the farm shop is just a short distance from halstead by car,…read more in the farm shop is very good and with very helpful staff, their is a delicatessen also a licened cafe, plus fruit and vegetables plus wines and beers they even have a post office to hand and it local produce the shop is a very well convert barn to a very high standader it all way clean and nice looking, and very reason price so it def worth a vist one week end, andy

What an excellent place. It has a pleasant shop stocked with all sorts of gifts as well as a…read moreselection of food, from the unusual and special to local bread and vegetables. The service is excellent and they will order things for you if you want something they dont stock. There is a post office, without the usual queues in post offices nowadays. The cafe is excellent value for money, good service, local home baked foods, yummy cakes and desserts, cooked foods or a simple sandwich, (freshly made, with salad and crisps on the side). The cafe is very popular but not noisy. I am disabled and this shop is a godsend as I cant walk around big shops and supermarkets but I can get most things here.

This is a brilliant place to spend a couple of hours especially on a wet day! We had a hot…read morechocolate and scone in the cafe but there were other diners enjoying cooked breakfasts and other dishes too. We then went into the Farm Shop which was full of fresh fruit and veg, meat and dairy products as well as an array of other food stuffs and gifts! Lovely place!

It was foodie time at Borough Market on Tuesday (our last full day in London), and it was foodie…read moreheaven for me and my family. We enjoyed walking around and seeing a wide variety of food options! The whole market area was clean and organized when we got there at 9am. No lines yet. Long lines did start forming around 9:45am when the hot foods were ready but moved pretty quickly. We tried: * The Ginger Pig - Traditional Sausage Roll * Wild Mushroom Risotto - Spelt Risotto with Truffle Shavings * Turnips Greengrocer - Chocolate Covered Strawberries * The Black Pig - The Best One With Crackling * Turkish Deli - Turkish Delight & Turkish Coffee * Bread Ahead - Crème Brûlée Donut

I wish this place didn't close so early...like 5pm early. That said, we were there for about 20…read moreminutes and got a good sense of the vibe. It is a farmer's type market with some prepared foods, which were top notch. We walked the entire thing and grabbed as much as we could to eat. There are plenty of food places just outside the space that are open later as well. I got some meat sticks from a vendor, sort of farmers market style. There was also another stand that had fruit in a cup with chocolate.Our best deal were some arepas that were half off because it was closing time and they wanted to get rid of them. This isn't the place to take pictures, but rather to immerse yourself in all the goodness that is here.

This farm shop is located in a gorgoues old barn and is filled with all sorts of locally produced…read moreitems. These range from seasonal fresh fruit and veg, frozen local veg and fruit mixes, meats, eggs, dairy, ice creams, breads, drinks etc. You get a lovely environment, and genuinely helpful friendly staff. There is also a fishmonger there twice a week and they also sell bales of straw and hay (great for pet rabbits etc!) Well worth a visit.

This takes place every Wednesday and Saturday in the centre of the town…read more It has a variety of stalls with friendly people.

We found this place a few years ago and have been back every summer since! Living in a city it was…read morea surprise to discover a piece of the countryside on our doorstep. Like most farm shops they sell a wide range of fresh fruit and vegetables that you can either choose to pick your own or buy ready picked. Our girls love going strawberry and raspberry picking, and later in the season we go back for apples, pears and plums. The food is grown using mostly organic methods where possible and tastes great. They also sell ice-creams and other refreshments and there is a picnic area and toilets on hand too. It's also great to be able to support a local business by buying locally grown produce.

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Nursery based in Ipswich which is owned privately. Stocks a very large range of garden items…read more Excellent knowledge and advice given. Extremely helpful staff. Loads of plants, flowers, fencing, pots - infact everything you could want for your garden. They also stock seeds, garden twine, garden tools, cut flowers, indoor plants and so on. Small area of the shop also sells local meat, fruit and vegetables, eggs, bread and a great range of cakes and biscuits and preserves. Very good parking. They also have an aviary in the nursery with budgies etc.

Execellant privately owned nursery stocking a huge range of garden items. Good knowledge and advice…read moreand helpful staff too. The have lots of plants, pots, composts, stones, fencing, cut flowers, features etc. They also have seeds, tools, twine etc as well as a very well stocked farmers market type shop. They also offer turf to buy per strip to patch up those smaller areas. Prices are good, parking is excellent and the experience is superb!

