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Next: about 17 to 20 Jun 2027

Royal Highland Show

Scotland's national farming show, four days each June at Ingliston near Edinburgh, with the Highland, Angus and Galloway breeds.

Jedburgh Public Hall (in Abbey Place)
Photo: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Cattle at Royal Highland Show

The Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland held its first show in 1822, and since 1960 the show has had a permanent home at Ingliston, beside Edinburgh Airport. For four days in June it gathers several thousand animals and a large part of rural Scotland. The cattle lines are the heart of the show: the long-haired Highland, the Aberdeen Angus of the north-east, Galloways and Belted Galloways from the south-west, Shorthorns, Luings and Ayrshires, alongside the continental beef breeds. The judging ends in the supreme interbreed championships, while the grand parade of livestock brings every champion into the main ring.

The breeds

Belted GallowayThe black cattle with a white belt of Galloway.LuingA Scottish composite breed from the island of Luing.AyrshireScotland's own red and white dairy cow.Beef ShorthornA breed with long roots in Scottish herds.

Also part of it, and being written: Highland cattle (The long-haired cattle of the west Highlands.), Aberdeen Angus (The black polled beef breed of the north-east.).

About this page

Written by the EveryCow desk with AI assistance. Background: "Royal Highland Show" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from place to place and family to family. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

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