Coleford Country Market is a weekly market (2 days) where local producers come together to sell their homemade, home grown produce to the local community. Baking - sweet and savoury, jams, jellies, chutneys and honey, fruit, vegetables and plants, hand crafted bespoke items. For more than 90 years a network of about 300 Country Markets across England, Wales and the Channel Islands has been selling
homemade baked goods, preserves, garden-grown fruit and vegetables, plants and handmade crafts. Visitors to these markets can buy a variety of produce – almost anything local and seasonal that can be produced in a domestic kitchen or garden. Producers are Members in this co-operative social enterprise called Country Markets, which is organised into Societies each registered under the Industrial and Provident Societies Act. Membership is open to anyone over the age of 16; the cost of joining is just 5p – the modern equivalent of an old shilling. Everything is sold co-operatively; producers receive payment at the end of every month for their sales. Country Markets aim to encourage the public to discover the diversity and deliciousness of local British homemade baked goods, preserves, garden-grown fruit and vegetables. They also show case the skills and talents of local craftsmen and artists. Producers pride themselves on the quality of their produce and the friendliness of their Markets.
