The Bressingham Gardens

20/10/2026

Do you rear it, cook it and serve it? We’d love to hear from you!

We’re looking for a hot food van, trailer or BBQ caterer to join our successful Farmers’ Market at Bressingham Hall on Sunday 1 November, 9am–1pm, serving bacon baps, sausage baps, burgers and similar freshly cooked food.

We’d particularly love to welcome a local farmer who rears their own pigs and serves their own meat — a lovely opportunity for visitors to meet the people behind their breakfast!

Our bakery stalls are already covered; this space is specifically for someone cooking and serving hot food on site.

📩 Interested? Email [email protected] with a little about your business, your setup and what you’d like to serve.
Please also visit our website

https://bressinghamhall.co.uk/farmersmarket/

Know someone who would be a great fit? Please tag them below or share this post.

📍 Bressingham Hall, Norfolk, IP22 2AA

14/10/2026

13/10/2026

Our biggest Christmas Fair so far is coming to Bressingham Hall!

Join us on Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 November, from 10am to 3pm, for a wonderfully festive weekend featuring over 40 carefully selected stallholders.

Discover beautiful, locally made creations including glass, ceramics, woodwork, jewellery, cards, knitting and textiles, alongside cakes, artisan food, street food, warming drinks and plenty of unusual Christmas gifts.
Enjoy the relaxed atmosphere of Bressingham Hall and Barn, meet the talented people behind the products and shop directly from independent makers and producers.

🎁 You could also win one of four wonderful prizes:
- One of two Christmas hampers filled with gifts from our stallholders worth over £100 each
- A place at a Bressingham Christmas wreath-making workshop, worth £55
- A one-night glamping stay for two at Bressingham in 2027, worth £110
There will be two prize draws each day, at 12 noon and 2pm.
Simply register online, then collect one numbered ticket from each participating stallholder you purchase from. The more different stalls you support, the more chances you have to win! Put your tickets into the draw you wish to enter and make sure you are present when the winning number is announced.
The four prizes will be allocated randomly, so even we won’t know which prize will be revealed at each draw!

📍 Bressingham Hall, Bressingham, IP22 2AA
📅 Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 November
🕙 10am–3pm
🎟️ Free entry and free parking
Register here for your chance to win: https://mailchi.mp/bressinghamhall.co.uk/christmas-craft-fair-bressingham-hall

Come for the shopping, stay for the food and atmosphere—and perhaps leave with a rather special prize!
Purchase necessary. Entrants must be aged 18 or over and present at the relevant draw. Full terms and conditions apply.

03/10/2026

Sunday, first of November 2026 at Bressingham Hall High Barn 9-1 pm come to enjoy a slow morning with breakfast, a stroll in the garden (free access 9-10,30 with one purchase from our stall holders) and stock up on the best food from local farmers and makers!
For more info https://bressinghamhall.co.uk/farmersmarket/

02/10/2026

Our Sunday Farmers’ Market brings together local growers, bakers, cooks, farmers and independent food producers in the beautiful surroundings of Bressingham Hall.

Come for coffee and breakfast, meet friends in the courtyard, discover something delicious to take home and find the ingredients for Sunday lunch.

Make a purchase from any of our market traders and you are invited to explore the Bressingham Gardens between 9am and 11am. Wander among the famous island beds, mature trees and changing seasonal planting before the rest of your Sunday begins.

Every First Sunday of the Month 9-1 pm

Indoors if bad weather or cold.

Free access

Free parking on site. Follow directions below

Dogs welcome on a lead at the market and venue. Dogs are not currently allowed around the gardens. Sorry!

NOTE: Access to the Farmers Market does not grant access to the Steam Museum without a ticket.

DIRECTIONS

Bressingham Hall lies on the A1066, three miles going west from Diss or 15 miles going east from Thetford. The Hall is immediately west of the Steam Museum and Garden Centre but please follow the signs which say “Bressingham Hall and High Barn Only” and then park in the car park adjoining the High Barn. (If you are coming from Thetford and reach the Garden Centre/Steam Museum you have gone too far. Coming from Diss the drive you want is immediately after the Steam Museum). 13 Baker Diss – Freshly baked Bread, Focaccias and pastry

Tilley Flowers – Locally grown beautiful fresh flowers

Painted Giraffe – Gluten Free pies, cakes and bakes

Mills and Davies Apiaries – Locally produced Honey products

Circus Head Coffee Truck – Non profit run by NHS Ambulance staff

02/10/2026

Our Sunday Farmers’ Market brings together local growers, bakers, cooks, farmers and independent food producers in the beautiful surroundings of Bressingham Hall.

Come for coffee and breakfast, meet friends in the courtyard, discover something delicious to take home and find the ingredients for Sunday lunch.

Make a purchase from any of our market traders and you are invited to explore the Bressingham Gardens between 9am and 11am. Wander among the famous island beds, mature trees and changing seasonal planting before the rest of your Sunday begins.

Every First Sunday of the Month 9-1 pm

Indoors if bad weather or cold.

Free access

Free parking on site. Follow directions below

Dogs welcome on a lead at the market and venue. Dogs are not currently allowed around the gardens. Sorry!

NOTE: Access to the Farmers Market does not grant access to the Steam Museum without a ticket.

