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35 markets, and when each one is next on
Farmers’ markets in six counties: the day each one runs, its opening hours and the next dates.
The East Midlands has 35 farmers’ markets in this directory, in six counties: 25 run on a Saturday and nine on a Sunday, and one is weekly rather than monthly. The 23 that run in every month of the year include Ashbourne Makers & Producers Market, Bakewell and Buxton Market. FARMA certifies one of them.
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Farmers’ markets by county
On this weekend in the East Midlands: Saturday 3 October and Sunday 4 October
Scheduled that weekend: eight of the 35 markets below. Dates do move, so check the organiser’s page before you set out.
Buxton Market (Sat), Wirksworth (Sat), Burbage (Sat), Holbeach Indoor (Sun), Sleaford (Sat), Thrapston (Sat), Wollaton Farmers’ Market (Sat), Southwell Country Market – Sheppards Row (Sat)
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Ashbourne Makers & Producers Market
Second and last Saturday of the month
Next: Sat 10 Oct, Sat 31 Oct, Sat 14 Nov
9am–3pm
The Market Place, Ashbourne
Bakewell Farmers’ Market
Last Saturday of the month
Next: Sat 31 Oct, Sat 28 Nov, Sat 26 Dec
9am–2pm · 30+ stalls
Agricultural Business Centre, DE45 1DZ
Parking Ample parking
Second-largest farmers’ market in the UK.
Belper Farmers’ Market
Second Saturday of the month, not in January
Next: Sat 10 Oct, Sat 14 Nov, Sat 12 Dec
9am–1pm
Market Place, Belper, DE56 1FZ
Held on Belper’s historic Market Place.
Buxton Market
First and third Saturday of the month (First Saturday: Craft, Quirky and Vintage; third Saturday: food special)
Next: Sat 3 Oct, Sat 17 Oct, Sat 7 Nov
9am–4pm · Over 40 stalls
Market Place, SK17 6EL
Parking Market Place car park
England’s highest market town; over 40 stalls with award-winning produce.
Derby Farmers’ Market
Last Sunday of the month
Next: Sun 25 Oct, Sun 29 Nov, Sun 27 Dec
10am–3pm (evening date 3pm–9pm)
Derby Market Hall, Tenant Street, DE1 2DB
Parking Discounted all-day parking £2.70 at Chapel Street Car Park, validated at the Derbyshire’s Own stall
Glossop Artisan Market
Third Saturday of the month, from February
Next: Sat 17 Oct, Sat 21 Nov, Sat 19 Dec
10am–4pm · About 60 small independent businesses
Independent Street / Market Hall & Market Square, 6 Market St, SK13 8AP
Parking 3 car parks within walking distance (incl. Municipal Buildings, 91 spaces)
Live music and free children’s craft activities alongside the market.
Wirksworth Farmers’ Market
First Saturday of the month
Next: Sat 3 Oct, Sat 7 Nov, Sat 5 Dec
9am–1pm
Memorial Gardens / Market Place, Wirksworth
Started as a 2008 festival pilot; stallholders travel an average of no more than 15 miles.
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Ashby Farmers & Artisan Market Ashby de la Zouch
Second Sunday of the month (Third Sunday in November, not the second, because of Remembrance Sunday)
Next: Sun 11 Oct, Sun 15 Nov, Sun 13 Dec
10am–2pm · Dogs welcome
Brook Street, Ashby de la Zouch
Parking Free parking in council car parks on Sundays
Braybrooke Brewery Farmers’ & Producers’ Market
Third Sunday of the month
Next: Sun 18 Oct, Sun 15 Nov, Sun 20 Dec
10am–3pm
Braybrooke Brewery and Taproom, LE16 8LJ
Burbage Farmers’ Market
First Saturday of the month, not in January
Next: Sat 3 Oct, Sat 7 Nov, Sat 5 Dec
8.30am–12.30pm
Burbage Methodist Church carpark, Windsor Street
Loughborough Artisan Market
Third Sunday of the month
Next: Sun 18 Oct, Sun 15 Nov, Sun 20 Dec
10am–4pm (traders from 8am)
Market Place, Loughborough town centre, LE11 3EB
Parking Very limited parking at Market Yard, £7 charge
Market Bosworth Farmers’ Market
Fourth Sunday of the month
Next: Sun 25 Oct, Sun 22 Nov, Sun 27 Dec
9am–1.30pm/2pm
Market Place / Market Square, Market Bosworth, CV13 0LJ
Parking Free parking often available at Dixie Grammar School car park opposite the market place
Beef, pork, lamb, poultry and game alongside local fruit, veg, artisan cheeses, flours, jams and honey.
