OVAL FARMERS MARKET

In a revolt against Tesco I’ve decided to try and be a more conscientious shopper, so I’ll be heading down to the Farmers Market at Oval this weekend to do my veg shopping. This market is a relatively new one, and is only little, but there are always a couple of organic veg and meat stalls, and sometimes some real seasonal gems – once it was samphire and oysters, another time a hog roast, and there’s a stall selling fabulous toasted cheese sandwiches which are very hard to walk away from…

Last week I treated myself to some wonderful smoked goat’s cheese and another soft goat’s cheese infused with garlic – I’m looking forward to seeing what’s there tomorrow!

Oval Farmers Market, St Mark’s Church open from about 10.00am until about 2.00pm on Saturdays (sorry I don’t have any more precise information, if anyone else does please let me know!)

Posted on Friday, January 25, 2008 at 04:40PM by

Harriet Brown in mighty cheeses, super shops, vegetable matters |

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Hi there,

I run the cakestall there called Cakehole. Yes, the market is open every Saturday from 10 until 3..

see you there!

February 11, 2008 |

Lara

I love oval market. It's much cheaper than other London markets, small but perfectly formed and a great place for preserves, cheese and baked stuff from the lovely lady at cakehole. I often see the same people there week in and out and that's no surprise! You're right it sure beats Tesco...

January 16, 2010 |

Hannah

I didn't mean it anything bad,

January 30, 2010 |

handmade

I live in Houston and you would think we would have a lot of fresh farmer's markets here.. the last one I went to I was so excited about the "homegrown" peaches, but when I got home I discovered "made in mexico" stickers. Now that's not very local! GRRR.
-Sylvia

May 7, 2010 |

Cheap Cigars

Cigars, that's got to be about as far from local as it's possible to get! We have a similar problem with some farmers' markets in the UK; I think the mark-up is so high that it can be very tempting for unscrupulous types to buy cheap food in from elsewhere and pass it off as local...

May 19, 2010 |

Harriet Brown

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