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Charter Market | Farmers Market | Where can I learn more about Ampthill Charter Market & Ampthill Farmers Market? | What does the Ampthill Town plan say about Ampthill Charter Market & Ampthill Farmers Market? 

Ampthill's Weekly Charter Market

• Every Thursday in the Town Centre Car Park, Church Street
• 8.30am to 2.00pm

Ampthill Market has been held on a Thursday since 1219 and was confirmed by Royal Charter when the first of a number of annual fairs were authorised. The Market offers a wide variety of produce and goods, including:-

• A good range of fresh fruit and vegetables, eggs, pickling vinegar & seasonal produce (Contact: 07771 801044 - Mark Sayward - if you would like to place an order ready for collection from the market)
• Keith's Fresh Grimsby Fish, including shellfish - orders taken.
• Ampthill Country Market's home-baked goods such as cakes, pies, quiches, biscuits, preserves, pickles, seasonal produce & crafts
• Confectionery, biscuits, cakes, crisps, snacks, soft drinks, tea, coffee, dried fruit and seasonal novelties.
• Extensive range of seasonal shrubs, plants, trees, bulbs & herbs. Enquiries and orders taken.
• Household Wares (i.e. kitchen foil, cling film, kitchen rolls, toilet rolls, mops, buckets, brooms, bleach, disinfectant, washing up liquid, tissues, air fresheners, polish, toiletries, batteries, candles, lighters, dishcloths, tea towels, bin liners, food covers, etc - all your household essentials!)
• Bicycles for children & adults (inc. accessories & repairs) Orders taken.
• Cards for all occasions, wrapping paper, gift tags, gift bags, party banners, balloons, party ware, diaries and calendars.
• Watch batteries supplied and fitted at the card stall.
• Wild bird seed & nuts, pet foods & treats, straw, hay, sawdust and pet accessories such as bowls, leads, toys etc by Parkers Pets (orders taken).
• Second hand books, toys, videos, clothes, linen, bags, hats, china, jewellery, glassware & bric-a-brac by The Pasque Hospice (Keech Cottage Children's Hospice) - new items every week!
• Hand-made Jewellery and crafts
• Footwear including men's and ladies slippers and shoes. 

If you would like to become a Charter Market Trader contact Donna Searle at the Town Council 01525 404355 

Ampthill Farmers Market

• The last Saturday of each month in the car park of the Prince of Wales, Bedford Street. No Farmers Market in December
• 9.00am to 1.00pm 

Farmers' Markets provide an ideal opportunity for fresh local produce to be sold by local producers to local shoppers, but the markets are also very well suited to Mid Beds which is characterised by a number of attractive market towns. Produce includes:-

• Varieties of goat's cheese 
• Plants all year (except July and August), herbaceous, bedding plants, tubs, pots, hanging baskets and Christmas wreaths and greenery
• Ampthill Country Market cakes, biscuits, pies, preserves, pickles and crafts
• Pottery
• Apples, plums and pears (in season) plus fresh apple   juices and preserves.
• Sweet and savoury pies, tarts, cakes (inc. Christmas cakes)
• Organic free range eggs
• Curry sauces and freshly cooked samosas
• Lamb, beef and pork (orders taken)
• Ornamental chilli plants, chillies, cucumbers, relishes, pickles and basil plants (all in season)
• Bacon, sausages, pork pies and sausage rolls
• Local honey and honey marmalade
• poultry, game, turkey, venison sausages and free range eggs  

Parking for Farmers Market

• Short Stay Parking : Town Centre Car Park (2 hour stay) - enter via Church Street or Bedford Street
• Long Stay Car Parking: The Sands Car Park - Woburn Street; Woburn Street Parking Bays; Bedford Street Parking Bays; Car Park to the Rear of Aragon Housing Association (accessed via Chandos Road & Katherine's Gardens)

Ampthill Farmers was initiatally an initiative of Ampthill Town Council

Where can I learn more about Ampthill Charter Market & Ampthill Farmers Market?

• Charter Market - Contact Ampthill Town Council (Donna Searle) on 01525 404355 if you wish to have a stall
• Farmers Market - Contact Ampthill Town Council (Donna Searle) on 01525 404355 for more information

What does the Ampthill Town plan say about Ampthill Charter Market & Ampthill Farmers Market? 

Since 1999 Ampthill has had a Farmers' Market - as a way of promoting the local economy. Now the Farmers' Market faces the possible loss of a site near to the centre of Ampthill. The Market was strongly supported in the survey, gives a direct benefit to the local economy and satisfies the demand for local produce.

ACTIONS

• Continue the Farmers' Market on a regular basis. [Achieved]
• Search for a town centre solution for the Farmers' Market. [Achieved]