Farmers' Market

Come and visit the

Farmers’ Market

run by Leigh-on-Sea Town Council 

at Leigh Community Centre, Elm Road
from 9.00 am to 12.00 noon

Market dates for 2008 are:

Friday 15th February

Saturday 15th March

Friday 11th April

Saturday 17th May

Friday 20th June

Friday 18th July

Friday 22nd August

Saturday 20th September

Friday 31st October

Saturday 22nd November

 

 

Regular stallholders at the Leigh market are: 

Wildfield Farm from Tolleshunt D’Arcy, who have a wide range of quality assured vegetables in season.
Dick and Margaret Thomas from Thorpe Bay have 50 beehives around south east Essex, and produce both run and set honey, beeswax candles and other products using honey instead of sugar.
Highfield Farm bring beef joints, steaks, mince etc. from their their own rare breeds cows.

Andrea Halsall from Kiddles Farm in Dedham sells excellent herbs when in season.
Margaret and Mark Whetton sell fine home baked cakes from their family business.
During late summer and autumn, we have apples from Hilltop Farm in Benfleet, and at seasonal times, soft fruit and asparagus are at the market.
Pork and bacon come from the Gloucester Old Spots, Saddlebacks and Large Blacks of Rhyne Park Farm.
Layer Marney farm in north Essex have a wide variety of meats, including lamb and venison.
The Cookie Sisters produce fresh, wholesome Brownies and cookies with no GM products, artificial additives or preservatives.
Valerie Stanton brings her own hens’ eggs, which always sell out early.

The Samosa Shack brings in high quality samosas produced in Shoebury.

The Chilli Chutney man has a range of high quality chutneys and sauces with chillies made in Leigh-on-Sea.

Springstep Dairies from near Maldon have a herd of goats, from which they produce the best goats milk (whole fat, skimmed and semi-skimmed) and a range of cheeses. The goats are looked after to the highest standards, eating natural grass and silage.

Le Moulin Bakery from Hornchurch provides a wide range of bread and pastries freshly made for the market using only the best quality flour and other ingredients.