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Boston Makers & Farmers Market
Last Saturday of the month, March to October
Next: Sat 31 Oct
9am–2pm · Over 25 local traders
Boston Market Place
A 2025 NABMA award-winning market held alongside Boston’s long-running general Market Place trading, offering fresh local produce and artisan goods.
Bourne Indoor Farmers Market
Third Sunday of the month, not in January
Next: Sun 18 Oct, Sun 15 Nov, Sun 20 Dec
10am–2pm · 50+ pitches
Bourne Leisure Centre, 18 Edinburgh Crescent, Bourne, PE10 9DX
Shop directly from producers with minimal packaging, low food miles and no middleman — free admission and free parking.
Brigg Farmers’ Market
Fourth Saturday of the month
Next: Sat 24 Oct, Sat 28 Nov, Sat 26 Dec
from 8am
Brigg Market Place
FARMA-certified; named the UK’s Best Rural Farmers’ Market by FARMA in 2009, launched in 2000.
In Good Hands Artisan Farmers Market Cleethorpes
Last Sunday of the month, March to October, not in June or July (A July date is added instead)
Next: Sun 25 Oct
Kings Parade, Cleethorpes (by The Mouse and The Moon)
A curated seaside market on Cleethorpes’ Kings Parade selling fresh produce, baked goods, plants, flowers, hot food and artisan products.
Gainsborough Farmers’ and Craft Market
Second Saturday of the month, February to December
Next: Sat 10 Oct, Sat 14 Nov, Sat 12 Dec
Gainsborough Market Place
Award-winning Redhill Farm Free Range Pork (reared right on Gainsborough’s doorstep) is a regular stallholder, alongside Marshalls Yard shopping centre nearby.
Grantham Farmers’ Market
Second Saturday of the month
Next: Sat 10 Oct, Sat 14 Nov, Sat 12 Dec
9am–2pm
Market Place, NG31 6LS
Brings fresh meat, cheese and drink direct from local Lincolnshire farms.
Heckington Farmers and Artisan Market
Set dates through the year, published by the organiser
Dates vary: check the organiser
Hours vary by date
Heckington Pavilion and Playing Fields, NG34 9RX
Local traders selling fresh produce and hand-crafted items, free entry and plenty of parking.
Holbeach Indoor Farmers Market
First Sunday of the month, not in January
Next: Sun 4 Oct, Sun 1 Nov, Sun 6 Dec
10am–2pm
The Holbeach Hub, Boston Road South, Holbeach, PE12 7LR
Sister market to Bourne’s, an ever-changing showcase of fresh local produce, artisan food and drinks direct from the people who make it.
Lincoln Farmers’ Market
Third Saturday of the month
Next: Sat 17 Oct, Sat 21 Nov, Sat 19 Dec
9am–3pm
Castle Square, LN1 3AA
Held on the cobbles of historic Castle Square in Lincoln’s Bailgate/Uphill area.
Sleaford Farmers’ Market
First Saturday of the month
Next: Sat 3 Oct, Sat 7 Nov, Sat 5 Dec
Eastgate Car Park, Sleaford (temporarily relocated from Market Place during pedestrianisation works), NG34 7DJ
Held alongside the regular Eastgate Car Park market, bringing in extra stalls all laden with local produce.
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Brackley Country Market
Third Saturday of the month
Next: Sat 17 Oct, Sat 21 Nov, Sat 19 Dec
9am–1pm
Brackley Library
Home-made bakes and local produce; run as a community country market, not a large commercial farmers market.
Higham Ferrers Farmers’ Market
Last Saturday of the month (except December, held earlier)
Next: Sat 31 Oct, Sat 28 Nov
9am–1pm
Market Square, NN10 8BS
Held in the historic Market Square of a medieval town.
