Coleshill Country Market

Coleshill Country Market sells top-class home-made cakes, savouries, jams, garden produce, Xmas goodies, crafts, cards and gifts each Friday morning 8-12 in the Parish Room.

Coleshill Country Market was founded in 1969 and is still going strong, selling a variety of delicious home-made food, honey, free-range eggs, jams, garden produce, hand crafts, jewellery and cards every Friday between 8 and mid-day in the Parish Room, 132, High Street, Coleshill B46 3BJ. It attracts both passing trade and a loyal clientele who enjoy sitting down for a cuppa and a chat as they make their purchases. We can bake to order and welcome advance orders throughout the year, particularly for Christmas produce, birthday cakes, unique gifts and garden produce. Coleshill’s is one of over 350 Country Markets throughout England and Wales with roots going back to 1919, when the Agricultural Organisation Society (now DEFRA) sponsored the setting up of co-operative markets to sell surplus produce.
Our producers are mostly local people who enjoy cooking, gardening or crafts and several sell their surplus vegetables, fruit and flowers. We often sell unusual home-produced items that you won’t find in a supermarket and these can make intriguing gifts. We stock over 20 different types of home-made preserves and chutneys and a range of seasonal products such as Christmas cakes, mince pies, holly wreaths, quirky tea-cosies, stained glass baubles and cosy woollen scarves, hats and mittens which can be knitted to order. Producers can join for the princely sum of just 5p and everyone is paid for what they sell at the end of each month after we’ve taken 12. 5% to cover the cost of running the market. We’re always on the look-out for new producers and we’d particularly welcome people who want to sell crafts including woodwork, all sorts of baked goods including yeast items plus plants and garden produce.
Our cooks have to pass a hygiene exam to make sure that all our baked goods comply with national food regulations. We can offer advice on all aspects of becoming a producer. For more information, call into the market on a Friday morning or contact Deanna Baker on 01675-463239 or Christine Jones on 01675-462012.