Shropshire Star

Burwarton Show: Annual event attracts crowds - with updates from the event

The 126th Burwarton Show is taking place today in land between Ludlow and Bridgnorth.

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Burwarton Show. Picture by: Mark Sisson

It is one of the biggest one-day agricultural events of its kind in the country.

The entertainment this year is the Squibb Freestyle Stunt Team, and the Shetland Pony Grand National, a race for riders aged between eight and 13.

The show’s Main Ring entertainment will also feature a parade of vintage tractors, decorated heavy horses, Concours d’elegance and a parade of carriages and a parade of Ludlow foxhounds.

At the end of the day a Young Farmers Club tug of war will take place in the Main Ring.

On the show’s Village Green there will be a line-up of acts.

It will include the Jill Fielding Duo, Joey the Juggler, Clive Chandler Punch and Judy, Magic Russ, Helen Pearson 1940s and 1950s music, and balloon modelling.

Our reporter Jordan Reynolds is there tweeting live from the event: