The Best Farmers’ Markets and Festivals in Norfolk

Planning a visit to Norfolk and need some ideas for how to spend your time? Here are the best farmers’ markets and festivals in Norfolk.

The Top Ten Farmers’ Markets in Norfolk

Acle Farmers’ Market – 2nd Saturday of the month. NR21 3BU 9am-1pm. Stalls covering a variety of products, including pork butcher, bakery, chickens, vinegars, ice cream, beer and crafts etc.

Aylsham Farmers’ Market – 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month. NR11 6EL 9am-1pm 19-20 traders. Meat including Aberdeen Angus, organic lamb, pork, free-range chicken, ducks, sausages -veg, cakes. jam, honey, eggs and plants.

Creake Abbey Farmers’ Market – 1st Saturday of the month (except January). NR21 9LF 9.30am-1pm. Forty-plus local producers with award winning meat, organic vegetables, seasonal fruit, cakes, bread handmade preserves, cheese and award wining beer.

Fakenham Farmers’ Market – 4th Saturday of the month. NR21 9BE 8.30am-12. A wide variety of the freshest top quality local produce (seasonal variations). A traditional market with atmosphere, value and entertainment

Hoveton Farmers’ Market – 4th Saturday of the month. NR12 8DU 9.30am-12.30pm. Free range chickens and eggs; fresh pork, bacon, sausages; fresh Aberdeen Angus beef; organic bread, fruit pies; cakes, scones, gluten free cakes; meat pies, vegetarian tartlets; game (seasonal); real ale; fresh fish & crabs (seasonal); jams, chutneys, lemon curd, marmalade; seasonal vegetables; plants and herbs.

Loddon Farmers’ Market – 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month. NR14 6NB 9.30am-1pm. Stalls including fresh seasonal produce, mead, jams, eggs, pork, beef, herbs.

Swaffham Farmers’ Market – 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month. PE37 7AB 10am-3pm. Stalls including cheese, pies, olives, savoury and sweet pastries, preserves and plants, herbs (in pots), fabric crafts (including decorations of dried fruit), vegetables, fruit and herb seedlings, flower seedlings, recipe books, willow sculptures/structures, wooden planters, herb pillows, herbal teas, jams and chutneys, meat, juice, alcohol and so much more

Weybourne Meet the Producers Market – Fortnightly (April to Oct). NR25 7HW 10am-2pm. Fine foods, arts, crafts and ales

Wiveton Hall Farm Café – 2nd Saturday of the month. NR25 7TE 9am-1pm. The best of Norfolk’s produce and fabulous crafts.

Wymondham – Market Cross  – 3rd Saturday of the month 9am-1pm. Seventeen stalls. Full range of produce. Meat, veg, cakes, eggs, fudge, fish, goat products and seasonal specials.

Norfolk’s Top Festivals

What: Reload Festival When: Fri 5th – Sun 7th Sep Where: Norfolk Showground, Norwich NR5 0TT Line Up: Kool & The Gang, Rick Astley, The Human League, Billy Ocean and many more.

What: North Norfolk Music Festival When: 12-24 August 2014 Where: North Creake Line Up: Joan Rodgers, Gary Matthewman, Doric String Quartet and many more

What: Worstead Festival When: Sat 19 July 2pm Where: Worstead What’s on?: Summer show for all the family. Horticultural marquee with flowers, vegetables, arts, crafts and cookery. Carnival parade and floats, arena events, craft stalls, funfair, teas and licensed bar.

What: Holt Festival When: 19-27 July Where: Holt What’s on?: A mix of theatre, music, arts and performance.

What: Potty Morris Dance Festival When: 5-6 July Where: Sheringham What’s on?: A colourful week-end of dancing music and merriment. Enjoyment for all the family.

What: CLEY 14: A Creative Conversation – The North Norfolk Exhibition Project (NNEP) annual summer exhibition of new contemporary art When: Thurs 3rd July to Sun 3rd August 2014 Where: Cley-next-the-Sea in North Norfolk What’s on?: An exhibition of new contemporary art.

What: Wells-next-the-Sea Annual Summer Carnival When: Fri 1st August to Sun 10th August 2014 Where: Wells-next-the-Sea What’s on?: 9 days of fun and entertainment with something for all the family.

What: Voewood Festival 2014 When: Fri 15th August to Sun 17th August 2014 Where: Voewood What’s on?: Voewood is an intimate boutique arts festival that brings together the best of literature, music, debate and conversation in the beautiful surroundings of an iconic Art and Crafts house with Grade 1 listed gardens. With a line up that includes musical legends, passionate writers, the established and the emerging this is a festival like no other. Voewood takes its own idiosyncratic path and throws traditional country house garden party, genuine English eccentricity and good old rock and roll into the mix.

What:Cromer Carnival When: Sat 16th August to Fri 22nd August 2014 Where: Cromer What’s on?: A week-long celebration of family fun and entertainment culminating in a spectacular Wednesday evening Carnival Parade on 20 August.

What: Cromer and Sheringham Art and Literary Festival “War and Peace” When: Fri 24th October to Sun 2nd November 2014 Where: North Norfolk Coast: Cromer and Sheringham What’s on?: A wide range of art forms including: painting, sculpture, dance, theatre, literature, film, poetry, music, photography, installations, workshops & many other diverse events.

What: Deepdale Christmas Market When: Sat 6th December to Sun 7th December 2014 Where: Dalegate Market, Burnham Deepdale What’s on?: Christmas presents, decorations and great food & drink from over 80 stalls and the Dalegate Market shops & café on the beautiful North Norfolk Coast.