List of Significant Horse Fairs in The United Kingdom
- Horncastle Horse Fair, Lincolnshire
- Appleby Horse Fair, Appleby-in-Westmorland, Cumbria
- Stow Fair, Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire
- Widecombe Fair, Widecombe-in-the-Moor, Devon
- Dartmoor Drift, Dartmoor, Devon
- Brigg Fair, Brigg, Lincolnshire
- Barnet Fair, Barnet, London
- Lee Gap, Yorkshire
- Ballyclare May Fair
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