Fair Hill and Horse Fair
Fair Hill is situated on the outskirts of Appleby, originally known as Gallows Hill, and consists of 31.13 acres. The land was passed to the Borough of Appleby in 1911 under a Deed of Conveyance by the Right Honourable Henry James Tufton, Baron Hothfield and others, to be preserved as an open space for the enjoyment of the public, pursuant to the provisions of the Open Spaces Act 1906.
The fields are rented out for 10 months of the year from 1st July to 30th April for the purposes of:
- The right of access to the land for grazing and the mowing, and removal of grass for conservation and for no other purpose.
The fields are rented out from the Wednesday before Appleby Horse Fair until the Thursday after the Fair for the purposes of:
- Activities may include, but are not limited to, the following: parking of caravans, lorries, horseboxes, vans, cars and other motor vehicles, parking of wagons, carts, drays, traps, and other horse drawn vehicles, showing, grazing, tethering, exercising of horses, ponies, mules, donkeys, etc. offering for sale or trade of all the items specified above, together with other goods and services, both in open market and by private sale. Associated activities such as the shoeing of horses, erection of tents, displays of merchandise, lighting of fires, consumption of food and drink, etc. insofar as these activities are lawful and in accordance with the appropriate Local Authority or other permission.