Northampton Market — local producers’ market
Last Saturday of the month
Next: Sat 31 Oct, Sat 28 Nov, Sat 26 Dec
9am–2pm
Market Square, NN1 2DL
Held in Northampton’s newly redeveloped historic Market Square.
Oundle Farmers Market
Second Saturday of the month
Next: Sat 10 Oct, Sat 14 Nov, Sat 12 Dec
8am–2pm · About 20 producer stalls
Market Place, PE8 4BA
About 20 producer stalls incl. Lincolnshire Poacher cheese, Brockleby’s Pies and New Lodge Farm hog roast, in the historic Market Place.
Rothwell Saturday Farmers Market
Third Saturday of the month
Next: Sat 17 Oct, Sat 21 Nov, Sat 19 Dec
Mornings
Market Square, Rothwell
Volunteer-run, not-for-profit local community market.
Thrapston Farmers’ Market
First Saturday of the month, not in January
Next: Sat 3 Oct, Sat 7 Nov, Sat 5 Dec
9am–1pm
High Street, Thrapston, NN14 4JH
Sells locally grown and produced food directly from the farmer or maker, run by a voluntary community group who live or work in the town.
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Bingham Farmers & Makers Market
Third Saturday of the month
Next: Sat 17 Oct, Sat 21 Nov, Sat 19 Dec
8am–2pm
Buttercross / Market Place, NG13 8AP
Trading alongside Bingham’s regular market-square stalls.
Wollaton Farmers’ Market
Nottingham (Wollaton)
First Saturday of the month
Next: Sat 3 Oct, Sat 7 Nov, Sat 5 Dec
9am–1pm
Lidl car park, 110 Trowell Road, NG8 2DH
Parking Ample parking (Lidl car park)
Retford Farmers Market
Third Saturday of the month
Next: Sat 17 Oct, Sat 21 Nov, Sat 19 Dec
8.30am–1pm
Town Hall Yard, DN22 6NG
Runs outside the Town Hall alongside Retford’s monthly ‘Big Market’ day.
Your Local Farmers & Producers Market (Rufford Abbey)
Second Sunday of the month
Next: Sun 11 Oct, Sun 8 Nov, Sun 13 Dec
10am–3pm
Rufford Abbey Country Park, NG22 9DF
Parking Ample parking
Run by Picks Organic Farm; set in the grounds of Rufford Abbey Country Park.
Southwell Country Market – Sheppards Row
Every Saturday
Next: Sat 3 Oct, Sat 10 Oct, Sat 17 Oct
9am–11am
WI Hall, Sheppards Row, NG25 0EH
Member of the National Country Markets network; covered indoor stalls in the WI Hall.
West Bridgford Farmers’ Market
Second and fourth Saturday of the month
Next: Sat 10 Oct, Sat 24 Oct, Sat 14 Nov
8am–1pm
The Croquet Lawn, Central Avenue, NG2 6AT
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Oakham Farmers Market
Third Saturday of the month
Next listed: Sat 17 Oct, Sat 21 Nov, Sat 19 Dec
9am–1pm · 20+ stalls · Dogs welcome
Gaol Street, LE15 6RA
Run by Oakham Town Partnership alongside the twice-weekly general town market.
Sunday farmers’ markets in the East Midlands
Saturday is the usual day; these nine trade on a Sunday.
Derby, Ashby Farmers & Artisan Market, Braybrooke Brewery Farmers’ & Producers’ Market, Loughborough Artisan Market, Market Bosworth, Bourne Indoor, In Good Hands Artisan, Holbeach Indoor, Your Local Farmers & Producers Market
Indoor and covered farmers’ markets in the East Midlands
For a wet Saturday: six of the 35 trade indoors or under cover.
Bakewell, Derby, Bourne Indoor, Holbeach Indoor, Brackley Country Market, Southwell Country Market – Sheppards Row
Winter farmers’ markets in the East Midlands
31 of the 35 are scheduled at least once in January or February 2027, and 23 run in every month of the year.
Taking a winter break (two):
Boston Makers & Farmers Market (from March), In Good Hands Artisan (from March)