Great Yorkshire Showground.

Client

Yorkshire Agricultural Society

Size

Economic Impact Assessment

Local Authority

Harrogate Borough Council

Sectors

Culture, Leisure, Sport & Tourism

Key Project Information

  • Our economics experts were commissioned by the Yorkshire Agricultural Society (YAS) to assess the economic impact of activities at the Great Yorkshire Showground in Harrogate.
  • Our analysis showed that in 2019, the economic value of The Great Yorkshire Show was £39.8million.
  • The wider programme of events organised on the Showground is worth an estimated £73.7million.

We were commissioned by the Yorkshire Agricultural Society (YAS) to assess the economic impact of activities at the Great Yorkshire Showground in Harrogate.

Our analysis considered the impact of: The Great Yorkshire Show (which attracts more than 130,000 visitors to Harrogate each year); The Yorkshire Event Centre (the largest single event space in Yorkshire & the Humber and the North East); Pavilions of Harrogate (which hosts more than 600 events per annum); Fodder (an award-winning café farm shop) Harrogate Caravan Park; and day-to-day operations of the YAS.

Our analysis showed that in 2019, the economic value of The Great Yorkshire Show was £39.8million, with the wider programme of events organised on the Showground worth an estimated £73.7million.

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