Major revamp of Great Yorkshire Showground unveiled

Attached are artist impressions of what the new £10m Exhibition Hall at the Yorkshire Agricultural Society's Great Yorkshire Showground in Harrogate will look like.

A PROJECT amounting to the largest ever single investment at the Great Yorkshire Showground will see major demolition work get underway this week at what is the start of a new era for the Yorkshire Agricultural Society.

A total of 132,131 people came through the gates over the three days, an increase on last year’s figure of 130,989.

The record for attendance was set in 2006, with 135,111 visitors. Four years ago, the figure was just 25 fewer.

Highlights this year included a tour by the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall on opening day, and a vast BBC presence to mount an outside broadcast of The One Show.

This 157th show also saw the handover of the honorary show director role, after a decade, from Bill Cowling to Charles Mills.

Mr Mills said: “The Great Yorkshire Show has an amazing reputation as a superb industry showcase.”