"The very best foodie day out in Cumbria"
every 2nd Saturday of every month
next market
Saturday 11th September
9.30am-2.30pm
Find us at Orton:
8 miles south off
Appleby-in-Westmorland.
2 miles off the M6, exit 38 on the B6260
At Orton Farmers Market over 35 local farmers, growers, producers & artisan craftsmen offer a tremendous variety of high quality and speciality local produce and crafts
held on the last Sunday of the months
April through to September
next market
Sunday 26th September
10.30am-2.00pm |
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The scenery is outstanding:
Orton lies at the foot of Orton Scar, which is one of the few remaining limestone plateaux in the country, and the Howgill Fells - a distinctive cluster of hills that marks the boundary between the Lake District and the Yorkshire Dales. There is plenty to see and do in the village and surrounding area. |
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For food lovers:
As well as the monthly farmers market, Orton is the home of Kennedy's Fine Chocolates. (www.kennedys-chocolates.co.uk) You can watch the hand-made production; have coffee, cake and homemade ice cream in the coffee shop. Have your own chocolate selection made up into a presentation box to take home or send to a friend.
Also, for more markets like ours in the area contact Made In Cumbria for other excellent producers and events. |
For walkers:
"The Howgill Fells are particularly distinctive. They are sleek and smooth, looking, at a distance, like velvet curtains in sunlight, like silken drapes at sunset; they are steep sided but gently domed, and beautiful in a way that few hilly areas are. Their soaring and sweeping lines are not interrupted by walls or fences, giving a splendid upland expanse of 'free range walking'" (A.W.Wainwright) You can buy your ordnance survey maps on-line from The Westmorland Gazette (www.shoppersworld.co.uk)
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For families:
Eden Ostrich World, Rheged Discovery Centre, and a host of other family attractions are within 15-mile radius of Orton. For full details of things to see and do in the area visit the official Eden website or Cumbria Tourist Board (www.cumbria-the-lake-district.co.uk).
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For craftsmanship:
Throughout the Eden Valley you can find blacksmiths, wood turners, potters, watercolorists, and cabinet makers - workshops where traditional methods are valued and maintained. You can get more information from www.golakes.co.uk or www.visitengland.co.uk.
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