My local market is small but plentiful with food stalls from all over the world…read more As well as street food, there are also flower stores, cheese stores, specialist artesian food stores, meat stores, a dog treat store, and even a hemp store! They only accept cash so bring plenty or face a ~£2 surcharge at the only near by cash machine in Londis. After eating be sure to wonder around the vast gardens of Alexandra palace and grab a cake at the garden centre nearby. This is my favourite nearby place to bring my dog for walks.

This is a lovely little farmer's market, and ridiculously convenient for me since I moved to the…read morearea. There's probably only about 15 stalls, but you could do a decent food shop here consisting of fruit & veg, milk, eggs, bread, fish, olives, every type of sausage you can imagine (I settled on pork leek and chilli), amazing cuts of pork and even pre-prepared goodies like pies, chutneys and cakes. And if you get hungry while browsing you can grab a little pie to eat there and then - I enjoyed my butternut squash & spinach, and my hubby devoured his chilli beef & cheddar before I could even snaffle some. If pie isn't your thing, there was also curries, toasted sarnies and all other sorts of goodies. There was also a stall selling hot drinks which even on this sunny Sunday had a sizeable queue. ...when can I go back?

Surrey Street Market is easy to miss as it's off the main pedestriansed shopping area in Croydon…read moretown centre. However, I came across while making my way to the tram stop on the south side of town to get back to Wimbledon It's an old fashioned fruit and veg market but the quality does vary quite widely with commensurate difference in price. Just beware that if something seems too good to be true, it probably is too good to be true However, with many stalls to gander at, there is ample opportunity to pick out some good yet quality bargains, especially as most stallholders seem happy to let you pick and choose your own produce In addition, there are some bric a brac stalls and some food stalls selling mainly ethnic food I hope there's always space for places like this

Overall: A great and vibrant place to walk by and pick up some fresh fruit/veg…read more I admit it - I actually miss places like the Surrey Street Market. I didn't think it was much at the time when I lived in South Croydon, but now I really do miss places like this. I miss wandering "down to town" and passing this market and then wandering pass it again on the way home. It was a great place, full of vibrant people, a decent selection of stalls including ones that sold fresh fruit and veg, bags, purses, books, watches, pendants, antiques, flowers, specialty foods and the list goes on. In general, the number of stalls increased during the weekends. As with most outdoor markets, there's potential for haggling if you're into that kind of thing. There's also a lot of trash, but beauty is in the eye of the beholder... keep your eyes peeled for bargains in the summer, such as freshly plucked berries at an amazing price! Towards closing time (around 5:00 pm), there were lots of bargains that could be had: 1 pound for this or 1 pound for that. That is if you can understand the locals, screaming in cockney rhyming slang. There is nearby street parking, but the best bet would be to park near the city centre and walk down. I was lucky enough to live within walking distance of this market.

This huge Market is a stark picture of how the other half lives. For it's filled with thirtyish…read moreyear old tired looking grandmas looking to buy stuff for their familes on meagre benefits. There are no trendy stalls selling fancy cupcakes but if you want perfumes that smells like your expensive stuff, then this is a place to go. And if you love Chav clothes, then you will find it here. They sell just about anything providing it's legal so you won't find pirated porn DVD's or stolen bikes like one well known Sunday Market. Meanwhile the stench of cheap burgers permeates a landscape that is strangely post industrial. You are probably wondering why I shop here.... Well they sell cheap gillette razors for starters. Along with toiletries etc. But when I walk down a double parked road surrounded by rusting scrap heaps. I'm grateful for what I have as this place is a 21th century version of the George Orwell classic "Road to Wigan pier."

It's not a traditional Market anymore, it's full of foreigners trying to sell junk.That's not…read moreentirely fair I have bought some not bad suitcases and some stuff for my dogs here, the place is ok to park but hard to get out from unless you leave hours before everyone else, it's dirty the foods crap and the most of the market trader are ignorant. I can't stand being to crowded having my heels run over by prams and buying stuff that doesn't last longer than a week, guess I'm just not a Market person.