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This year Denbighshire, Conwy, Flintshire and Wrexham Councils will be joining together as host counties for the 2008 Royal Welsh Agricultural Show  which will be held in Llanelwedd, Builth Wells from 21 – 24 July.

The Royal Welsh Show is one of Wales’ premier annual events which has attracted crowds of over 7 million since it started in 1963.  It is the shop window for Welsh farming and is recognised as one of the most important and successful events of its kind in Europe.

Our presence at the show gives us an excellent opportunity to introduce our counties to all those visiting the show  as well as an opportunity to showcase two themes which are common to all four counties – superb locally sourced and produced food and a wealth of tourism attractions and places to stay.

The Welsh Local Government Association is co-ordinating the Local Government Pavilion where the four host counties will be showing their exhibitions.  The WLGA and Powys County Council will have a strong presence in the building throughout the week showcasing their own services to show-goers.

Councillor Hugh Evans, Leader of Denbighshire County Council said: "We are very proud to be one of the host counties of this year’s Show.  It is an excellent event which attracts people from all over Wales and further afield.  We hope to welcome as many visitors as possible on to our stand and look forward to showing them what this area of Wales has on offer.

"From stunning scenery to glorious beaches, from heritage and culture to locally produced food and drink, we have a lot to be proud of in this part of North Wales and the Royal Welsh Show will be an excellent opportunity for us to showcase our counties."

The show attracts up to 8,000 livestock entries from across the whole of Wales and the rest of the UK.  It stages the largest display of sheep breeders to be seen anywhere in the world and thousands of international visitors have travelled to see the world famous display of Welsh ponies and cobs.

The Show is home to the famous Royal Welsh Food Hall and is Wales’ most important centre for the promotion of high quality food and drink produced in Wales.

The host counties can be found on stand E395 (which can be located opposite the NFU building near the main ring) and will be open to the public from 9 – 6pm daily.