Weald of Kent Ploughing Match
Horse and tractor ploughing judged furrow by furrow across a Kent stubble field, with a farmers market, gymkhana and the unhurried social weather of a working country day.
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"A beloved volunteer-run community show at Holden Farm gathering up to 300 vintage and classic tractors alongside family entertainment, live music and rural crafts to raise funds for local causes."
Biddenden Tractorfest
"A Surrey and Kent border show that runs across August Bank Holiday weekend with genuine character: horses, cattle, show jumping, and the Weald at its most golden."
Edenbridge and Oxted Agricultural Show
"Set in the grounds of the historic Quex Park estate, this established two-day country show celebrates British countryside traditions with main-ring displays, crafts and family entertainment."
Kent Country Show
"Hop-picking made this Kentish market town. Every September the harvest reclaims the streets: real ale, folk dancing, a parade, stalls and the smell of hops in the air. Free to attend."
Faversham Hop Festival
"Whitstable's reborn oyster festival, in its 5th year, fills the Grading Shed, East Quay and Long Beach with the historic Oyster Landing Ceremony, live music, a mud tug-of-war, a samba procession and Marshall Jefferson on the Saturday night."
Whitstable Rocks Oyster Festival
"On the wide clay plateau of the Hoo Peninsula above the Thames estuary, ploughmen from across Kent compete at Newlands Farm in an autumn match where the vast skies and the distant flicker of the estuary light add a particular melancholy grandeur to the furrows."
Cliffe Ploughing Match
"Now in its 157th year, this one-day Buckinghamshire agricultural show at Weedon packs livestock judging, equestrian displays, stunt shows and rural craft competitions into a classic late-summer county show."
Bucks County Show
"A South Downs village fair that has been trading sheep since the 12th century, still entirely about the sheep, still held on the village green, and still rather pleased with itself about both."
Findon Sheep Fair
"Three days at Ardingly covering everything from champion cattle to homemade chutneys. One of the south's great annual gatherings."
South of England Show
"Tucked into the Chiltern beech woods at Hill Bottom, this friendly village rally lets children in free among the puffing engines and trade stalls."
Stoke Row Steam Rally
"A proper countryside fair in the Surrey Hills: farm animals, tractor rides, traditional countryside skills, artisan producers and live music around an agricultural college with views over the Downs."
Surrey Hills Country Fair
"A traditional village show on Northiam Playing Fields featuring classic and vintage vehicles against the backdrop of the High Weald."
Northiam Classic Car and Vehicle Show