Customers buy food at town’s local excellence market

Food, beer and flower stalls attracted lots of shoppers to the Market Place on Saturday.

The local excellence market is held about six times a year, running alongside the regular Monday market.

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Among traders selling to shoppers were Abingdon Distillery, food and drink supplier Barbury Hill from Steventon, Natural Bread Company in Oxford, and Authentic Desi Food from Oxford.

Dan Smith, who runs Barbury Hill, selling cheese (Image: Andy Ffrench)

The town council said in a statement: “Local excellence is a market at which local food producers, craft workers and retailers sell their goods in Abingdon Market Place.

“The market gives Abingdon shoppers the chance to sample foods, beers and crafts from Oxfordshire and nearby.

“The market starts at 9am and finishes at 2pm, sometimes later.

Rachel from Abingdon Distillery selling gin (Image: Andy Ffrench)

“Held on occasional Saturdays through the year, it is very popular with people who are at work all week and miss out on our weekly markets on Monday, or the local farmers’ market on the third Friday in the month.”

Nawaz Hussain from Oxford selling samosas (Image: Andy Ffrench)

Rachel, who works at Abingdon Distillery, said it was a big year for the company as it looks forward to its Single Malt Oxfordshire Whisky going on sale in the autumn.

The next local excellent market is expected to take place on Saturday, May 30.