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New Forest & Hampshire County Show
The 2010 New Forest & Hampshire County Show will be held on Tuesday 27th to Thursday 29th July, at New Park, Brockenhurst, right in the heart of the New Forest and this year they are celebrating their 90th Anniversary.
This will be a really special Show for everyone, marking this fantastic milestone in the Show’s history, providing events, entertainment, and all the traditional country pursuits that agricultural Shows are famous for.
This will also be an opportunity to reminisce over past years, with a marquee packed full of memorabilia all the way back to when this was a one day show and all the animals competing in the Show were tied up along one line of ropes. Now of course the Show has over 1500 classes for livestock including many prestigious national and international events.
What is so special about this Show is that not only is it in the top ten of agricultural Shows in the UK, but it is the only one of these that is a green field site that becomes transformed in July into this magnificent event, one of the top events in Hampshire’s social calendar.
To mark the occasion there are a whole series of ‘90th’ actions proposed including the planting of 90 trees in New Park, and 90 metres of hedgerows to donating to local charities 90 free tickets to help them raise money for their good causes.
The emphasis during the Show is to showcase the wealth of rural activities and will include an inter hunt relay, livestock grand parade, heavy horse musical drive and a sheep dog display. To add to the entertainment the Devil’s Horsemen are welcomed back by popular demand, plus a whole host of other entertainment and activities. The Show is also delighted to say that the Air Ambulance helicopter pod will be on display. There are special one day events every morning so try to get to the Show by 10am if you can.
Great news! Tickets are discounted by 20% if you buy them before July 11th , so ring 01590 622409 or go on line at www.newforestshow.co.uk now to save money. Whatever your interests, you are guaranteed to have a great time, so don’t miss it.
Don’t forget that the Showground is very near to the mainline station of Brockenhurst and there are continuous pay-as-you-go shuttle buses from the station into the showground - let the train take the strain!
This will be a really special Show for everyone, marking this fantastic milestone in the Show’s history, providing events, entertainment, and all the traditional country pursuits that agricultural Shows are famous for.
This will also be an opportunity to reminisce over past years, with a marquee packed full of memorabilia all the way back to when this was a one day show and all the animals competing in the Show were tied up along one line of ropes. Now of course the Show has over 1500 classes for livestock including many prestigious national and international events.
What is so special about this Show is that not only is it in the top ten of agricultural Shows in the UK, but it is the only one of these that is a green field site that becomes transformed in July into this magnificent event, one of the top events in Hampshire’s social calendar.
To mark the occasion there are a whole series of ‘90th’ actions proposed including the planting of 90 trees in New Park, and 90 metres of hedgerows to donating to local charities 90 free tickets to help them raise money for their good causes.
The emphasis during the Show is to showcase the wealth of rural activities and will include an inter hunt relay, livestock grand parade, heavy horse musical drive and a sheep dog display. To add to the entertainment the Devil’s Horsemen are welcomed back by popular demand, plus a whole host of other entertainment and activities. The Show is also delighted to say that the Air Ambulance helicopter pod will be on display. There are special one day events every morning so try to get to the Show by 10am if you can.
Great news! Tickets are discounted by 20% if you buy them before July 11th , so ring 01590 622409 or go on line at www.newforestshow.co.uk now to save money. Whatever your interests, you are guaranteed to have a great time, so don’t miss it.
Don’t forget that the Showground is very near to the mainline station of Brockenhurst and there are continuous pay-as-you-go shuttle buses from the station into the showground - let the train take the strain!