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Fell Gather Return To Grasmere Sports For 2026
We are delighted to announce that Adam Day of the Farmer Network and the Fell Gather will be joining us at the Sports again on 30 August. Grasmere started as a Sheep Show and the involvement of the Fell Gather forms part of our connection with the Lake District agricultural community. Come along to… Continue reading Fell Gather Return To Grasmere Sports For 2026
Crook Young Farmers Club and Grasmere Sports and Show 2026
Building on the great news about Grasmere Sports and Show being a free event, we are delighted to be able to announce a long term association between Crook Young Farmers Club and Grasmere Sports and Show. This association brings benefits to both organisations and will ensure that the Sports and Show continues to develop as… Continue reading Crook Young Farmers Club and Grasmere Sports and Show 2026
How to register for the 2026 Grasmere Guides Race
Registration for the 2026 Grasmere Guides Race, juniors & seniors, is now open! Please register online with EVENTS UP NORTH, to guarantee your place. Alternatively you can register on the day itself (Sunday, 30th August).
Sustainability and Waste Reduction Initiatives Continue
Sustainability and Waste Reduction Initiatives Continue...Grasmere Sports is continuing its efforts to reduce waste and improve sustainability. For 2026 we will be installing a water bottle filling station so that visitors and competitors can refill their own bottles as often as necessary without the need for any single use plastic bottles. We began reducing our… Continue reading Sustainability and Waste Reduction Initiatives Continue
2026 New Year’s Message from Hal Bagot, John Hibbert, Paul Abbott
Grasmere Sports has been going strong for 175 years. We have weathered COVID, two World Wars, and (most importantly) the gradual erosion of the Lake District community, as family homes have been turned into holiday lets. The most recent 2025 Sports was a very cheerful event. It was well-attended and successful. But we want to… Continue reading 2026 New Year’s Message from Hal Bagot, John Hibbert, Paul Abbott
Tickets still available at the gate tomorrow!
With one day to go to Bank Holiday Sunday you can still buy tickets at the gate when you arrive! Looking forward to welcoming you at this fantastic Lakeland sporting event.
A Bank Holiday Day Out Swapping Screen Time for Serene Time
Grasmere Lakeland Sports and Show is encouraging families to enjoying a Bank Holiday day out, swapping screen time for ‘serene time’, at its annual event on Sunday August 24. The traditional elements of fell racing, hound racing and Cumberland and Westmorland wrestling will all be in evidence, as the cornerstones of an event older than… Continue reading A Bank Holiday Day Out Swapping Screen Time for Serene Time
Going Behind the Scenes of Grasmere Sports Hound Racing
Grasmere Lakeland Sports and Show is gearing up to entertain crowds with its unique blend of culture and traditional Lakeland sports, as well as the new event of the Hike and Fly paraglide race, on Sunday, August 24. It is also presenting first-time visitors with a sport that boasts a few ‘layers’ and which is… Continue reading Going Behind the Scenes of Grasmere Sports Hound Racing
Grasmere Show – Fun Dog Show
At Grasmere Sports we love to meet all our canine visitors, we are very dog friendly - dogs are allowed on the field and in all the various marquees. Many of the dogs take part in our fun dog show. Reg Gifford started the show and not only organised it but judged some of the… Continue reading Grasmere Show – Fun Dog Show
Grasmere Sports Fell Gather 2025 – Supporting Lakeland Farming
Grasmere Sports and Show is famous for showcasing the best of Lake District sports. What you may not know is that, over 170 years ago, the Sports and Show began as a sheep show with farmers and shepherds competing for wrestling and running prizes once the business of the day was complete. This year, along… Continue reading Grasmere Sports Fell Gather 2025 – Supporting Lakeland Farming
Pushing for Cumberland and Westmorland Wrestling Fans
Grasmere Lakeland Sports and Show is pushing for more Cumberland and Westmorland wrestling fans, having discovered, through an independently commissioned survey, that only 5% of Brits have ever seen the centuries-old sport of Cumberland and Westmorland wrestling in action. With 19 out of 20 people yet to experience this hugely entertaining form of combat sport,… Continue reading Pushing for Cumberland and Westmorland Wrestling Fans
Sports Bursary Support Aids Young Fell Runner
A 16-year-old athlete from Little Langdale will be chomping at the bit to try to break a 50-year-old record at Grasmere Lakeland Sports and Show, on Sunday August 24, having wisely invested our Grasmere Sports bursary support money won one year ago. Zeke Sumner, a member of Ambleside Athletics Club, was the recipient of Grasmere… Continue reading Sports Bursary Support Aids Young Fell Runner
Paragliding Parachutes Into Grasmere Sports Programme
The Grasmere Lakeland Sports and Show programme – for an event older than the modern Olympics – has had fresh life breathed into it, with the introduction of a brand-new event for 2025. To give the skies above the Grasmere Valley the equivalent of the challenging ground-based Senior Guides race for fell runners, it is… Continue reading Paragliding Parachutes Into Grasmere Sports Programme
Grasmere Sports 50-Year Record in the Spotlight
A Grasmere Sports 50-year record will come under the spotlight on August 24, as the outstanding achievement of Sedbergh’s Graham Moffat in the Under-17s fell race of 1975 celebrates its 50th anniversary. Thanks to Graham’s efforts as a 16-year-old back in 1975, the winning time to beat in this race, in which the athletes run… Continue reading Grasmere Sports 50-Year Record in the Spotlight
Our Traditional Cumbrian Event Embraces Dialect
The traditional Cumbrian event, Grasmere Lakeland Sports and Show, will be taking a significant step to connect Cumbrians with their roots, whilst providing visitors with a deeper sense of Cumbrian culture this August Bank Holiday. Our Show, taking place on Sunday August 24, over the August Bank Holiday weekend, will be seeking to convey to… Continue reading Our Traditional Cumbrian Event Embraces Dialect
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Grasmere Lakeland Sports & Show
The Showfield
Stock Lane
Grasmere
Cumbria
LA22 9SJ
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