Heddington and Stockley Steam Rally
The 50th year of this beloved Wiltshire village rally, where 450 exhibitors, lawn mower racing, Shetland pony displays and a Jennings fairground pack a field next to the Ivy Inn for two days of pure summer celebration.
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"A not-for-profit charity fundraiser held over the August Bank Holiday at Dauntsey, combining classic vehicles, country crafts, animals, live music and food in a genuine village showground setting."
Dauntsey Festival of Transport and Country Show
"The market town of Devizes at the heart of the Wiltshire countryside holds its food festival in and around the ancient market place each September, celebrating the county's dairy, game, beer and artisan produce in a town whose canal, castle and brewery make it one of the most characterful places to eat well in the south of England."
Devizes Food Festival
"The farm shop team lay out apples gathered from local orchards for sampling against the backdrop of one of England's grandest landscape gardens."
Apple Day at Stourhead
"The prettiest village in Wiltshire opens its village hall for a handful of December market days, the kind of small, candlelit affair the postcard villages do best."
Castle Combe Christmas Market
"Bonnets, top hats and candlelight transform the timber framed National Trust village into a living Dickens novel for one twilit evening."
Dickensian Lacock
"Villagers claim ancient rights to gather wood, then process to Salisbury Cathedral to shout Grovely."
Grovely and Oak Apple Day
"Over 160 years old and still the only one-day agricultural show in the South West with free pedestrian entry, bringing livestock, cheese tasting, craft stalls, Somerset cider and horticultural classes to one showground."
Mid-Somerset Show
"A two-day Dorset show on the August hillsides above Blackmore Vale, where the landscape itself is the argument for attending: old breeds in the ring, and Thomas Hardy countryside rolling away on every side."
Gillingham and Shaftesbury Show
"A traditional one-day show on the edge of Dartmoor with livestock, horticulture and terrier racing."
Chagford Show
"One of the South West's premier agricultural exhibitions, held at the West Bay showground near Bridport with livestock, horses, homecrafts, horticulture and over 400 trade stands."
Melplash Agricultural Show
"A long-running west Dorset agricultural show on the coast near Bridport with livestock and food halls."
Melplash Show
"Two September days on the showground at Dorchester with the county at full stretch: livestock from the Purbeck coast and the vale, local cider, local cheese, and Dorset going about its business with its customary lack of fuss."
Dorset County Show