Multiple date: 09/03/2019; 08/06/2019; 14/09/2019; 14/12/2019
Frequency: Occasional
Venue: The Playing Close
Stand Type: Pitch
2nd Saturday – March – June – September – December
Charlbury is a Cotswold Market Town with a Charter granted by King Henry III in 1256. The original market place was in Church Street but nowadays there is too much traffic and street closure is not an option. The Playing Close is a superb location and the Trustees of Thomas Gifford’s Charity (the landowner) has agreed that Charlbury farmers’ markets can take place there.
All the produce comes from within a 50 mile radius of Charlbury and complies with TVFMC rules.
We also allow stalls that promote Charlbury’s many activities such as the annual Street Fair, Beer Festival and Children’s Playgroup.
Thames Valley Farmers’ Market Co-operative exists to manage and promote Farmers’ Markets, enabling farmers and small producers to sell their produce directly to the public.
We began operating in the Thames Valley area in 1999. Since then our markets have flourished and we now operate in 16 towns.
Buying at farmers’ markets helps to support local farmers and producers. There are no middlemen involved, and no profits for supermarkets and their shareholders.
We are a non profit-making organisation and in 2003 we became a co-operative. The funds that we raise through membership fees and stall fees are ploughed back into the co-operative. All the producers at our markets are voting members of the co-operative who can share in the way the co-operative is run.
