Bromyard Gala
Herefordshire's biggest country show packs steam engines, classic vehicles, country pursuits and local produce into one action-packed arena day at Burgess Farm.
Avenbury is not a living village at all but a depopulated civil parish whose sole draw is a genuinely haunting ruined Norman church in riverside woodland, worth the detour from Bromyard for those who seek lost places rather than amenities.
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"Three days of morris sides, ceilidh and song in a Herefordshire market town surrounded by hop yards and cider orchards."
Bromyard Folk Festival
"This market-town celebration brings apple pressing, cider tastings and orchard stalls to the streets above the River Wye as part of Herefordshire's apple fortnight."
Ross-on-Wye AppleFest
"Across hidden farms, cider barns and manor gardens around the Marcle Ridge you can watch perry pears being pressed and taste makers' wares straight from the cask."
Big Apple Harvestime
"On a June weekend, Bromyard's market town fills with scarecrows on a Heroes or Villains theme, culminating in a Friday evening grand parade where schools, scouts and families wheel their creations through the streets to the town green for judging."
Bromyard Scarecrow Festival
✦ Weird and Wonderful"The UK's biggest poetry festival fills a black-and-white timbered Herefordshire town with ten days of readings, workshops and spoken word."
Ledbury Poetry Festival
"The 40th year of this Herefordshire countryside rally, where steam ploughing and threshing demonstrations, fairground organs and a Saturday auction bring thousands to a cider orchard village between the Malverns and the Wye."
Much Marcle Steam Rally
"An annual one-day agricultural show in the southern Peak District gateway town of Ashbourne, celebrating local livestock, rural skills and Derbyshire farming heritage."
Ashbourne Show
"Shropshire's largest steam event, with over 1200 exhibits at Onslow Park including shire horses ploughing the working field, steam-powered cultivating, vintage tractor pulling and the famous Grand Parade set to nostalgia poetry."
Shrewsbury Steam Rally
"One of the Peak District's biggest Bank Holiday events with sheepdog trials running through to Tuesday, show jumping, heavy horses, gundogs and a food village drawing thousands to the Hope Valley in the hills."
Hope Show and Sheepdog Trials
"A much-loved annual show held on August Bank Holiday Monday in the heart of the Peak District's Hope Valley, bringing together livestock, terrier racing, fell running and rural crafts beneath the Dark Peak moorland."
Hope Valley Show
"Three days of grand ring spectacle in the 1000-acre parkland of Chatsworth House, with hot air balloon ascents, lurcher racing, celebrity chefs, country sports and a vintage fun fair against one of England's great ducal estates."
Chatsworth Country Fair
"The 75th championship brings 250 of Britain's finest ploughmen and women to a Warwickshire farm, with steam ploughing engines, heavy horses and 300 plots across 15 classes."
British National Ploughing Championships