Cumbria's largest livestock show, the Westmorland County Show, is being held today.

Tens of thousands of people are expected at the event at Crooklands, near Kendal, an annual celebration of farming, food and rural life that won 'Cumbria Tourism Event of the Year for 2015'.

This year, the recommended routes to the County Show have changed - drivers are being asked to follow signage, and not their sat-navs, or use a free shuttle bus running every half hour from Kendal.

The show features livestock classes covering cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, dogs, poultry and alpacas to light horse classes, show jumping, heavy horses and carriage driving.

This year see the introduction of a Red & White dairy section, and the show will host the final of the new Cone Driving Challenge. Horses and their drivers who battled it out in heats at the Ulverston and North Lonsdale, Cartmel and Lunesdale shows will be going for gold in the final.

Other attractions include 350 trade stands, a local produce food hall and a food theatre playing host to celebrity chefs and demonstrations.

The Grand Parade is a chance to see prizewinning livestock and the presentation of 'champion of the main ring'.

The show is also hosting the 14-stone World Championships for Cumberland and Westmorland wrestling.

Westmorland and Lonsdale MP Tim Farron plans to use the event to launch his ‘Not A Penny Less’ campaign for farmers.

The Lib Dem leader says that 2,500 farms in the North West could be pushed into the red if farm support payments are removed.

His campaign will demand that the Government commits to replacing EU funding beyond 2020.

He said: "I am calling on the Government to reassure farmers that they are not going to face cuts to the support they rely on after 2020.

"Without these payments, thousands of farmers across the North West could go out of business. The rural way of life and the local landscape that characterise our area would then disappear.”