Malham Sheep Fair

Malham has a longstanding reputation for its cattle and sheep fairs. Cattle fairs were held on Great Close, Malham Moor in the 18th Century, which by the mid 19th century had been replaced by the sheep fairs with as many as 8,000 head exhibited on a single day. There were three annual sheep sales or fairs; the first for lambs on June 30th, the second for lambs on the second Thursday in August and the third for sheep on October 15th.