Horbury Show Website - Welcome

Next Horbury Show is Sunday 29th June 2008 - 11.00am to 4.45pm

The Horbury Show, which is always held on the last Sunday of June, has been a major feature of the local events calendar for upwards of 25 years. 2007 was the eleventh year that the Rotary Club of Horbury & Ossett Phoenix have organised the Horbury Show and it was once again located at Carr Lodge Park in the centre of Horbury. The Horbury Show is continually developing with new and requested attractions and as a result it regularly attracts several thousand people from Horbury and the surrounding districts. Entrance to the Horbury Show itself is free - with all the profits made by the Rotary Club going to charitable causes - many of which are recommended to the Club by members of the public.

The number of activities and participants at the Horbury Show continues to increase and in turn this brings more people into Carr Lodge Park. An established entrant in the Showman's Guide, the 2007 Horbury Show built on previous successes. We were again hoping for the RAF Battle of Britain Flight Lancaster to make an appearance at some time in the afternoon but, as was the case in the last couple of years the flypast did not happen due to poor flying conditions elsewhere to Horbury. Our other attractions included; Sheepdog, Ducks and Geese displays, Beat the Goalie competition, a major Dog Show, Medieval Falconry displays, Majorettes, Cheerleaders, West Yorkshire Mining Museum display, Dry Stone walling displays, Horbury Victoria Brass Band, Jazz Band, Fairground attractions, Punch and Judy shows, Bar Marquee, Food and other stalls plus many more. These attractions are listed on the Attractions Page . Don't forget that one of our key aims is to make the Horbury Show interactive - so plenty of opportunities for the kids to take part in events and displays - and for you to tell us what you would like to see at future Horbury Shows.

The Horbury & Ossett Phoenix Rotary Club is not a commercial organisation and we could not put the Horbury Show on at all unless we had the help and financial assistance from our sponsors and supporters. The local councillors, Janet Holmes and John Sharp and the MP for Normanton, Mr Ed Balls, have been and continue to be strong supporters of the Horbury Show and we have been delighted to welcome them to the Show.

Go Outdoors, trading as the long established Mitchell's at Middlestown near Horbury and Wakefield have continued with their support - and for the 2007 Horbury Show were the main show sponsor - see the link to their web site. Richard Kendall, Estate Agent - the leading agent in the Wakefield area - has once again supported us as did Green Williamson, Solicitors who are based in Wakefield and Pontefract.

Yorkshire Building Society in line with it's desire to help local community based activities provided our posters and printing and Yorkshire Water again helped the organisers with the logistical support needed. The owners of businesses based in Horbury, Ossett and outside the area also support the Horbury Show especially Ian Saxby of Saxby Surfacing Contractors, Stopcroft Transport and O'Neills Transport. Without their assistance before during and after the Horbury Show, it would be difficult for the Rotary Club to put it on.

We are happy to list these and other organisations, businesses and individuals on our Horbury Show web site and to thank them for their invaluable financial and logistical support (the right hand panel to the Horbury Show website shows all our sponsors and supporters with links to their websites and webpages).