Abergavenny Christmas Market
The magnificent Victorian Market Hall of this Welsh market town at the foot of the Brecon Beacons hosts its Christmas markets on late Sundays in November and December, offering local crafts and food in one of the grandest working market buildings in Wales.
Abergavenny punches well above its size as a market town: a serious food scene, four Good Beer Guide pubs, a medieval priory full of genuine drama, 252 listed buildings, and a working market running Tuesday, Friday and Saturday make it a rewarding full day rather than a passing stop.
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"A one day celebration of Wye Valley rural life with ferret racing, falconry and a bustling Home and Garden marquee across 96 acres."
Monmouthshire Show
"Running every year since 1844, this is one of the biggest one day shows in Britain with steam corner, a companion dog show and freestyle motocross."
Usk Show
"The food festival that started the whole British movement, filling a Monmouthshire market town under the Sugar Loaf with Welsh lamb, farmhouse cheese and orchard cider every September."
Abergavenny Food Festival
"Ploughmen from across Monmouthshire turn up to a rotating farm venue each October for their county match, a competition held in the border country between Wales and England where the hedged fields and red Hereford cattle still look much as they always have."
Monmouthshire Ploughing Match
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Chepstow Wassail and Mari Lwyd
"Around 15 to 20 private gardens open in a small Welsh market town draped in floral displays, with a plant market and picnic spots beside the River Usk."
Usk Open Gardens
"The town of a thousand bookshops turns its streets into a winter market each December, where hand-crafted gift stalls sit alongside the antiquarian bookshops that have made this Welsh Borders town a destination known the world over."
Hay-on-Wye Christmas Market
"A celebration of Welsh wool and natural fibres, with hundreds of stalls of fleece, yarn and craft."
Wonderwool Wales
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Lymm Makers Market
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Lavenham Summer Craft and Foodie Festival
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Masham Sheep Fair
"A charter sheep fair held every October since 1238 in this south Lincolnshire village."
Corby Glen Sheep Fair