The Royal Cornwall Agricultural Show, usually called the Royal Cornwall Show, is an agricultural show organised by the Royal Cornwall Agricultural Association, which takes place at the beginning of June each year, at Wadebridge in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The showground is on the south side of the A39 main road and between the hamlets of St Breock and Whitecross. Members of the

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often attend at the Show, including

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who is a supporter of the farming community. Princess Alexandra attended the 2009 show. The show lasts for three days and attracts approximately 120,000 visitors annually. Royal Cornwall Show 2004 - geograph

History

The Royal Cornwall Agricultural Association was founded in 1793, and has been known by that name since 1858. The show was held at Truro between 1827 and 1857, and from then on the venue changed every year until 1960, when the showground at Wadebridge became its permanent home. No show was held from 1915 to 1918, 1940 to 1945 nor 2020. * YEAR – LOCATION, ATTENDANCE * 1827 to 1857 – Truro * 1858 * 1859 * 1860 * 1861 * 1862 * 1863 * 1864 * 1865 * 1866 * 1867 * 1868 * 1869 * 1870 – Launceston * 1871 – Truro * 1872 –

Bodmin Bodmin () is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated south-west of Bodmin Moor. The extent of the civil parish corresponds fairly closely to that of the town so is mostly urban in character. It is bordere ...

, 17331 attendance for the two-day show * 1873 – Penryn, 11,712 * 1874 –

St Austell St Austell (; kw, Sans Austel) is a town in Cornwall, England, south of Bodmin and west of the border with Devon. St Austell is one of the largest towns in Cornwall; at the 2011 census it had a population of 19,958. History St Austell wa ...

17,022 * 1875 – Truro, 24,212 * 1876 – Liskeard, 14228 * 1877 –

Camborne Camborne ( kw, Kammbronn) is a town in Cornwall, England. The population at the 2011 Census was 20,845. The northern edge of the parish includes a section of the South West Coast Path, Hell's Mouth and Deadman's Cove. Camborne was formerl ...

, 17186 * 1878 – Saltash, 13,394 * 1879 – Falmouth, 18,926 attendance for the two-day show (12,414 paid for admission) * 1880 – Lostwithiel (Lanwithan estate), 9,188 paid for admission to the two day show. * 1881 –

Redruth Redruth ( , kw, Resrudh) is a town and civil parishes in Cornwall, civil parish in Cornwall, England. The population of Redruth was 14,018 at the 2011 census. In the same year the population of the Camborne-Redruth urban area, which also inc ...

, 20,105 * 1882 – Launceston, 16,399 * 1883 – Truro (Tremorva), 21,871 * 1884 –

, 16,057 ''(the following citation applies to the entries for 1870 to 1884)'' * 1885 –

Penzance Penzance ( ; kw, Pennsans) is a town, civil parish and port in the Penwith district of Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is the most westerly major town in Cornwall and is about west-southwest of Plymouth and west-southwest of London. Situated ...

(Treneere), 15,569 * 1886 – St Austell (Moire Cottage grounds), 16,551 * 1887 – Camborne (

Rosewarne Rosewarne ( kw, Roswern) is a hamlet in west Cornwall, England, in the parish of Gwinear-Gwithian, near Reawla. The name of the hamlet comes from the Cornish language ''Roswern'', containing the elements ''ros'', meaning 'hill-spur', and ''gw ...

), 16,753 * 1888 – Newquay, 11,711 * 1889 – Helston, 12,974 * 1890 – Truro, 12,118 * 1891 – Par, 13,484 * 1892 – Redruth, 18,793 * 1893 – Liskeard, 13,067 * 1894 – Falmouth, 18,316 * 1895 – Wadebridge, 16,342 * 1896 – St Ives, 13,040 * 1897 – Lostwithiel, 9,398 * 1898 – Penzance, 17,689 * 1899 – Launceston, 12,838 * 1900 – Truro, 14,560 * 1901 – Bodmin, 14,887 * 1902 – Camborne, 9,508 * 1903 – St Austell, 19,370 * 1904 – Falmouth, 16,287 * 1905 – Newquay, 13,055 * 1906 – Redruth, 20,320 * 1907 – Liskeard, 12,648 * 1908 – Helston, 17,370 * 1909 – St. Columb, 15,757 * 1910 – St Ives, 14,250 * 1911 – St Austell, 18,157 * 1912 – Penzance, 21,454 ''(the following citation applies to the entries for 1889 to 1912)'' Year, location and attendance figures from 1889 to 1912 taken from The Western Daily Mercury 14 June 1912 page 7 * 1930 – Liskeard * 1931 – St Columb * 1932 – Penryn * 1933 – * 1960 – 2019 – Wadebridge * 2020 – Postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic * 2021 –

Business

Businesses with links to agriculture have trade stands at the show, using the opportunity to attract new business as well as to network with current customers.

Social event

The show is attended by people who live in farming communities in Cornwall. Events include: * Judging of cattle, sheep, horses, goats and various other domestic animals * Sheepdog trials * Riding competitions * Driving displays *

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* Games and sports * Craft show * Live music * The culmination of the county cup for the Cornwall Young Farmers' Club.

References

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