Framlingham Christmas Market
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.
A handsome medieval market town anchored by one of England's finest curtain-wall castles, with a twice-weekly market and a credible independent food scene that makes the journey more than worthwhile.
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"Suffolk's award-winning seaside carnival fills the shingle beach town of Aldeburgh across a summer Bank Holiday weekend, with a procession, 10K Mini Marathon, community events and the particular magic of carnival lights on the North Sea."
Aldeburgh Carnival
"402 years old and still going: the parade winds through the market town to the riverside quay for a weekend of live music, a fun dog show and genuine community spirit."
Beccles Carnival
"Three days of music, ale, art and family on a Suffolk estate, famed for its premieres and firsts and a reputation as one of the best-loved folk weekends in the country."
FolkEast
"Two days of Suffolk country life on the grounds of Framlingham College, with a dedicated dog show, local produce, rural crafts and live music in a properly family-friendly setting."
Framlingham Country Show
"The final ever edition of a 40-year tradition brings Renaissance and Baroque voices to the ancient wool-trade churches of Lavenham, Kersey and Clare for one last magnificent farewell."
Suffolk Villages Festival
"The medieval market town of Bury St Edmunds fills its Abbey Gardens and town centre with artisan food and drink producers each August Bank Holiday, a free festival that celebrates Suffolk's extraordinary larder of provender from the Breckland and the farmland of west Suffolk."
Bury St Edmunds Food and Drink Festival
"Now in its 26th year, East Anglia's best-loved Christmas shopping event fills the Norfolk Showground for three days with hundreds of artisan makers, festive food and the warm buzz of early gift hunting."
Norfolk Festive Gift and Food Show
"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 Christmas
"Seventy stalls of crafts and local produce take over the scenic centre of this canal-and-cross Cheshire village beside Lymm Cross."
Lymm Makers Market
"Rare breed sheep fill the market square with sheep racing, shearing and Wensleydale crafts."
Masham Sheep Fair
"A charter sheep fair held every October since 1238 in this south Lincolnshire village."
Corby Glen Sheep Fair
"A charter fair famous in Devon song, filling the stannary town's streets with stalls and rides each October."
Tavistock Goosey Fair