The Leigh-on-Sea farmers market, run by the Leigh-on-Sea town council, is held at the Leigh Community Centre, Elm Rd  each month.  This article contains information about the market and the new opening times for 2007.

What is a Farmers' Market?

A farmers' market is one in which farmers, growers or producers from the local area sell, in person, their own produce, direct to the public. All products sold should have been grown, reared, caught, brewed, pickled, baked, smoked or processed by the stallholder.

The Leigh-on-Sea Farmers Market

The Leigh-on-Sea framers market was the very first Farmers Market in South East Essex and is renowned as a very friendly market. The market is run by Leigh-on-Sea Town Council and a representative of the Council is in the hall for the whole market and is available to talk to anyone.

We run our Farmers Market on very strict rules relating to:

• Products sold only by farmers or producers - no agents or wholesalers
• All products grown/made within 50 miles of Leigh
• No G.M. foods

What's Available at the Market? 

We try to have a wide range of products and not to duplicate. Products include:

beef, pork (inc sausages), chicken, lamb, venison, pigeon breasts, vegetables in season, fruit in season, bread, cakes, goats milk and cheese, honey, herbs, biscuits, samosas, organic vegetarian foods and eggs.

Dates for 2007

• Friday 16th Feb

• Saturday 17th March

• Friday 13th April

• Saturday 19th May

• Friday 22nd June

• Friday 20th July

• Friday 24th August

• Saturday 22nd Sept

• Friday 26th Oct

• Saturday 24th Nov

More about the stallholders

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.

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

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.

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