Christmas Markets at The Station House
For the five Sundays before Christmas, there’s a festive market at The Station House. We start on Sunday 22nd November and they’ll run every week until Sunday 20th December, 9am to 3pm, with a Christmas tree up outside and a selection of seasonal stalls.
Wrap up warm, bring the family or round up a few friends, and come and make a morning of it with us. Have a wander round the stalls, pick up a few presents that are a bit different, then come inside to warm up with a barista coffee, a drink or one of our Sunday roasts. It’s a lovely way to get into the Christmas spirit, and with the stalls changing between weeks, there’ll be something new to see each time you visit.
Across the five Sundays there will be handcrafted soaps, candles, diffusers and wax melts, silver jewellery, personalised presents, laser etched gifts and 3D printed figures. There’s Korean skincare, nails and lashes, gifts for her, and decorations and centrepieces for your own table. There’s also a cheese and chutney stall, which we suspect will be the busiest of the lot!
If there’s someone you never know what to buy for, this is your best chance of cracking it. Everything is sold by independent traders, so you’re backing small businesses while you tick names off the list. There’s nothing to book and no ticket to sort, so just turn up on any of these dates:
- Sunday 22nd November, 9am to 3pm
- Sunday 29th November, 9am to 3pm
- Sunday 6th December, 9am to 3pm
- Sunday 13th December, 9am to 3pm
- Sunday 20th December, 9am to 3pm
While you’re here, say hello to Santa. Ours is two feet tall and made entirely of chocolate, handmade by Simon Dunn Chocolatier in High Lane, and he’s being raffled off for Foundation for Prader-Willi Research UK. Tickets are £2 from the team inside, and entries close on 20th December, which happens to be the last market Sunday. Read more about the chocolate Santa raffle here.
The market isn’t the only thing going on. Our Festive Fayre menu starts the morning after the first one, on Monday 23rd November, and runs Monday to Saturday until Wednesday 23rd December. Two courses are £24.50 and three are £29.50.
The Almond Festive Roast is slow-roasted turkey roulade with sage and buttered onion stuffing and maple glazed streaky bacon. Before it, there’s a Bloody Mary Prawn Cocktail. After it, a Traditional Christmas Pudding with brandy sauce or a Rocky Road Chocolate Cheesecake, depending on how traditional you’re feeling.
December weekends are always the first to go, so if you’ve got a date in mind for the work do or the family get-together, it’s worth getting it booked now.