Farmers Markets in and around Exeter
The South West produces some of the best food in the country – enjoy it at source! Support local farmers, meet local farmers, reduce food miles.
Exeter Farmers Market Featured
9-2 every Thursday at the cross roads between South Street and Fore Street. Exeter Farmers Market was established to give local producers of fruit, vegetables and foodstuffs a retail outlet that enables them to sell direct to the public. There is also a limited range of craft and products made locally with local materials. Produce on offer includes cheeses, venison, pork, lamb, beef, chicken, organic fruit & vegetables, apple juice, fish, chicken, preserves, cakes, bread, pies and much more.
Ottery St Mary Farmers Market
Ottery’s farmers market is held on the first Friday of every month from 9am - 1pm at the car park on Mill St (‘Land of Canaan’). Local produce and several local crafts people. Ample parking allows easy access to local shops and the famous church.
Budleigh Salterton Farmers Market
Every last Friday of the Month (December t.b.c.) from 9am – 1pm at Rolle Mews Car Park on Fore Street at the bottom of the High Street, with up to 15 local producers of meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, dairy products, processed food and drinks.
Honiton weekly market
In Honiton, several local farms hold stalls at the weekly market (all day on the High St on Tuesdays and Saturdays), but there is no longer a farmers market.
Cullompton Farmers Market
2nd Saturday of every month, 09:30-12:30.
Voted best Farmers Market in Devon 2009 and 2010. The first farmers market to have been started in the South West. Local food sold to local people, with all of the stallholders selling produce they grew, reared, or created themselves.
Seaton Farmers Market
Thriving indoor market with locally produced meat (includes rare breed pork and Dorset Down lamb, ruby Devon and Angus beef and chicken), fish, Dorset Down and Jacob sheepskins, knitting wool, scarves, throws and baby blankets, vegetables, plants, flowers, cakes and preserves, cheese, artisan bread and pies. Usually 3rd Friday of month, phone to check
May date: 25/5/12
July date: 13/7/12
Exmouth Farmers Market
Fortnightly on Wednesdays from Jan 4th 2012, 9am-1.30pm.
All local produce including: vegetables; East Devon chicken; beef; pork; lamb and venison; eggs; cheese; fish (wet and smoked); apple juice; hand-made bread; homemade pies, puddings, cakes, chutneys and jams, cakes etc.
Dates for 2012:
Jan 4th, 18th.
Feb 1st, 15th, 29th.
March 14th, 28th.
April 11th, 25th.
May 9th, 23rd.
Dawlish Local Produce Market
First Friday each month (closed Jan/Feb) at the Piazza on the Lawn in Dawlish. 10am – 2:30 (or until 3 in summer).
A lively mix of local produce and locally produced gifts and crafts, usually 10–15 stalls. An outdoor venue so subject to weather, and can be cancelled at short notice if severe weather.
Crediton Farmers Market
Winner of the 'Best Farmers Market of the Year' (Devon Life Food and Drink Awards 2008-9), and promising a 'True Taste of Devon'. Crediton Farmers Market is on the first Saturday of every month, 10-1pm, on the new market square. It offers a wide range of organic and conventional produce with all stallholders living within 30 miles of the market.
Chudleigh Mixed Produce Market
Every week: on Thursdays from 8.30am to 1.00pm; and Saturdays from 9.30am - 1.00pm.
Stalls with meats, cheeses, breads, pies and pasties, cakes, fruit and veg, cards, bags, watch and jewellery repair, 2nd-hand books, pet products, cut and potted plants, garden furniture, firewood and compost services...
