It comes as Cumbria Police issued an appeal for calm during this week's Appleby Horse Fair. Rumours appear to be circulating in Appleby and on social media that townsfolk want to 'barricade' the ...

GYPSIES and travellers stopping off in Gargrave on their way to this year's Appleby Horse Fair will be greeted with a 'code ...

The sculpture's association with the Appleby Horse Fair was cited as a source of emotional discomfort and division for some members of the community, with references to anxiety, antisocial ...

Plans to install the statue in Appleby, which hosts an annual gipsy fair, have been rejected by the council - X/Jake Bowers/Triangle News ...

This week the little town of Appleby-in-Westmoreland, Cumbria, will come alive for the biggest and most colourful Gypsy horse fair anywhere in Europe. Thousands of travellers are here to take part in ...

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Thousands of gypsies and travellers from Britain and beyond gather every year in Appleby, Cumbria, for a horse fair. The week-long event, which is centuries old and ended 9 June, is a chance to trade ...

A PUBLIC meeting in Gargrave to discuss the plan of action ahead of this year's Appleby Horse Fair is due to take place on the evening of Thursday, April 24.

The Appleby Horse Fair takes place over a week in June and usually attracts up to 10,000 Roma and travellers, as well as hundreds of horse-drawn cars and 30,000 visitors. Horses are washed and ...