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Prices held for 2010

Admission prices to Heckington Show have been held for the 3rd year running!  Still incredibly good value at just £10 per adult for a 2 day weekend pass.  Day ticket prices are also unchanged at £7 per adult. This means a fantastic day out for a family of 4 for just £20!

Youth Events for 2010

Lincolnshire Go-Ride Cycling Club Championship
An inter-club event with two races especially for the U16's - a Team Sprint and an 8 Lap Scratch Race.  Both promise to bring excitement and thrills to the unique grass track at Heckington.

Youth Athletics
Saturday afternoon in the main ring brings a new youth athletics section.  In conjunction with Sleaford Striders, there will be 2 classes for ages 11-15: 
  •  U13 800m Race
  •  U15 1500m Race

Full details an application forms for these and all other events can be found on the relevant pages.

Over 23,500 people enjoyed the 142nd show

Held as always on the last weekend in July, Heckington Show has grown spectacularly since the 1980s. It continues to be produced and managed by volunteers – a talented and passionate group willing to give the time and energy required to make this Britain’s biggest village show. This committee of some 50 men and women operate as Heckington & District Agricultural Society (a registered charity) with each member taking on a specific part of the show as their baby. Thus for example we have historians running the heritage zone, farmers the livestock, PR people on the publicity and surveyors the layout.

This is the perfect combination – enthusiasts working together with experts – and it shows. Heckington Show is an infectiously happy place for our visitors who are able to enjoy events ranging from the spectacular (main ring and firework concert) though the fascinating (heritage village and interactive children’s zone) to the traditional (livestock and vintage farm machinery at work).  

It all takes place on ancient grounds, shaded by fine trees - all in the shadow of the magnificent tower of the village church of St Andrew and the unique 8-sailed Heckington windmill. The result is the atmosphere of the quintessentially English village show offering the facilities, events and entertainment we all expect in the 21st century.  And there really is something for everyone – it’s the place to take your children and your parents!

142 Olympic Years

Heckington has seen some illustrious competitors in the past including none other than Seb (now Lord) Coe, Victoria Pendleton (one of our golden girls in Bejing) and Harvey Smith (that irascible showjumper).  Interest in both the athletics and cycling events was huge in 2008 – the colourful scene as 200 runners set off on the 10 mile road race will certainly stick in the memory and as the London Olympics draw nigh we expect an even greater entry this year.  The main ring forms a natural banked grass track and cycle racing has been documented here since the day of the Penny-farthing. The cycle races range in distance and style, with many opportunities for riders to win prizes but the National Grass Track 8km event is by far the toughest of them all.