The Hawkesbury Horticultural Show takes place on the last Saturday in August every year.
The 135th Hawkesbury Horticultural Society Show
The show will go ahead in 2021!
President : His Grace the Duke of Beaufort
Gates open at 12.30 p.m.
Hawkesbury Carnival Queen 2019 - Rianna Porter, with attendants Amelie Young and Erin James
Hawkesbury Horticultural Show is locally believed to be one of the longest continuously running Horticultural Shows in England. From its start in 1885, to the 134th Show in the summer of 2019, it had been held every year without a break, according to the older residents in the village, even during the war years and never cancelling due to inclement weather. Sadly, in 2020, due to the restrictions in place during the covid-19 pandemic, the Show simply could not take place so, like so many events around the country, it had to be postponed. But, following the guidelines of the ‘Roadmap out of lockdown’, the Show Committee are delighted that a Show will take place once again this year.
Showday is Saturday 28th August 2021
Showground address:
Hawkesbury Village Hall and Recreation Ground, High Street,
Hawkesbury Upton, Nr Badminton, S. Glos. GL9 1AU
The main attraction is the large marquee, full of exhibits to be judged on Show day - the biggest and best fruit, vegetables and flowers as well as crafts, home baking and homemade wine and beer, flower arrangements, photographs and children’s pictures and models.
Gates to the Showground open to the public at 12.30pm but the Show officially begins at 1.30pm with the crowning of the Carnival Queen, or Carnival King, by the war memorial, on The Plain at the end of High Street. The carnival procession of decorated floats and walkers in fancy dress travels through the village and into the showground, led by The Nailsworth Silver Band. There is entertainment throughout the afternoon in the central arena. This year two expert BMX riders will be performing jumps and acrobatics using a variety of ramps and other equipment, and a local dance group will be performing. The Bath Archers will be giving their popular archery lessons in a safe corner of the show ground.
Details of all entertainment, timings and a list of stalls will be available on this website and in the FREE Show programme, which can be collected at the entry gates. There are fairground rides and sideshows, provided by Roger’s Fair, as well as the popular regulars - the hog and deer roast, beer tent and the Pimms tent. Refreshments are available throughout the afternoon inside the Village Hall. Bath Archers give archery lessons in a safe corner of the field. Entertainment in the arena concludes with the tractor-pull challenge, which always provides good-natured rivalry, encouraged by the Show compere. At the end of the afternoon, prizes and trophies are awarded in the marquee and the raffle is drawn. Show day concludes with a lively auction of selected prize-winning produce, starting at 6.30pm, and led by the ever-popular auctioneer Nick Cragg from ‘Country Property’, Chipping Sodbury. The auction usually ends around 7.00pm, but the entertainment continues into the evening with live music in the beer tent and some rides and side stalls remaining open.
The Hawkesbury Show Committee
The popular carnival procession begins with the crowning of the Carnival Queen, or King, on The Plain at 1.30pm.before travelling through the village to the Show Ground, led by the Nailsworth Silver Band.
Note: The High Street will be closed from 1:00 to 2:00pm.
The trophies and prizes are distributed at 5.00pm, including the special Chairman's Award which is given to an individual who has supported the Show over many years and who deserved recognition from the Show Committee.
The show concludes at 6.30pm with the Grand Auction of Produce led by auctioneer Nick Cragg from Country Properties of Chipping Sodbury.
Come along to the Hawkesbury Show for a great day out!
Note: The High Street will be closed from 1:00 to 2:00pm.
The trophies and prizes are distributed at 5.00pm, including the special Chairman's Award which is given to an individual who has supported the Show over many years and who deserved recognition from the Show Committee.
The show concludes at 6.30pm with the Grand Auction of Produce led by auctioneer Nick Cragg from Country Properties of Chipping Sodbury.
Come along to the Hawkesbury Show for a great day out!
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Entries in the Show tent 2019
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Prize-winning vegetables |
Check out the press coverage for Hawkesbury Show
The Wotton Times |
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Gloucestershire Gazette website 08/08/2018
"Hawkesbury Show is back for its 133rd year" |
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Featured on the BBC's "Get Inspired" Website
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Featured in the Gloucestershire Echo's "10 things to do in Gloucestershire over the August Bank Holiday Weekend" 24/08/2016
Included in The Telegraph's
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Included in the Gloucestershire Echo's "15 things to do in Gloucestershire this Bank Holiday Weekend"
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We are listed on:
Cotswold Life - August Events
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Cotswold AONB events listing
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BBC Get Inspired - Activity Finder site
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And many more...