DIRECTIONS

Bressingham Hall lies on the A1066, three miles going west from Diss or 15 miles going east from Thetford. The Hall is immediately west of the Steam Museum and Garden Centre but please follow the signs which say “Bressingham Hall and High Barn Only” and then park in the car park adjoining the High Barn. (If you are coming from Thetford and reach the Garden Centre/Steam Museum you have gone too far. Coming from Diss the drive you want is immediately after the Steam Museum). 13 Baker Diss – Freshly baked Bread, Focaccias and pastry

Tilley Flowers – Locally grown beautiful fresh flowers

Painted Giraffe – Gluten Free pies, cakes and bakes

Mills and Davies Apiaries – Locally produced Honey products

Circus Head Coffee Truck – Non profit run by NHS Ambulance staff

18/09/2026

Last few places available on our website https://www.thebressinghamgardens.com/shop/workshop/xmaswreath-2/

15/09/2026

We have a slightly unusual problem…

Every month, more people are coming to our Farmers’ Market – but we seem to need more sellers!

So, as we head into autumn, we’d really like to grow the market and find some more brilliant local growers, producers and makers to join us.

Our next market is Sunday 4th October, 9am–1pm, and we continue on the first Sunday of every month throughout the year.

We already have some lovely regular traders, including:

🥖 A baker
🧁 A gluten-free baker
🧀 Goat’s cheese
🌸 A local flower farmer
🍯 Local honey
☕ A coffee truck

So we are particularly interested in hearing from people offering something different.

We’d love to find producers of:

🥩 Local meat, poultry and charcuterie
🌱 Fresh vegetables, fruit and plants
🥗 Vegan and vegetarian foods
🐾 Natural pet food and treats
🧼 Natural soaps, cleaning and household products
🪵 Wooden, willow and other natural crafts
🌿 Dried flowers, herbs, botanical products and wreaths
🍎 Preserves, juices, chutneys and other locally made produce
…and anything else that is genuinely local, natural and land-based.

We would also LOVE to hear from food trucks and hot-food traders who can serve something delicious to eat during the market.

And if anyone happens to make hot puddings, apple crumble or something similarly autumnal, we think you may find a very appreciative audience here! 🍎🥧

🌳 There’s also FREE ENTRY TO BRESSINGHAM GARDENS between 9am and 10.30am with just one purchase from any of our market stallholders.

Entry to the gardens is from the Stretch Tent behind the Barn.

October and November are beautiful months in the gardens, with wonderful autumn colour, and the market carries on right through the year.

And this is Norfolk, so we are realistic about the weather! If it turns unpleasant, we have indoor space available and can bring the market under cover.

Our visitor numbers are growing month by month. Now we’d really like the range of local producers to grow with them.

If you grow it, rear it, cook it, make it or create it locally and naturally, we’d love to hear from you.

Please get in touch if you’d like to join us – and PLEASE share this with any local growers, producers or makers you think should be at Bressingham. 🌿

Pitches are 20 pounds for one date, 35 for 2 date and 45 for 3 date running.
For info [email protected]

11/09/2026

🌿 WE’RE HIRING – FULL-TIME GARDENER 🌿

A full-time position has become available to join the gardening team at Bressingham Gardens.
We are looking for a practical, hard-working and experienced gardener to work under our Garden Manager and alongside our existing gardening team, helping to care for and maintain Bressingham’s extensive established gardens.
This is very much a hands-on gardening role. The work is varied and will include the day-to-day maintenance of beds and borders, planting, weeding, pruning, dividing and maintaining plants, general garden upkeep and the many seasonal jobs involved in looking after a large garden throughout the year.
We’re looking for someone who:
• Has previous professional experience working in a garden, horticultural or landscape environment
• Has a good practical understanding of plants and general garden maintenance
• Is comfortable with physical outdoor work in all seasons
• Can work well as part of a small team, but is equally capable of getting on with a job independently
• Takes pride in their work and has an eye for detail
• Is reliable, practical and genuinely enjoys working with plants and gardens
While formal horticultural qualifications are welcome, proven practical experience working in a professional garden or landscape environment is more important to us.
This is a full-time position of 39 hours per week.

If you have experience in professional gardening and would like to become part of the team caring for Bressingham Gardens, we would be very pleased to hear from you.
Please send enquiries, applications and CVs to:
📧 [email protected]
Please feel free to share with anyone you think may be suitable.

04/09/2026

🌿 A BEAUTIFUL SUNDAY MORNING AT BRESSINGHAM 🌿

Our Bressingham Farmers’ Market is back this Sunday, 9am–1 pm, and the weather is looking lovely for a wander around the market and the gardens.

Come along for a relaxed Sunday morning, meet our local stallholders and pick up something delicious for breakfast, lunch or the week ahead.

You’ll find:

🧀 Local cheeses
☕ Freshly made hot coffee
🔥 The grill will be going
🥤 Fresh smoothies
🥖 Lots of fresh bread
🍰 Gluten-free bakes
🍯 Local honey
💐 Fresh flowers
…and plenty more from our lovely local producers.

And don’t forget — between 9am and 10. 30 you can enjoy FREE access to the Bressingham Gardens with just one purchase from any of our Farmers’ Market stallholders.

So grab a coffee and something tasty, have a wander through the gardens, do a little local shopping and enjoy a slower start to your Sunday.

🚗 Free parking
🌿 Free garden access 9am–10, 30 a with any market purchase
🐕 All welcome
🕘 Sunday, 9am–1 pm

Access trough the market, Park at Bressingham Ball and High Barn only.

Supporting the market means supporting small, local producers — and it helps us keep building these Sunday mornings at Bressingham into something really special.

We’d love to see you there! 🌻