Crowds set to gather for Knaresborough tractor run

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Hundreds of tractors are set to return the Harrogate district as part of a large tractor run in aid of charity.

The Knaresborough Tractor Run will be held this Sunday (March 8) and depart from the Great Yorkshire Showground.

Thousands of spectators are expected to line the route to watch about 400 tractors make their way through towns and villages across the district, including Burton Leonard, Markington and Pateley Bridge.

The tractor run, which is raising money for Yorkshire Air Ambulance, will then stop in Pateley Bridge where an air ambulance helicopter will land and offer people a chance to meet the crew.

The run will depart from the Great Yorkshire Showground in Harrogate at 9am and is expected to reach Pateley at lunchtime.

Last year, the event raised £31,690 for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance. It has raised more than £100,000 for the charity since it was first held over a decade ago.

Timings for this year’s tractor run are as follows

• Great Yorkshire Showground - 9am
  
• Knaresborough - 9.30am
  
• Staveley - 10am
  
• Burton Leonard - 10.15am
  
• Bishop Monkton - 10.30am
  
• Markington - 10.45am
  
• Sawley - 11am
  
• Grantley - 11.15am
  
• Pateley Bridge - 12pm
  
• Padside - 2.30pm
  
• Tang - 3pm
  
• Birstwith - 3.30pm
  
• Knaresborough - 4pm
  

A full map of the tractor run route can be found here.