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West Malling farmers market is held on the fourth Sunday of every month, in the High Street of this picturesque and historic market town. One of the busiest markets in Kent, you can buy all your local fresh produce, locally produced preserves, fruit juice, beer, bread, cakes and a lot more. There are a few local craft stalls and even an ecover refill station.
Sunday 27th September 09 – 9.30am -1.30pm
There’s a different smell at the farmers market this month. As well as the normal smells of fresh produce, bread & food cooking, the smell of success is thick in the air.
It’s now six months since the market was nearly lost due to the borough council withdrawing its funding and the main contactors going bankrupt.

The number of producers has doubled to over forty in the last six months, as have the number of customers.
Also the producers are up to wonderful things:
Meopham Valley Vineyard has won two awards at this years Decanter World Wine Awards. Their Sparkling Rosé 2005 got a Bronze Award and the Sparkling Brut 2004 got a Commended. There were upward of 9,500 entries this year in various styles of wine.
The Posh Pie Company have also been pulling in the awards-Two star gold at The Great Taste Awards and Gold at the British Pie Awards, both for their fish pie using locally caught sustainable fish.
Three silver awards from the British Pig Executive for their Steak and Stilton pie, Rabbit pie and their Chicken Pie.

Low Wood Nursery were presented the Cornwallis Rose bowl at the Kent show for winning the Top Gold and Premier award for Horticultural landscape and design.

Winterdale Cheese are very happy with the comments of Si King of Hairy Bikers fame. On tasting the cheese he said “cheese with attitude, oh, ahh, wow!” he was lost for words, which is not normally a problem for him.

Finally, the Sevenoaks branch of Amnesty International will be attending this month’s market, they will be selling second hand books to raise money to help with their campaign work on behalf of prisoners in Burma and the Stop Violence Against Women campaign here in the UK.
There is a free pitch at each market for a local charity, organisation or group. This can be used for raising funds or just raising profile. Be quick these are going fast.  Any interested parties should contact steve@westmallingfarmersmarket.co.uk or 07876 685853.
Future markets are, October 25th, November 22nd, December 20th, January 24th & February 28th.

West Malling Farmers Market
4th Sunday of every month.
9.30am – 1.30pm  High Street
Fresh local produce and lots more

The West Malling Farmers Market is one of the oldest and best in Kent. Taken over 3 months ago, a new life has been breathed into it, with more stalls, and importantly, mor real Farmers Market type stalls.

The market has the organic fruit and vegetable s that you’d expect, as well as local farm raised meat, hand baked breads, and cakes, preserves and jams; it also has slightly more exotic fare like chillis and chilli jams, specialist fish cakes, honeys from happy, local bees, beers and English wines and much more. And like all good Farmers Markets, you can get what is seasonal, fresh out of the ground, for that world beating taste. They don’t call it The Garden of England for nothing.

After the Market there si a great choice of pubs and restaurants offering lunch: from a light bite to a top chef without the sweary bits. And afterwards Manor Park is a delight to get a bit of the old fresh air, stretch the legs, live the life.

Sp please come along and make a great day of it. See you there.