What to Expect
Like farmers' markets all over the world, Hexham Farmers' Market gives you an opportunity to buy food, drink and some other products straight from local producers. They will provide you with fresh, seasonal local products, quality at a fair price. Most of our producers come from Northumberland, Cumbria and County Durham, so at Hexham you'll find some of the best foods that the north of England has to offer.
As a FARMA certified market we operate under strict guidelines: all our producers come from within 50 miles of Hexham. They will have grown, reared, caught, brewed, pickled, baked, smoked or processed the produce themselves. For products that are substantially changed we expect a high percentage of locally grown content, so, for instance, for plum or strawberry jam, we would expect the strawberries to have been grown within 50 miles of Hexham and for bread you can expect the flour to have been produced within that same radius.
At the market itself, in the very heart of the historic market town of Hexham, we aim to provide customers with a varied and pleasant shopping experience. At different points in the year you'll find music, usually by some of the excellent young musicians that live in the Tyne valley, cookery demonstrations or events such as our Apple Day in October. We usually have a 'welcome' stall and if you have any questions, be it about the products or the market, we'll always try and help.
Since April 2011 stallholders provide their own stalls and this has given the farmers' market a lovely local feel, distinctive and special. It does mean that you can expect to see stallholders build their own stalls early on market mornings and take them down again at around 1.30 p.m.