The Emley Show society exists to promote agricultural interests and raise funds to support local enterprises and individuals who meet the criteria of our constitution. At the same time we hope we are providing an enjoyable family day out for the wider community.

Emley Show will be 119 years old in 2012 – with the first show held in 1893. It has moved around a number of sites over the years, with the current one beiong Factory Farm on Emley Moor.

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About Emley & Emley Moor

Emley is a village in West Yorkshire between Huddersfield and Wakefield. In the Doomsday Book of 1086 it was listed as Ameleie and dates back to Anglo-Saxon times. As well as Emley Show, Emley is also famous for the Emley Moor Transmitter Mast, Emley Football Club and the Emley Boundary Walk.

The Emley Boundary Walk is a traditional event that began in 1857 and happens every 7 years, and involves a walk of around 17 miles around the boundary of Emley. The next event is expected in 2014.

Emley is also home to AFC Emley – an non-league footbball club that made national headlines when they progressed to the 3rd round of the FA Cup, beating Morecambe and Lincoln City on route. The team moved to Wakefield in 2000 and became Wakefield & Emley FC, but returned as AFC Emley in 2005 to the village’s Welfare Ground.

Emley Moor Transmitting Station (also known as Emley Moor Mast) is a broadcasting and telecommunications facility based just outside the village of Emley. It is a Grade II concrete tower and is the tallest free standing structure in the UK – being visible from all across West Yorkshire. It is also well known for its failure in 1969 when the cylindrical steel mast was catastrophically brought down by a combination of high winds and a coating of ice.

Emley may only be a relatively small village but is well know across the country for its structures, sports and events but one of its more hidden gems – that you often don’t read about and can only appreciate when you are there – is its magnificent panoramic views across the region, reaching across to the pennine. And from Emley Showground, which is resides beneath the mast, these can be enjoyed on showday.