The Appleby Horse Fair is an annual gathering for Gypsy, Romany and travelling communities and is billed as the biggest traditional Gypsy Fair in Europe.
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Visitors from the Gypsy, Roma and Travelling community are arriving through Brough, Cumbria with their horses and caravans for the 250-year-old fair which has only ever been cancelled twice.