Hillsborough Christmas Market
The elegant village of Hillsborough, built around a Georgian church and an eighteenth-century castle in County Down, hosts its Christmas market each December bringing together Northern Irish craft producers and food stalls in one of the most architecturally composed village settings on the island.
A fastidiously preserved Georgian square anchored by a royal castle and a Grade A church makes Hillsborough one of the most architecturally coherent villages in Northern Ireland, with enough independent food, drink and a seasonal farmers market to fill a comfortable half-day without strain.
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"The elegant Georgian village of Hillsborough in County Down hosts its oyster festival each September, where Carlingford and Strangford Lough oysters are opened in competition for a world title and served with champagne in the village square while chef demonstrations and live music fill the streets of one of Northern Ireland's prettiest villages."
Hillsborough International Oyster Festival
"81 years of County Down agriculture at Glenbrook Farm, where livestock classes run from poultry to pedigree cattle alongside craft stalls in a village show that has never forgotten why it started."
Saintfield Show
"A community agricultural show in one of County Down's most picturesque castle villages on Strangford Lough, with livestock, home industries and the particular pleasure of a small show done properly."
Killyleagh Show
"A celebration of the prized Comber Earlies potato, with a food village in this County Down market town."
Comber Earlies Food Festival
"A traditional one-day agricultural show in the Mourne foothills with livestock, horses and home industries."
Castlewellan Show
"A week of galas, the famous Galway hooker boat races and street fun where Strangford Lough meets the sea."
Portaferry Gala
"A renowned vintage and makers market spills across the walled gardens of Glenarm Castle for one charming summer weekend."
The Tedberry Market at Glenarm Castle
"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
"A multi-award-winning north Oxfordshire market where thirty stalls fill the Market Place and craft sellers spill into the church, even a Swedish cook in the mix."
Deddington Farmers' Market
"Gateway Square on the last Saturday of the month. New Forest produce, familiar faces, and no particular reason to rush home."
Ringwood Farmers Market
"A market under the Hartley Wintney oaks on the last Sunday of the month, Hampshire smallholders and bakers in a famously leafy village on the old coaching road."
Hartley Wintney Farmers' Market
"The Cathedral city's market, twice monthly. A Sunday morning with the High Street, the close, and nowhere better to be."
Winchester Market