Eskdale Show
A Lakeland show since 1866 in the remote beauty of Eskdale, proud home of the World Champion Herdwick sheep, with hound trails, fell races, terriers, wrestling and the ancient Cumbrian craft of stick and crook making.
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"Children carry rush bearings woven into crosses and harps through Wordsworth's village to St Oswald's church, handed gingerbread at the end by the same shop that has made it for generations."
Grasmere Rushbearing
"A traditional one-day agricultural show set in the heart of South Lakeland near the famous Cartmel Priory, drawing livestock breeders and farming families from across Cumbria and beyond each summer."
Cartmel Agricultural Show
"West Cumbria's biggest food weekend takes over Maryport's waterfront with a producers' market, fresh seafood stalls, chef demos with nationally known names, sea shanties and free live music across two harbourside stages."
Taste Cumbria Maryport
"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 combined agricultural show for the Brough and Kirkby Stephen area showcases the sheep farming traditions of the Cumbrian Dales, with horticulture, vintage machinery, and livestock classes in the dramatic Upper Eden valley."
Brough and Kirkby Stephen Agricultural Show
"The Fellside Royal since 1864, a pure Eden Valley agricultural show in a remote Cumbrian village with sheepdog trials, fell races, quoits, children's fancy dress and the quiet pride of hill farming families on show."
Dufton Agricultural Show
"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
"A classic moorland village show under the famous Emley Moor mast, packed with prize sheep, vintage machinery and the local brass band."
Emley Show
"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
"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
"In its 105th year, this show in one of the prettiest villages on the edge of the North York Moors is considered the best and friendliest traditional rural show in the locality, with livestock, crafts, produce and local food."
Thornton-le-Dale Show
"Now in its 155th year, this Cleveland coast show near Saltburn-by-the-Sea is said to have originated from an argument over who owned the finest Cleveland Bay foal, and retains deep roots in equine and agricultural tradition."
Hinderwell Horse and Agricultural Show