Welcome to the Bath & West Showground
Nestled in the heart of the West Country, the Bath & West Showground is a unique, versatile venue with a variety of inspiring indoor and outdoor spaces.
Across a spectacular site of 240 acres the Showground features six sizeable indoor venues, numerous meeting, conference & exhibition spaces, a permanent road infrastructure, site-wide catering & bathroom facilities and extensive car parking.
Whether accommodating 10 people or 100,000 the extremely adaptable environment, with its range of facilities and resources, can be tailored to suit any event.
The Showground Team will be on hand every step of the way and are dedicated to the success of your event whatever its shape or size. DID YOU KNOW... Held at the Showground in 1970, the record-breaking Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music - featuring the likes of Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd & Frank Zappa - inspired Michael Eavis to establish Glastonbury Festival. DID YOU KNOW... The Society’s Archive - the biggest private archive held in the Guildhall, Bath - contains a documentary record of the Society’s activities from its foundation in 1777 to the present day, including; minute-books, accounts, correspondence, papers, press- cuttings, photographs and an abundance of other historical items.
Honesty & Integrity, Loyalty & Respect, The Royal Bath & West of England Society
Established on 8 September 1777 by an assembly of As an agricultural charity the Society has a remit to offer philanthropists, philosophers and agriculturalists in awards, grants and scholarships for the promotion of Bath; the Royal Bath & West of England Society seeks agriculture and rural arts. This remit manifests through to encourage and improve agriculture, manufactures, programmes such as The Prince of Wales Award, commerce and rural arts in the West of England. Environmental Youth Awards, Art Scholarship and Long From its home at the Bath & West Showground in the heart Service Awards. of Somerset the Society realises these charitable objectives To learn more about the Society, its activities and how through an array of activities, projects and events; the most you can support and shape its future visit our website: famous of which is the Royal Bath & West Show. The Society’s www.bathandwest.com. other events include The Dairy Show, Grassland UK and the Field to Food Learning Day.
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Since its construction in 1965 the Bath & West Showground Bath & West Show, the Showground quickly established has played host to a wide range of events; from meetings, itself as a key player in the region and an essential part of conferences and private parties to exhibitions, world class the local community; offering inside and outside spaces sports and record-breaking music festivals. suitable for local, private use and much larger scale Purchased by the Royal Bath & West of England Society events of national and international renown. as a permanent home for the, until then, travelling Royal
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DID YOU KNOW... The Showground welcomes up to a million visitors a year from across the UK and wider world with around 150,000 of these attending the famous Royal Bath & West Show.
Sports Events Music Festivals & Concerts
Exhibitions
DID YOU KNOW... A rich vein of sport runs through the Showground, which has hosted boxing bouts involving the likes of Frank Bruno and Prince Naseem, the BMX World Championships and a ‘Sport for the Disabled’ competition that has seen contestants go on to take part in the Paralympics. Collectors & Craft Fairs
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Today the Showground is a vibrant, versatile destination various sized rooms, halls, pavilions and superb external offering a variety of inspiring indoor and outdoor spaces. areas, means that both the simplest and most demanding The venue’s adaptable nature with its combination of of events can be serviced with ease.
The Royal Bath & West Show
Food Exhibitions & Fairs DID YOU KNOW... The Showground is also home to an Extreme Off-road 4x4 course, fabulous miniature railway, beautiful lake and a purpose-built sports facility for the disabled.
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● Onsite restaurant and catering options ● Utility services available to all corners of the Showground ● Sitewide WiFi and 4G connectivity ● Suitable for camping and caravans ● 5 mile hard surfaced internal road network ● A number of on-site accommodation options; connecting the whole site from bunk rooms to luxury lodges ● Extensive car parking ● Daily postal collection from on-site post box ● Accessible toilet and bathroom amenities across the site ● Purpose built First Aid centre To A37 AD H RO TLEIG A PRES 371
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Location
How to Find the Bath & West Showground Showground is perfectly placed for your event. With its position in the heart of the West of England and Located on the A371 and only four miles from the well- proximity to the fabulous, diverse destinations of Bath, serviced Castle Cary Train Station, the Showground is Bristol, Glastonbury, Wells and Frome, the Bath & West easily accessible from all corners of the region. N M5 C M4 M4 S M4 M4
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Enquiries
For all enquiries: 01749 822200 bathandwestshowground.com The Royal Bath & West of England Society The Showground Shepton Mallet Somerset. BA4 6QN
15 Contact Us 01749 822200 bathandwestshowground.com The Royal Bath & West of England Society The Showground Shepton Mallet Somerset. BA4 6QN