St Giles's Church, Shipbourne is located on the A227 half way between Tonbridge and Ightham.
Parking is available on Upper Green Road, Shipbourne (opposite the Church and Chaser)
In 1285, Edward I granted the village of Shipbourne permission to hold a weekly market. In May 2003 the Parochial Church Council re-inaugurated the market. In 2023 we celebrated our 20th Anniversary with a charity dinner cooked by our Patron, Michel Roux
Our objectives are to :-
- provide a unique shopping experince and focus for our local community
- provide an outlet where shoppers can purchase a variety locally grown/bred/made produce
- offer a retail outlet for small local producers
- earn funds which are given to agricultural charities.
The market is run by volunteers who provide the administration, marketing and operational expertise to enable the market to offer customers both a variety and high quality of local produce such that it continually attracts sufficient customers to meet our objectives.
To keep up to date as to what's available and new at the market sign up for our Market Newsletter. by clicking on 'REMINDERS' (see above).
Hand knitted alpaca clothing, accessories and very young children's woollen toys using our own alpaca yarn
Products: Knitted items
Contact: Rosemary Thirkell 07754 767443
email >The Co-operative Stall is used by those stallholders who are unable to attend the market but still wish to sell their produce. We offer a variety of Rapeseed oils, honey, wines, coffees and Greensand Distillery products
Products: Coffees & Teas, Honey, Oils, Spirits, Wines
Contact: Andrew Booreman 07795182966
email >I make a whole range of delicious cakes, tarts and biscuits. My Battenburg cake is my best seller. All made in my kitchen
Products: Cakes
Contact: Debra Orme 01732 842297/07790 650329
email >We simply want to make the finest spirits possible from locally sourced surplus produce which reflects the flavours of the woods, orchards, fields and hedgerows that surround our distillery.
We use advanced technology and 100% renewable energy and work with our region's farmers to reduce food waste at the farm gate by fermenting and distilling quality produce that supermarkets won't take.
Products: Spirits
Contact: 07971 164688/07971 164688.
email >I make all natural dehydrated dog treats; my core products are all made with fresh wild venison, with the occasional special if something else is available. My big focus is on making sure that nothing gets thrown away, so I work with local deer management companies & farmers to locally source all my ingredients wild from the Kent & Sussex countryside.
Products: Pet Food
Contact: Alex 07814 385043/07814 385043
email >Local game including venison, rabbit, pigeon, quail, pheasant plus Boar and Apple sausages and more
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Meat from Penshurst farms. Beef from Waters Farm Penshurst and lamb from Penshurst Place. We grow our own Chicken and quail
Products: Meat, Meat: Game
Contact: Kieron Toole 07811182435
email >Meophams Valley Vineyard was originally established in 1991 by David Grey who created a range of award winning still and sparking wines. In 2015 Surjit and Surrinder Bassi, who spent many years working with David, became the proud owners of the Meopham Valley Vineyard
Products: Wines
Contact: Surjit and Surrinder Bassi 01474 325148
email >English walnuts and Kentish cobnuts (a local variety of hazelnuts). Organic eggs
Products: Chutneys, Eggs, Nuts, Oils
Contact: Edward Lade 07956 541689
email >The Cannon family has run Roughway Farm for over 50 years and grow Raspberries, Cherries, Plums, Apples, Greengages, and Kent Cobnuts. We now sell Apple juice and apple and fruit mixes on line.
Products: Fruit, Fruit Juice, Jam, Nuts, Prepared Food
Contact: Tom Cannon
email >Sourdough bread and pastries
Products: Bakery, Patisserie
Contact: Ridwan Kohl 07754664536
email >We grow all our own vegetables, fruits and herbs.
Watts Farm is a family-run business which farms over 600 hectares of land across 10 farms in Kent and Essex. We grow around 100 different crops each year.
Products: Fruit, Vegetables
Contact: Ed Grey 07718656898
email >Will's Plaice is a mobile Fishmonger selling the highest quality fresh fish and seafood. All products are sustainably sourced or line caught and never frozen offering peace of mind to all my customers.
Will is a 'Guest Stall' as he purchases his fresh fish from the Grimsby Dock fish market.
Products: Fish
Contact: Will Hobson 07534 633655
email >Marmalade, Chutney, Pickles, preserves, fudge and cheese biscuits
Products: Chutneys, Jam, Preserves
Contact: Jane Coia 0208 777 4737 /07933 437593
email >We hand make Winterdale Cheese, a traditional cheddar style cheese using unpasteurised milk. It is then cloth bound and matured in our cellars, built into the chalk downs, for 10 months.
Products: Cheese
Contact: Robin & Carla Betts 01732 820021/07779802926
email >Yotes Court Vineyard is a 75-acre vineyard in Kent producing 250+ tonnes of grapes a year. It is one of the first accredited WineGB Sustainable Producers in England. The vineyard is located to the west of Yotes Court, (an English Heritage Grade 1 listed manor house) between the picturesque villages of West Peckham and Mereworth in Kent.
Products: Wines
Contact: 07961 663564
email >Arty Bee Designs
I create unique greeting cards from my original watercolour paintings, print & hand embellish them. You can personalise them too!
Plus a range of wrapping paper, gift tags & notepads with my designs
Products: Art, Cards
Contact: Bethany Longhurst 07492059649
email >Cocoa Retreat
Bean to bar single origin chocolate bars made locally in Penshurst in small batches from ethically sourced high quality ingredients
Products: Chocs/fudge
Contact: Oenone Thomas 07968 705449
email >Freedom Coffee
Freedom Coffee delivers x3 Cs to its customers::-
Coffee - debunking the myths that a nicer tasting cup of coffee is just around the corner.
Community - with every 250g bag sold, £1 is given back to Charitable donations.
Content - I aim to deliver content that entertains, educates and notifies customers on Freedom Coffee, its journey, and the charitable causes their purchases go towards.
Products: Coffees & Teas
Contact: Dan Stewart 07564 168 928
email >Hadlow College
We have a fairly new orchard and vineyard and we have our first press of apple juice which is grown by students under the supervision of our orchard technical instructor . The fruit is grown and pressed locally and bottled into 1L bottles which are fully labelled and compliant.
We also have veg and flowering plants which are grown at the College nursery
Products: Fruit Juice
Contact: Alan Harvey 07970121102
email >Ightham Wood Products
Unique gifts made from wood especially our popular cheese and charcuterie boards, garden features like rose arches and hurdles, and bespoke commissions.
Products: Wood craft
Contact: Sue & Andrew Chessons 07712816019
email >Independent Trotters
Free range pork products.
A variety of deliciuos sausages, short crust savoury pies, speciality pork pies, steamed suet puddings and a wide selection of fruit pies.
Products: Meat : Pork & Sausages
Contact: Dave Law 07771793705
email >The Flower Hut
I grow my own perennials and cut flower annuals.Member of 'Flowers from the Farm'
Products: Cut Flowers, Plants
Contact: Jo Tucker 07949 976523
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