The Royal Welsh Show 2024 has come to a spectacular close, celebrating four days of agricultural excellence, innovation, and community spirit.

This year's event, held from Monday, July 22 to Thursday, July 25 attracted an abundance of visitors, exhibitors, and participants.

The show welcomed more than 200,000 visitors across the four days.

This year saw the return of the horticultural section to the show with its very own dedicated area, the Horticulture Village, which proved exceptionally popular with visitors. Assistant Honorary Director of the section Adam Jones, popularly known as Adam yn yr? Ardd, was thrilled by the visitors enjoying the area.

2024 also saw the welcome return of the poultry and pigeon section, after their enforced absence due to avian flu outbreaks. Exhibitors, stewards and volunteers were delighted to see the section bustling once again with visitors viewing the poultry and pigeons being exhibited.

The pole climbing in the forestry section also returned this year and was welcome by excited visitors to see the racing. Chief Executive, Aled Rhys Jones remarked: “This has been the year of the poultry, plants and poles!” He reflected on an excellent show and said they are grateful to all of the visitors, exhibitors, volunteers, trade stands and sponsors who make the event the success that it is.

The feature county this year was Ceredigion, led by their President Mr Denley Jenkins along with his wife Mrs Brenda Jenkins and 2024 Ambassador, Esyllt Ellis Griffiths.

The main ring attractions proved as popular as ever with the return of the JCB Dancing Diggers, a Heavy Horse Display, the ever-loved Tristar Carriage, Black Mountain Falconry, the RAF Falcons Parachute Display Team and the return of the Quack Pack. The Grand Parade of prize-winning livestock on Wednesday and Thursday, was, as always, a sight to behold.

This year’s show was also a celebration of the 120th Anniversary of the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society, which was celebrated with a specially commissioned main ring display by this year’s feature county, Ceredigion. Closing this year’s show was the Regimental Band, who entered the main ring for the final time under a Guard of Honour formed by the Dancing Diggers.

Judged by Mr Michael Gould

Dulais Lustre Silver – owned by Messers Davies, Haines, Jones, Sercombe and Yates

Judged by Mr Steve Edwards

Maraiscote Tangerine – owned by G&S Harvey 

Judged by Mr Richard Johnson OBE

Stockdale Black Prince – owned by Jodie Phillips 

Judged by Mr Alan Timberell

Holstein Pair – Dulais Lustre Silver property of Davies, Haines, Jones, Sercombe & Yates and Nethervalley Awesom Rosanne Red from Hefyn Wilson 

Judged by Mr Charlie Boden

Limousin pair - Maraiscote Tangerine from G&S Harvey and Garrowby Tarzan from R&J Graham

Judged by Mr Alan Timbrell

A team of Holstein cattle owned by Davies, Haines, Jones, Sercombe & Yates, David Jones and Hefyn Wilson

Judged by Mr Brian Llewelyn

A team of Shorthorn cattle owned by James Dickinson, M.R. Souter and Mary Cormack

Judged by Mr Malcolm James

Welsh Black Champion – Gwarcwm Macsen owned by D. Huw Jones

Judged by Mr John Sinnett

Suffolk owned by Arnold Oare

Judged by Mrs Sharon Barnfield

Welsh – Clowen Model 42 owned by Julian Collings

Judged by Mr Adrian Bull

Ballingall Roxy owned by Beth Fairley

Paul Tucker

Jamie Vaughan

Tortoise owned by Cai Barnard

The Dewel Garden – Delyth Price