THE main exhibition building at Malvern’s Three Counties Showground is set to be extended and upgraded this summer.

The Three Counties Agricultural Society (TCAS) is upgrading Severn Hall to provide an extra 600 square metres of self-contained space, bringing the total available to 3,000 square metres.

Contractor Barnwood Construction is already on site and the project is scheduled for completion just in time for the Malvern in Autumn show, on September 24-25.

TCAS chief executive Nick Vincent said: “The new extension will increase the capacity of Severn Hall considerably, which is good news for events and businesses hiring it already, because it will offer them greater flexibility. We believe it will also attract new clientele, and possibly new visitors, to the region in the future, which is good for the town and ultimately the county.”