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The Moreton Show team are excited to present 165 acres of farming, food and family fun on Saturday 2nd September 2023. Set in the heart of the North Cotswolds, Moreton Show is a firm favourite in the rural calendar. It’s a premier one-day agricultural show, which returns on Saturday 2nd September 2023 with all the best bits of the countryside packed into the beloved showground. Moreton Show has been established for over 70 years and is now one of the largest one-day agricultural shows in the country, attracting more than 20,000 visitors and 200 trade stands. The show prid..

Moreton Show returned on Saturday 3rd September as a wonderful celebration of British life. CAPTION: Tommy Digweed – Champion Sheep Young Handler – with Tom Hayman-Joyce, Chair of Moreton Show.The Moreton-in-Marsh and District Agricultural and Horse Show Society put on another fantastic family-friendly show at the weekend.The Batsford Estate was awash with farming and equestrian fanatics, who joined together to showcase livestock, horses and home & garden produce in the 165-acre showground.Some of the Show’s highlights included a fly-past from the World's only flyable WWII Lan..

The Home and Garden area is the centre of Moreton Show.Farming, food and family fun are on the agenda for Moreton Show 2022, with the Home & Garden Marquee in the heart of the showground. This hidden gem embraces the very idea of the Show - where there really is something for everyone. The vegetables classes are always outstanding and always a great battle to find out who has the best blanched leeks and which beetroot is the most perfectly rounded. Although the growing conditions may have been a little tricky this year, there is no doubt that the green fingered competitors will ‘pu..

Moreton Show is one of the biggest one-day agricultural shows in the country, showcasing the best in British agriculture, the equestrian world and rural life.After the success of the revamped layout for the 2021 show, the team have decided to keep the widened aisle ways and the fantastic Food and Retails Avenues, which were a sell out last year.The Show not only celebrates the best of the British countryside but also the wonderful businesses that have shown endeavour across the Cotswolds. The Food and Retail Avenues are full to the brim with local businesses, from locally reared Herefor..

 The Countryside In A Day - Farming, Food & Family Fun! Moreton Show is one of the biggest one-day agricultural shows in the UK.  The 165 acre site in the beautiful North Cotswolds is packed with things to see and do – and buy. Traditional and always changing – that’s what they say about Moreton Show. Come for the day and prepare to be surprised at how much there is to see. There is an outstanding Grand Arena timetable planned, including Squibb Freestyle Stunt Bikes, the Shetland Pony Grand National, a parade of the Hounds, as well as some top Show Jumping and the..

WINNERS Congratulations to Robert Surman who won our farmtastic competition to meet and greet Kaleb Cooper at Moreton Show. Also to our runner’s up: Linda Aylett and Justine Saxby Thomas, who win e-tickets. See you there!   WINNER |Robert Surman: “There was a young lad called kaleb cooper, that stared on a show with many bloopers, he did quite a lot down on old diddly squat just for the chance at Morton show meeting you lot !” RUNNER-UP |Linda Aylett: “Kaleb of the Cotswolds. The wheel farmer round these parts” RUNNER-UP | Justine Saxby Thomas: “Living the dream His..

As Moreton Show returns for 2022 the team are making the final touches to the timetable and confirm that they’ve secured the mini jockeys and their steeds for the second year in a row. The Shetland Pony Grand National was a galloping success last year and visitors can now look forward to watching the Shetlands and their junior jockeys race around the arena again in 2022.  These junior jockeys tour up and down the country competing at many prestigious events including, Royal Windsor Horse Show, The Game Fair and Badminton Horse Trials. In this event, the jockeys jump over mini ..

Three agricultural shows in the Midlands are pleased to announce the relaunch of the Three Shires Cattle Competition, the ‘Triple Crown’ for showing cattle.  Hanbury Countryside Show in Worcestershire (Saturday, July 2nd), Burwarton Show in Shropshire (Thursday, August 4th) and Moreton Show in Gloucestershire (Saturday, September 3rd) will award the Three Shires Cattle Trophy to the exhibitor who gains the most points across all three shows. The respected award, with a £1,000 top prize, is sponsored by Chanelle Animal Health manufacturers of the Doramax Pour-on. Kathryn ..

Locals will probably have noticed that work is underway to restore and renovate the ancient Four Shire Stone which is said to have inspired the Lords of the Rings author, J.R.R. Tolkien.Tolkien was a frequent visitor to this corner of the Cotswolds and it’s understood that this waymarker, which is around a mile and half from Moreton in Marsh, caught his imagination. Fans of The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings will know of the Three Farthing Stone of the Shire.The top of the 15 ft high pillar - which marks the ancient boundary between Gloucestershire, Warwickshire, Oxfordshire and Worcesters..

Moreton Show returns on Saturday 3rd September 2022. After a bumper Moreton Show 2021, when the countryside extravaganza returned with a bang, the team present Moreton Show 2022 and promise it will be even better than last year! Moreton Show is a premier one-day agricultural show, set in the heart of the North Cotswolds. It has been established for over 70 years and is now one of the largest one-day agricultural shows in the country attracting more than 20,000 visitors.  The show, prides itself on its traditional values, providing a stage for local produce and crafts, as w..

Law firm Lodders is celebrating a quarter of a century of sponsoring and supporting Moreton Show when the countryside and farming event makes a welcome return on Saturday 4 September. The firm’s managing partner Paul Mourton says: “We're delighted that we will be back at Moreton Show this year - it's our 25th year sponsoring and supporting the show, and as always, we've got lots of fun activities planned on the Lodders stand, such as a Pimm’s hour, brunch, ploughman's lunch, and afternoon tea - and treats and water available for dogs!”  Joining the Lodders’ team on the ..

In appreciation for the generous support our sponsors gave us through the Coronavirus Pandemic, this plaque will be placed into a dry stone wall - situated on showground - on Show Day, for everyone to admire. Tom Hayman-Joyce, Chair of Moreton Show, says: "I would like to thank the local businesses and individuals who have supported us throughout the Covid pandemic.” ..

Planning continues for this year’s Moreton Show and Sarah Taylor has become the new Showground and Trade Stand Secretary.Sarah has been Show Secretary since 2015 and is switching roles to steer Moreton Show through the post Covid-19 landscape.Sarah and her family run the popular and successful Swalcliffe Park Equestrian at their family farm near Banbury - home of horse trials, schooling and clinics.Sarah said: ‘I’m really looking forward to my new job at Moreton Show. I enjoy the logistical side of running events which I've been involved with for many years. In these post pandemic, challengi..

We're fortunate to have a great team of people at Moreton Show who work hard to make our show a success.   In our latest series 'Moreton Show People'  - we meet our fun-loving and enthusiastic Horse Committee chairman,Trevor Clarke.    Tell us about your first horse or pony?He was a Dale’s pony called Simon. He and I spent most of the summer holidays riding out from home, high up on the North York Moors.  Usually, I rode without a saddle and thankfully, he had a brilliantly long mane which helped keep the midges off.Why do you love horses and the equestrian life?Horse ..