Diary dates for JulyShows, Events & Courses - Much of the information contained in our show diary is from The Showman's Directory, published by Lance Pulbications. Please telephone 01730 266624 if you would like to buy a copy. SMALLHOLDER cannot be held responsible for any information given and we strongly advise you to phone the show/event organiser before setting out to visit.
JULY 2-4 Bicton Arena - South Western Show Jumping Club - Exeter tel 01225 873687,
3 Doune & Dunblane Agricultural Show tel 01577 840045.
3 Machen Agricultural Show - Gwent tel 02920 830278.
3 Pymoor Agricultural Show near Ely - traditional agricultural show for all the family inlcuding vintage tractors and machinery
3 Organic Farm Open Day Low Luckens Farm, Cumbria 016977 48331 www.lowluckensfarm.co.uk
3-4 East Midlands Vintage Working Weekend Morborne Peterborough 01536 763246
3-4 Ardingly Smallholders - South of England Showground tel 01306 741302.
3-4 Truckfest - South West, Royal Bath & West Showground,Somerset tel 01775 768661, www.truckfest.co.uk.
3-4 Castle Kennedy Horse Driving Trials & Country Fair - Stranraer tel 01581 500309, www.castlekennedydriving.com.
3-4 Game Conservancy Scottish Fair tel 01620 85057
3-4 Winterton tel 01724 732789, www.wintertonshow.net.
4 Revels Auction, Buckland Newton Dorchester 01300 345301
4 Open Day at the Horse Hospital 30th Anniversary - Society for Welfare of Horses and Ponies Coxtone, St Maughans, Monmouth - Silent Auction, Blessing of Animals , Stalls and Pony Rides 11am-4pm Meet the Rescued Horses and Ponies Info 0600 750233
4-7 Royal Show Stoneleigh Warks including poultry show and displays tel 02476 858281, www.royalshow.org.uk.
5 Cambridge Machinery Sales, Sutton, Ely 01353 777767 www.cheffins.co.uk
6-11 Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 0207 630 7422 www.rhs.org.uk
8 Bannow & Rathangan Agricultural Show - Ireland tel 00 353 (0)532 9653..
8 Weald & Downland Open Air Museum course - The Seasonal Larder. Aims to show how the most can be made out of in-seasin foods and how seasonal food gluts shaped the celebration of our traditional festivals tel 01243 811464 / 811931.
10 Liskeard Show tel 01579 343125, www.liskeardshow.org.
10 Colchester Poultry Club Tendring Show tel 01376 331409.
10 Tendring Hundred - Manningtree tel 01206 231821, www.tendringshow.co.uk.
10-11 Forest Gardening, weekend course at the Sustainability Centre, Hampshire. Contact 01730 823166
10-11 Bridgend Agricultural Show tel 01656 659437, www.bridgend-show.fsnet.co.uk.
10-11 Cotswold Show & Country Fair tel 01285 652007, www.cotswoldshow.co.uk.
10-11 Gardeners' Weekend - Shugborough tel 0121 7114728.
10-11 Lakeland Rose - Kendal tel 01229 584926, www.lakelandroseshow.co.uk.
10-11 Wirral - Wallasey tel 0151 677 8943 / 0151 638 4362, www.wirralshow.com.
10/11 Organic Gardens Open in Scotland send for free directory enclosing sae A4 Events Office, HDRA, Ryton Organic Gardens, Coventry, CV8 3LG www.hdra.org.uk
11 Alton Agricultural Show tel 01243 430926.
11 Dalkeith Agricultural Show - Lugton tel 01506 845084.
11 Market Bosworth Show & Country Fair tel 01455 290489.
12 Stithians Show tel 01209 861073, www.stithiansshow.org.uk.
13-15 Great Yorkshire Show tel 01423 541000, www.greatyorkshireshow.org.
14-16 Paignton & District Fanciers' Association - The Showground, Exeter tel 01364 642420.
16-18 Kent County tel 01622 630975, www.kentshowground.co.uk.
17 Castlewellan & District tel 028 4063 0536, www.castlewellanshow.com.
17 Cumberland County Show tel 016977 47397, www.cumberlandshow.co.uk.
17 Cheffins Vintage Auction Sale Sutton, Ely, Cambs 01223 213777 www.cheffins.co.uk Machinery, tractors, memorabilia, books and farming toys.
17 Open Day at Blackbrook Zoological Park, Blackbrook is a BWA Centre and gives free admission to BWA members. The Zoological Park has an extensive collection of exotic birds, a specialist collection of waterfowl including sea ducks and also mammals, fish and reptiles.
Sale of Paintings by the Artist Carl Donner. These paintings were commissioned by the BWA to illustrate the Standards of Domestic Waterfowl, published in 1999. The paintings depict all the breeds of Domestic Geese and Ducks recognised in the UK and have never been previously exhibited together. For more information about this open waterfowl event (open to all, not just members of the BWA), contact Mark Rubery and Diana Holloway on 01565 873282
17-18 Game & Country Fair tel 01323 844224, www.sussexpast.co.uk.
