug-of-war on the August Bank Holiday Sunday, and in 2026 entry is completely free."

Grasmere Sports

"Grown adults in fancy dress grapple for two minutes in a pool of cold Lancashire gravy on August bank holiday, scored as much on showmanship as on pins, all for the local hospice."

World Gravy Wrestling Championships

"Crabs (crab apples, thrown from a cart) in the morning, greasy pole and hound trailing through the day, and in the evening competitors push their faces through a horse collar to achieve the most grotesque expression possible, since 1267."

Egremont Crab Fair and World Gurning Championships