Morden Hall Country Show is riding into town again this year giving visitors the chance to step out of city life and into the countryside, writes Zoe Woodbridge.
The show boasts a range of stalls and activities allowing visitors to dig into rural traditions with highlights including ferret racing, birds of prey displays, a medieval re-enactment village, petting pens and a fairground.
Josh Hepburn, 4, gets his face painted with Jules Bentley of Boudicca Blue Bodyart
Visitors can enter the companion dog show on Monday, May 6.
Categories include best six legs and waggiest tail, with all proceeds donated to Marie Curie Cancer Care charity.
Emma Owen, managing director of Oakleigh Fairs, has run the show with her husband for eight years and delivers about 30 shows across England each year from Poole to Derbyshire.
She says: “We’ve got fantastic stuff going on over the weekend. It’s good, old-fashioned family fun.
“I don’t want it to sound like a fete because it’s not, but we do produce an event for the local community.
“We offer people a really jolly day out in their park.”
The show has been running at Morden Hall Park, a national trust site, for the past four years.
Owen says: “We’re very proud to be associated with the team at Morden Hall National Trust.
“It’s a beautiful park that just provides us with a really lovely backdrop to what we do.”
All the fun of the steam fair at Morden Hall Country Show 2012
Morden Hall Park, Morden Hall Road, Morden; May 4 to 6; £6, £5 concessions, £3 children, £12 family ticket, under fives free; 01206 263088, visit nationaltrust.org.uk/morden-hall-park
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