Two Shire horses in polished brass-trimmed harness stand over stubble at the Surrey County Ploughing Match, a vintage trailing plough waiting on the ground behind them.
Photo: Peter Trimming · CC BY-SA 2.0
Ploughing Matches · Finished for 2026

62nd Scottish Ploughing Championships

📅 Fri 23 – Sat 24 Oct 2026📍 Whitburgh Farms, Midlothian

62nd Scottish Ploughing Championships has finished for 2026. It ran Fri 23 – Sat 24 Oct 2026 at Whitburgh Farms, Midlothian.

Events like this are usually annual. We have not yet had next year's date confirmed by the organiser — once it is, we will update this page and add it back to ploughing matches. Get the weekly email and you will hear about it as soon as it lands.

Scotland's national ploughing championships run over two days at Whitburgh Farms near Pathhead, the 62nd staging of the event. Classes range from modern conventional and reversible ploughing through to high cut, vintage and horse ploughing.

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