Children's Competition at the South of England Show
Every year, as part of the South of England Show, there is a chance for children from across the South East to showcase their creativity and presentation skills in our Children’s Competition. The competition is free to enter and open to ages 2 – 14 years old.
We also hold a Bees & Honey Poster competition.
What’s involved?
The competition is based on a theme that is separated into categories. Children can enter as many categories as they wish.
Entries will be judged based on creativity, quality, presentation and information.
A prize will be awarded to the winner of each category for age brackets.
All entries into the Children’s Competition will be displayed during the South of England Show at The Countryside Hub in the Discover the Countryside area.
The theme for 2024’s Schools’ Competition will be ‘Hedgehogs’.
This year’s competition categories are:
1. A photograph taken by yourself of your favourite animal friend
2. Make a vegetable animal using a carrot for its body and any natural objects for the rest of the animal
3. Write a song to the tune of any nursery rhyme about being eco friendly
4. Create or grow a mini garden in a Jam Jar
Entry deadline: 25th May 2026
Forms to be sent to education@seas.org.uk or posted to
Education competitions,
South of England Agricultural Society,
South of England Showground, Selsfield Road,
Ardingly
RH17 6TL
Bees & Honey
Children in the South East of England are invited to create a poster of up to A4 about Bees or Beekeeping.
Posters will be displayed and judged at the South of England Show
Deadline to enter the Bees & Honey Competition is 30th May 2026
All entries to be posted to:
Bees and Honey Competition,
South of England Agricultural Society,
South of England Showground
Selsfield Road
Ardingly
RH17 6TL
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This year was bigger and better than I have experienced in other years. Great mix of content across the stalls and show elements.
Zoe Randall
SofE show great to see it back and they didn’t disappointed 3 fantastic days.
Ian Truman
Good to see the south of England Show back. A great day out, shows, animals, and plenty of stalls.
Dog friendly & some tasty snack / food to be had. Terrific venue.
Peter Langbridge
Great venue for country shows and the shows are top quality too.
Vicci Gunstone
Easy parking which was free. Entrance price very good. Sellers did not mark prices too high. Huge varieties, from babies, children, adults and a good variety for animals. Cash and card available. A lovely Christmas atmosphere was created.
Julie Fairfowl
Great fun! Music from the Casablanca Steps, Shetland Pony Grand National, lots of nice farm beasts. More good shops than last year. A few more plants & poultry would be good.
Clare Salmon
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