This year's Derbyshire County Show has been cancelled due to the wet conditions at Elvaston showground, organisers have confirmed.
More than 10,000 people attended the event last year despite showery conditions but Edward Hicklin, chairman of the Derbyshire Agricultural and Horticultural Society (DAHS), said it would not be "safe or responsible" to hold the show this year.
Edward Hicklin said: "It is with sadness and regret that DAHS announces the cancellation of the 137th Derbyshire County Show.
"This decision has been made due to the current ground conditions and the weather forecast for the coming days.
"At the moment conditions across the showground are poor and the public car parks are waterlogged.
"The Society Council feels it would not be safe or responsible to hold the Show given the amount of traffic that staging the event generates before, during and after the event
"The Society realise this will have implications for members of the public who have purchased pre-show tickets and it is our intention that these tickets be saved and will remain valid for the 2017 Show, or they can be returned to the Secretary for a refund of the face value.
"The Society will be contacting exhibitors at the Show during the next few days with more specific information to them.
"This cancellation has deep implications for the future of the Society and once we have had a chance to settle the accounts after this, more information will follow but we would ask that for now everyone reading this will pass on the fact that we have had to cancel the Show and wish us well for the future."
