The Royal Bath and West Show takes place this week (June 2-4). Have you ever wondered how many anuimals or at the show? Or how much space all the marquees, pavilions and stables take up? Now you can find out!

The show in numbers:

Main show

·      125,000 visitors

·      3 days

·      2.8ha of marquees, pavilions and temporary stables

·      2.1 miles of barriers and ½ mile of temporary fencing

·      1,176 signs erected

·      0.6 miles of Union Jack Bunting

·      1 x Jubilee Beacon

·      4 x Celebrities

·      14 x Society Awards presented during the Show (Long Service Award, Prince of Wales Award & Environmental Youth Award)

·      Over 10 Hours of Music in the Pilton Tent

·      Over 400 volunteers

·      Almost 500 trade stands

·      96% of waste is used to generate renewable energy

·      9 Trees planted as part of the Queens Green Canopy Initiative

 Food

·      6 Food Court Areas

·      36 mouth-watering Food & Drink Traders in the Food & Drink Marquee

·      More than 5 Cheese Stands

·      6 Hours of Cooking in the Great British Kitchen

·      6 opportunities to taste award winning cider in the Orchards & Cider Marquee

Animals

·      Over 4,000 animals

·      6 Hours of Show Jumping

·      2 National Shows (Zwartbles National Show, Bleu du Maine National Show & Millennium Bleu National Show)

·      21 HOYS Qualifier Classes

·      1.5 hours of Falconry Displays in the Woodland & Countryside Ring

Behind the scenes

·      More than 250 packed lunches served to stewards and volunteers

·      290 stables hired in for equine exhibits

·      11.5t of coal for Vintage Vehicles and Shoeing

·      180m3 of soft peeled wood to create a soft surface for cattle to walk on

 ·      480 picnic tables hired in – enough to seat 2,880 people

·      87 Miles travelled by Kaleb Cooper (from Clarkson's Farm), to get from Diddly Squat Farm to Royal Bath & West Show (further than when he travelled to London)