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The Alresford Show (also known as the Alresford Agricultural Show) is an annual one day agricultural show event held every autumn in Titchborne Park, near New Alresford in Hampshire, southern England, UK. [1] The show attracts agricultural exhibits and competitions from across the region. [2] [3]

The event is organised by The Alresford & District Agricultural Society. [4] The first Alresford Show was held in1909. No show were held from 1914-1919 or 1940-1944 due to the outbreak of World War I and World War II. Shows were also cancelled in 1923, 1939 and 1952, due to Foot and mouth disease, 2008 due to heavy rainfall, and 2020 and 2021 due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. [5] [6]

The event was originally held in December, but was moved to late August and early September to better account for the harvesting season. [2]

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