17-18 Halton Show tel 01514 209414, www.halton.gov.uk/haltonshow.
17-18 Romiley Young Farmers tel 0161 456 6425.
17-18 Flint Kanpping Workshop Flag Fen Bronze Age Centre, The Droveway, Northey Road, Peterborough PE6 7QJ 01733 313414 www.flagfen.com
17-24 World Sheep and Wool Congress Quebec City www.worldsheep.com Jean-Luc Benoit 418 648-1233 418 576 3022
18 Red Cross Scheme Open Gardens DOCWRA's Manor Shepreth info 01223 868686
18 Arthington - Bramhope tel 0113 2759335.
18 Ashby De La Zouch Agricultural Show tel 01283 229225.
18 Ridewell Show tel 01642 301580.
18 Suffolk Smallholders Society Annual Show tel 01728 603830.
19-21 Royal Welsh tel 01982 553683. www.rwas.co.uk
20-22 East of England Championship Dog Show inc Royal Foxhound on 21st 01733 234451 www.eastofengland.org.uk
21-25 Royal International Horse Show Hickstead 01273 835262
21 Driffield Show tel 01377 257494, www.driffieldshow.co.uk.
21 Creating Ponds Denmark Farm, Betws Bledrws, Lampeter, Ceredigion SA48 8PB 01570 493358 www.shared-earth-trust.org.uk
21-23 Yoghurt and Fermented Products Course Raseheath College, Nantwich, Cheshire - details Chris Ashby, AB Cheesemaking 01949 842867 chris@abcheesemaking.co.uk www.abcheesemaking.co.uk
23 South Wales Shire Horse Society - Abergavenny tel 01633 857549.
23-25 CLA Game Fair - Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire tel 01256 389767, www.gamefair.co.uk.
24 Antrim Show tel 028 9084 9466.
24 Lions Country Fair - Priory Park tel 01298 74507.
24 Littleport Show tel 01353 861740, www.littleportshow.com.
24 Mid Devon - Tiverton tel 01884 821815, www.middevonshow.fsnet.co.uk.
24 Penrith Show tel 01931 713325, www.penrithshow.co.uk.
24 Organic Farm Open Day Luddesdown Organic Farm, Court Lodge, Luddesdown, near Cobham, Kent 01474 813376 organic@luddesdown.u-net.com
24/25 Working Donkey and Mule Awareness Weekend Acton Scott Working Farm Museum, Church Stretton, Shropshire Terry Davis 01694 781206
24-25 Heckington & District Agricultural Show - Eastgate tel 01529 461823, www.heckingtonshow.org.uk.
24-25 Bring History to Life - Roman Weekend featuring Bodecia! Northcote Heavy Horse Centre Spilsby, Lincolnshire 01754 830286 www.northcote-horses.co.uk
25 Visit to a members smallholding including meet the alpacas Fenland Goatkeepers and Smallholders West Walton Village Hall 2.30pm 01945 700961
26 Woolsery & District Agricultural Show tel 01409 261288.
27 Ryedale Show tel 01653 697820, www.cundalls.co.uk.
27-29 New Forest & Hampshire County Show tel 01590 622400, www.newforestshow.co.uk.
27-29 Royal Lancashire Show - Ribchester tel 01254 813769, www.rls.co.uk.
28 Ferne Animal Sanctuary 'Come behind the scenes day' 01460 65214 www.ferneanimalsanctuary.org
28 Borrowby Show tel 01845 537557, www.borrowbyshow.org.uk.
28 Cardigan & District Agricultural Show tel 01239 615438.
28 Clogher Agricultural Show tel 028 8554 8883.
28 Nantwich & South Cheshire Show tel 01270 780306, www.nantwichshow.co.uk.
28 Sheep 2004 - Three Counties Showground tel 01684 892661, www.nationalsheep.org.uk.
28 Stranraer Agricultural Show tel 01581 500309, www.stranraershow.com.
28 North Lonsdale Agricultural Show tel 01229 585832.
28-30 Arab Horse Society National Show - Malvern tel 01672 520782.
29 Totnes & District Show tel 01548 821070.
30 Holsworthy & Stratton Agricultural Show tel 01288 355335.
30-1 August Lulworth Horse Trials & Country Fair tel 01929 400352, www.lulworth.com.
31 Cockermouth & District Show tel 01946 692798.
31 Nairn Agricultural Show tel 01667 455922.
31-1 August The Working Horse Trust Summer Event tel 01892 750105, www.clivan.co.uk.
31-1 August Perth Show - South Inch tel 01738 623780, www.perthshow.co.uk.
31-1 August Truckfest - Scotland, Royal Highland Showground, Edinburgh tel 01775 768661, www.truckfest.co.uk.
