Britains Top 10 Food Markets
Borough Market, South London
A favourite with hungry Londoners, this market is open Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. It is a favourite of many celebrity chefs, and can be found under the railway arches between Southwark Cathedral and Borough High Street. With a range of around 150 food stalls including fish, game, artisan cheeses, rare-breed meats and ales.
St George’s Market, Belfast
A beautiful Victorian market that is a must do for any visitor to Belfast. The food market is open on Saturdays only, and sees local delights such as fresh organic veg, Armagh beef, fish landed at Portavogie and Irish farmhouse cheeses. World foods such as Mexican snacks to Italian olive oils can also be found here.
Swansea Market
Wales’s most famous market is famous for selling Welsh laverbread, cockles and Welsh cakes (made from griddle and meat and vegetables). It is open Monday to Saturdays and it is the largest, and possibly the friendliest, indoor market in Wales.
Moseley Farmers’ Market, Birmingham
The BBC’s food magazine, Olive, recently listed Birmingham as the UK’s foodiest town, so it is hardly surprising this is in our top ten. It is a monthly market that see’s traders selling produce from all over the Midlands. You can find Balti dishes that are made famous by the city.
Winchester Farmers’ Market
This takes place on the second and last Sunday of each month, just outside Winchester’s magnificent cathedral. It is the biggest farmers’ market in the UK. Everything sold is top quality local produce, and you can even find the likes of water buffalo meat and Hampshire honey and peppery local watercress.
Kirkwall Farmers’ Market, Orkney
Kirkwall maket takes place on the last Saturday of every month you can find this market in front of the magnificent St Magnus Cathedral. You’ll find organic vegetables, herbs, local fish and beef as well as a craft market.
Edinburgh Farmers’ Market
Taking place in the beautiful surrondings of Castle Terrace under Edinburgh’s ancient fortress, you will find this market open every Saturday. You will find many orgainic foods such as organic mushrooms from the Highlands and Scottish venison.
Broadway Market, East London
Possibly East London’s coolest market, open every Saturday you’ll find traders stalls selling everything from locally baked bread to artisan scotch eggs and Vietnamese coffee.
Orton Farmers’ Market, Cumbria
Set in the small village of Orton, Cumbria; you’ll find this market open on the second Saturday of each month. With around 40 local farmers and traders selling everything from home-brewed cider to trout pate.
Shipbourne Farmers’ Market, Kent
This market takes place every Thursday morning and boasts around 20 stalls. You can pick local foods up including tangy chutneys and Kentish apple juice and it can be bought with Shipbourne’s own currency. Using your card to buy Shipbourne farmers’ pounds at the local pubs then spending them at the market.
