Otley Show: All the best photos from 2023 event that kicks off Yorkshire's agricultural calendar and has been running since 1796

Otley Show has returned to kick off Yorkshire’s agricultural events calendar.

By Grace Newton

Published 20th May 2023, 15:07 GMT

Updated 21st May 2023, 10:21 GMT

The country show was first held in the market town in the 1790s, meaning it has been running for over 200 years. The crowds can reach 15,000 in fine weather, and over the years the traditional livestock classes have been joined by fun entertainment.

Yorkshire Post photographer James Hardisty went along.

The cattle ring

1. Otley Show, held in Otley, West Yorkshire, one of the first of 50 agricultural society shows to be held in Yorkshire each year. Pictured Picture By Yorkshire Post Photographer, James Hardisty. Date: 20th May 2023.

The cattle ring Photo: James Hardisty

Otley Show, held in Otley, West Yorkshire, one of the first of 50 agricultural society shows to be held in Yorkshire each year. Pictured (left to right) Bruce Kenworthy, and Chris Adamson, directors of Todmorden Show, holding a Dorset Horn Ram, from The Langfield Flock

2. <<<<<<Country Post>>>>> - Todmorden Show. Otley Show, held in Otley, West Yorkshire, one of the first of 50 agricultural society shows to be held in Yorkshire each year. Pictured (left to right) Bruce Kenworthy, and Chris Adamson, directors of Todmorden Show, holding a Dorset Horn Ram, from The Langfield Flock. Picture By Yorkshire Post Photographer, James Hardisty. Date: 20th May 2023.

Otley Show, held in Otley, West Yorkshire, one of the first of 50 agricultural society shows to be held in Yorkshire each year. Pictured (left to right) Bruce Kenworthy, and Chris Adamson, directors of Todmorden Show, holding a Dorset Horn Ram, from The Langfield Flock Photo: James Hardisty

Pictured Chris Adamson showing his Kerry Hill sheep

3. <<<<<<Country Post>>>>> - Todmorden Show. Otley Show, held in Otley, West Yorkshire, one of the first of 50 agricultural society shows to be held in Yorkshire each year. Pictured Chris Adamson, one of the directors of Todmorden Show, showing his Kerry Hill sheep. Picture By Yorkshire Post Photographer, James Hardisty. Date: 20th May 2023.

Pictured Chris Adamson showing his Kerry Hill sheep Photo: James Hardisty

Pictured James Caton, of Weston, Otley, carrying a Texel lamb into the sheep area at the show

4. Otley Show, held in Otley, West Yorkshire, one of the first of 50 agricultural society shows to be held in Yorkshire each year. Pictured James Caton, of Weston, Otley, carrying a Texel lamb into the sheep area at the show. Picture By Yorkshire Post Photographer, James Hardisty. Date: 20th May 2023.

Pictured James Caton, of Weston, Otley, carrying a Texel lamb into the sheep area at the show Photo: James Hardisty

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