Burnham Market Christmas
The village green of this pretty Georgian North Norfolk village is wrapped in festoon lights for its annual Christmas light switch-on, surrounded by food stalls, craft sellers, ponies, Santa and fairground rides in a scene that somehow looks exactly like a Christmas card should.
Burnham Market punches well above its weight for a village of its size: a handsome Georgian green ringed by independent butchers, bakers, delis, galleries and boutiques, with a Michelin-noted restaurant and three real ale pubs, all of which makes it a genuine destination rather than a pretty accident.
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"A solar-powered green gathering in the woodlands of a West Norfolk estate, small enough that you know your campsite neighbours by Saturday night."
Harlequin Fayre
"Over a century old and still packing the quayside with parade floats, a town crier contest, gillying competitions and the most celebrated sandcastle battle in North Norfolk."
Wells Carnival
"A century-old North Norfolk coastal carnival week packed with a raft race, sandcastle competitions, fancy dress, a fete, and a grand procession through town on Carnival Day."
Wells-next-the-Sea Carnival Week
"A fortnight of concerts, masterclasses and ensemble music-making at Gresham's School in the Georgian market town of Holt, continuing the tradition of the renowned Dartington International Summer School in a Norfolk setting."
Music Summer School and Festival
"From Crowning Day to the main parade, Sheringham gives itself over for a week to duck racing, sandcastle contests and floats that bring out every family on the North Norfolk coast."
Sheringham Carnival
"Three stages in a Norfolk market-town meadow, run entirely by volunteers since 2008, with every surplus penny donated to local good causes."
Reepham Festival
"Forty local makers and artisan producers fill the medieval village hall and its glebe field in one of Suffolk's most photographed timber-framed villages, with street food trucks and barista coffee outside."
Lavenham Summer Craft and Foodie Festival
"Forty local crafters and artisan makers fill the medieval village hall of this Suffolk wool town for a two-day Christmas market, running alongside the award-winning Lavenham Farmers Market and a pop-up cafe in one of England's best-preserved medieval streetscapes."
Lavenham Christmas Craft Market
"Hundreds of stalls spill through Georgian streets and around the cathedral in one of East Anglia's most atmospheric small-town festive markets."
Bury St Edmunds Christmas Fayre
"The Suffolk market town whose Norman castle looms over its rooftops brings its square alive with stalls each December, a small and properly local market where the castle walls provide a backdrop that no purpose-built Christmas market could ever replicate."
Framlingham Christmas Market
"The medieval hilltop village comes alive with 40 stalls, live music and the flavours of East Suffolk in a community market that refreshes four times a year."
Wickham Market Summer Market on the Hill
"On the last Saturday of the month the Agricultural Business Centre fills with Peak District producers, in the town that gave its name to the pudding."
Bakewell Farmers' Market