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Mar 2024
Time to get into gear for Knaresborough Tractor Run!
Hundreds of tractors will parade around Harrogate, Knaresborough and Pateley Bridge tomorrow for the annual Knaresborough Tractor Run.
The spectacle, watched each year by thousands of people, gets underway at the Great Yorkshire Showground at 9am tomorrow (Sunday, March 17).
Some 350 tractors will embark on a 25-mile route lined with spectators to raise money for Yorkshire Air Ambulance. The event has raised more than £100,000 for the charity since it was first held over a decade ago.
The parade stops for a hog roast lunch in Pateley Bridge before winding its way back to Knaresborough.
The 2024 route
The estimated morning times are:
9am leave Great Yorkshire Showground in Harrogate
9am-9.15am Knaresborough
10am-10.15am Burton Leonard
10.30am Bishop Monkton
10.45am Markington
11.15am Sawley
11.30am Grantley
Noon Pateley Bridge
The showground departure
A £25,000 online fundraising target has been set. Tractor drivers pay £20 to enter (£25 on the day) and passengers are charged £10. Spectators are encouraged to make donations when the vehicles pass or give online here.
You can donate here. Beware of fake links which appeared online last year scamming people.
Last year’s event took the total amount raised for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance to £113,341, earning the Knaresborough Tractor Run logo a place on the charity’s new helicopters.
Read more:
- Knaresborough Tractor Run revs up for more thrills
- Route and times revealed for Knaresborough Tractor Run
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