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Agricultural show in North Yorkshire, England

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The Great Yorkshire Show (GYS) is an agricultural show which takes place on the Great Yorkshire Showground in Harrogate, North Yorkshire in the North of England annually from the second Tuesday of July until the following Friday.

It is organised and run by the Yorkshire Agricultural Society (YAS). Since the demise of the Royal Show the GYS has been the largest agricultural show in England, however within the UK it is surpassed by both the Royal Welsh Show and the Royal Highland Show.

The show is highly successful and the society generated income of £9.6 million in 2016.^[1] A new Hall at the showground, costing £11 million, opened in 2016 and produced more than £1 million of income in its first year.

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History

The history of the GYS is intimately connected with that of the Yorkshire Agricultural Society (YAS).

• 1837: The YAS was founded; its primary aim was stated as "... to hold an An
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