Crufts
Crufts is the greatest dog show on earth. More than 20,000 top pedigree canines compete at Birmingham's National Exhibition Centre.
The competition at Crufts is divided into working and pastoral breeds, terrier and hound, toy and utility and gundog categories. Then there is the grand finale - the Best in Show - which features the champion of champions. Supporting activities include hundreds of trade stands, exhibitions of art devoted to man's best friend, celebrity speakers and demonstrations of dog agility and obedience.
Crufts was the brainchild of founder Charles Cruft, who started his working life as a seller of "dog cakes" in Holborn, London. After organising the promotion of the canine section of the Paris Exhibition in the 1880s, he took up the management of the Allied Terrier Club Show at the Royal Aquarium, Westminster in 1886. In 1891, he organised the very first Crufts in the Royal Agricultural Hall, Islington.
Related Information
Website: Crufts Dog Show Website
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Name: | The Kennel Club (Crufts Organiser) |
| Email: | info@the-kennel-club.org.uk |
| Fax: | +44 (0) 20 7518 1050 |
| Phone: | +44 (0) 870 606 6750 |
| Venue Information: | NEC (National Exhibition Centre) |
| Full Name: | |
| Address: | National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, West Midlands B40 INT |
| Directions: | By Rail: to Birmingham International Station. |
| Contact Details: | NEC (National Exhibition Centre) |
| Email: | info@necgroup.co.uk |
| Phone: | +44 (0) 121 780 4141 & +44 (0) 121 780 4133 (booking office) |
| Fax: | +44 (0) 121 767 3825 |
| Other Information: | NEC (National Exhibition Centre) |
| Website: | The NEC Group Website |
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Name: | The Kennel Club (Crufts Organiser) |
| Email: | info@the-kennel-club.org.uk |
| Fax: | +44 (0) 20 7518 1050 |
| Phone: | +44 (0) 870 606 6750 |
| Name: | Birmingham Tourist Office |
| Location: | Birmingham |
| Address: | The Rotunda, 150 New Street, Birmingham B2 4PA, England |
| Email: | ticketshop@bmp.org.uk |
| Phone: | +44 (0)870 2250127 |
| Name: | British Tourist Authority |
| Location: | United Kingdom |
| Address: | Thames Tower, Black's Road, Hammersmith, London W6 9EL |
| Phone: | +44 (0) 20 8846 9000 |
| Fax: | +44 (0) 20 8563 0302 |
| Name: | The National Trust |
| Location: | United Kingdom |
| Email: | enquiries@ntrust.org.uk |
| Phone: | +44 (0) 20 8315 1111 |
| Fax: | +44 (0) 20 8466 6824 |
