75th British National Ploughing Championships & Country Festival

10th & 11th October 2026
Austrey, Atherstone, Warwickshire

By kind permission of William Corbett Farms Ltd

We are delighted to be celebrating 75 years of British Ploughing at Austrey, near Atherstone, Warwickshire in 2026, where over 250 top ploughmen and women from all over Great Britain are expected to compete.

Two action packed days - Saturday and Sunday, October 10th and 11th - will feature competitions for a wide range of plough types and ploughing styles.  The highlight of the weekend will be the crowning of the new British Champions and the top competitors are selected to represent England at the 2026 World and European Ploughing Championships.

A total of fifteen different ploughing classes over the weekend (detailed below) plus in the first six of these classes, the top 10 competitors from the first day will take part in a ‘Plough-Off Final’ on the Sunday to find the British Champion in each category.  In total, there will be around 300 ploughing plots ploughed over the two days!

We're looking forward to a first class event at Austrey, offering something for everyone alongside the ploughing competitions.  Visitors can enjoy seeing how farming has changed over hundreds of years - enjoying the horse ploughing classes (we would expect around 15 pairs to enter); demonstrations of work by magnificent steam ploughing engines; vintage tractors and machinery; right through to the latest farm equipment available.   There will also be agricultural trade stands; shopping stalls and crafts and this year we are delighted to announce the return of the extremely popular tank ploughing demonstration!  

It's an excellent, very large, site and and there will be plenty of free car parking space.  Event signage will be in place from major roads.

Postcode:  CV9 3EA

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There will be catering facilities on site and a licensed bar.

Dogs are allowed but must be kept on a lead at all times.

Camping on site is for Society of Ploughmen members only.  Click here for details of how to join.

Gates open from 8am

The nearest train stations are Polesworth (approx 4 miles); Atherstone (approx 7 miles) and Tamworth (approx 8 miles).

 

Ploughing Classes

Saturday

Class 1 – Reversible

Class 2 – Conventional

Class 3 – Vintage Trailed

Class 4 – Vintage Hydraulic

Class 5 – Classic

Class 6 – Classic Reversible

Class 7 – High Cut Tractor

Class 8 – Horses (General Purpose Work)

Class 9 – Garden Tractors (Horticultural)

Sunday

Class 10 – Ferguson

Class 11 – Ford & Fordson

Class 12 – David Brown

Class 13 – Crawler

Class 14 – High Cut Tractor

Class 15 – Horses (High Cut Work)

Plough Off Final – Conventional

Plough Off Final – Reversible

Plough Off Final – Vintage Trailed

Plough Off Final – Vintage Hydraulic

Plough Off Final – Classic

Plough Off Final – Classic Reversible

                

EVENTS PROGRAMME

SATURDAY 10^th OCTOBER

 8.45 am    Event opens
                  Parade of competitors (classes 1, 2, 4, 5 & 6)

 9.30 am    Horse & high cut ploughing commences (classes 7 & 8)

10.00 am   Ploughing commences (classes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 9)

 2.00 pm   Tractor ploughing ends (classes 1 & 2)

 3.00 pm   Vintage & high cut ploughing ends (classes 3,4,5,6,7,9)

 3.30 pm   Horse ploughing ends (class 8)

 5.00 pm   Announcement of results & presentation of trophies (approximate time)

 5.30 pm  Close down

SUNDAY 11^th OCTOBER

 8.45 am    Event opens
                  Parade of Plough off competitors  & classes 10, 11, 12      

 9.30 am    Horse & high cut ploughing commences (14 & 15)

10.00 am   Plough-Offs commence  & classes 10, 11, 12 & 13)

  2.00 pm   Reversible & Conventional Plough-Offs end

  3.00 pm  Vintage & high cut tractor ploughing ends (Plough offs and classes  10, 11, 12, 13 & 14)

  3.30 pm   Horse ploughing ends (class 15)

  5.00 pm   Announcement of results & presentation of trophies  (approximate time)

  5.30 pm  Close down

        

         

    

 

If you would like to exhibit vintage tractors, machinery & equipment, stationary engines, rural etc

Please click here to email to register your interest