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LET THE SHOW BEGIN………..

Welcome to the Kent County Show, the largest 3 day event in the county with nearly 100,000 visitors each year.

This year we are pleased to announce a new and improved Show with something new for the whole family. The main emphasis will be on Farming and Agriculture and our interactive ‘Why Farming Matters’ will move opposite the Main Gate to allow visitors to ‘learn something new’ about farming, the countryside and where food comes from.

The Kent Young Farmers area will be extended for 2010 and will include a more prominently placed ring on the roadside to allow for expansion of this professional display of livestock and small animals that helps encourage young people into the farming industry. This really is worth a visit whatever age you are and we are proud of the fact that this is the largest gathering of young people and animals in Europe.

The Countryside Area will be extended and moved to allow even better viewing of interactive displays, hound pens, gundogs, birds of prey and terrier racing. The new Countryside Ring will take the place of part of the old Falmouth Ring and will benefit from a Members only grandstand.

There will be a new public lawn opposite the Show Office as well as a number of wider entrances to viewing areas around the Astor Ring. This Ring will now host all the major ring attractions including the Grand Parade of Livestock, the top show jumping classes and for 2010 a display by the White Helmets Motorcycle Display Team.

The existing Falmouth Ring has been divided in two and will host the Countryside Area and the new Village Green which will be devoted to village life past and present. It will be linked to a large traditional fairground including swing boats, chair-o-planes and steam gallopers.

There will be a new horse ring next to the existing Standen and Nesfield Rings.  The new West Ring has been created to incorporate the classes moved from the Astor Ring.

The Heritage Section will relocate to the area between entrances 1 & 2. Attractions will include the Wall of Death, British Army and vintage vehicles including steam engines, commercials, tractors, cars, motorcycles and buses. Themed catering courts have been introduced to encourage a wider variety of food. These will include the International, Farm to Fork, Traditionally British and an extended and moved Produced in Kent area renamed ‘A Taste of Kent’.