Harrogate Farmers Market
Cambridge Street on a Thursday morning: local producers, unhurried browsing, and an excellent reason to be somewhere beautiful.
Harrogate is emphatically a town rather than a village - a confident, well-heeled Yorkshire spa town with a Michelin-starred restaurant, a legendary tearoom in Bettys, its own brewery winning national CAMRA honours, a staffed railway station with direct London services, and a farmers market on the second Thursday of every month: it rewards a proper day out.
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"For nine days every August this Wharfedale village fills its gardens, walls and doorways with handmade scarecrows, and half the fun is the treasure hunt of finding them all."
Kettlewell Scarecrow Festival
✦ Weird and Wonderful"Founded in 1871 and held in the Milburn Arms Field in the tranquil valley village of Rosedale Abbey, this long-running show features foxhound and terrier shows, gundog displays, terrier races, hound trails, and a gymkhana."
Rosedale and District Show
"Founded in 1871, this intimate show at Milburn Arms Field in the heart of Rosedale Abbey showcases heavy horses, cattle, goats, vintage tractors and local produce against the backdrop of a former ironstone mining valley."
Rosedale Show
"One of England's most singular calendar customs, this centuries-old West Witton rite sees a chanting crowd carry a glowing-eyed effigy of 'Bartle' through the village at nightfall before stabbing and burning him on the hillside above Wensleydale."
Burning Bartle
"Held in the grounds of Eshton Hall near Skipton, this traditional Dales show blends livestock and horticulture classes with show jumping, sheepdog trials and fell running."
Gargrave Agricultural and Horticultural Show
"Held in the grounds of Eshton Hall in a Dales village near Skipton, the Gargrave Show has cattle, sheep, showjumping and a fell race, a cornerstone of local tradition since the Victorian era."
Gargrave Show
"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
"Alnwick Castle's historic Guest Hall opens for a one-day Christmas fair with handcrafted gifts from local artisans, seasonal food and twinkling lights, all in aid of Newcastle Hospitals Charity's Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Unit."
Alnwick Castle Christmas Fair
"Black-and-white timbered Tudor streets light up as a festive market lines Churchyardside in this characterful Cheshire market town."
Nantwich Christmas Lights and Festive Market
"Held over two days at the atmospheric Tweedies Bar and Lodge on Red Bank Road, this outdoor Christmas market draws artisan stallholders from across Cumbria and pairs local food and festive drinks with a Lake District village backdrop."
Grasmere Christmas Market
"This beautifully preserved Westmorland market town packs three days with chalet villages, indoor and outdoor markets, a lantern parade, a Ferris wheel in Market Square and live music across multiple stages in one of the Lake District's most complete and least-touristed town centres."
Kirkby Lonsdale Christmas Fair
"The village famous for sticky toffee pudding and its beautifully preserved medieval priory church wraps its square in Christmas lights each December, filling the square with local producers, food stalls and the particular warmth of a village that takes its festivities as seriously as its puddings."
Cartmel Christmas Market