British National Ploughing Championships & Country Festival – Allesley, Coventry
“We are a registered charity and hold the annual British National Ploughing Championships & Country Festival in a different part of the country each year. This year, we are delighted that we have been invited to hold it not too far from you – near Allesley, Coventry, CV5 8DG by kind permission of the Brandreth Family and the Sir Thomas White Trust. It will be held on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th October.
This amazing event will not only show over 250 local champion ploughmen and women in their competitions, it offers a rare glimpse of farming and how our farming heritage has changed over the last 300 years – there are magnificent heavy horses and many styles of vintage tractors all ploughing alongside the most up-to-date machinery of the present day. There are also trade stands, shopping, crafts, tractor and trailer rides and steam ploughing engines, so it’s a great day out for all the family. This year, we also have a tank ploughing!
It is a national event and visitors will travel from all over the country to visit the Championships and we don’t want local people to miss out – the one thing we hear afterwards is: “I would have gone if I’d heard about it”! ”
