Tickets go on sale for the Great Yorkshire Show

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Sheep at the Great Yorkshire Show Credit: www.greatyorkshireshow.co.uk/image-gallery

Tickets have gone on sale today for the 161st Great Yorkshire Show.

The Great Yorkshire Show is a three-day event and one of the biggest agricultural events in the English calendar.

Every year, more than 130,000 visitors and over 8,500 animals converge on the showground in Harrogate to compete, socialise and celebrate.

This year's event starts on Tuesday, July 9 and will host the breed's national competition for the first time.

Singer Lizzie Jones joined the show director for the launch at Longhorn Cattle farm in Bradford: