Each year the Great Yorkshire Show attracts in excess of 125,000 visitors, why not go to the showground this year and be part of it!
This will be the 152nd Great Yorkshire Show and last year some 130,000 visitors came through the gates.
The thousands of animals competing for the coveted championship awards remain as the focus of the event, but around the 250 acre showground visitors can enjoy fashion shows, a huge food hall promoting regional food and drink, the new Garden Show and demonstrations of country activities such as sheep shearing and dry stone walling.
The Great Yorkshire Show is organised by the Yorkshire Agricultural Society, and HRH The Prince of Wales is the Patron.
The Yorkshire Agricultural Society is delighted that HRH The Princess Royal is to visit the 2010 Great Yorkshire Show: the Princess will tour the famous farming and countryside show on the first day of the event which runs from Tuesday 13 – Thursday 15 July.
The show is no stranger to royal visitors. Most recently, in 2008, Her Majesty The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh were guests of honour, and two years earlier, The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall toured the show. The Princess last visited the Show in 1992.
The Great Yorkshire Show Highlights:
Tuesday 13th July 2010 -
* Livestock Judging
* Fashion Show featuring some of Yorkshire’s Olympic hopefuls at 2.30pm in the Skipton Building Society Fashion Pavilion
* Sheep Shearing competitions
Wednesday 14th July 2010 -
* Bolddog Lings Motorcycle Display Team
* Christine Walkden answering gardeners questions in the New Garden Show
* Band of the Brigade of Ghurkas
Thursday 15th July 2010 -
* Ripon Select Foods Cock o’the North Show Jumping
* Cattle Parade – see the finest livestock parade in the Main Ring
* Rosemary Shrager sharing her recipes with game
And many more presentations and competitions for livestock, vegetavles and all thing Great and Yorkshire!
Dates:
Tuesday 13th July 2010
Wednesday 14th July 2010
Thursday 15th July 2010
The Showground is open between 7.30am and 7.30pm (no admission after 5pm), apart from Thursday 15th July when the show will shut at 6.30pm.
Show programmes will be available on the day of the show, containing full event listings and programme, a guide to what’s on and the all important show map!
Tickets can be bought on the gate for admission on that day only.
How To Get There:
The Great Yorkshire Showground, Harrogate, is easily accessible from road, rail or air.
From the A1(M) junctions 45 – 47, follow the signs for ease of access to the Show.
Shuttle Bus -
Harrogate District Travel operates a FREE return bus service from Harrogate Bus Station (next to the Railway Station) to the Showground commencing daily at 7:30am until 7:30pm. Buses are not low floor and wheelchair access is limited. Buses depart every 20 minutes from the town centre and the service is FREE.
Address:
The Great Yorkshire Showground
Railway Road
Harrogate
North Yorkshire
HG2 8PW
