Beccles Food and Drink Festival

16/09/2026

Congratulations to all the Norfolk and Suffolk Magazine Food and Drink Award winners, particularly those that supported our 2026 Festival. The team from Fen Farm Dairy, stall holder and one of the cookery theatre sponsors (Best Product/Producer), Jordan Caswell from The Ingham Swan (Chef of the Year), The Farmhouse Kitchen at Wheatacre (Best Coffee Shop/Café) and a new street food stall at the Festival this year, Savannah Smoke Grill (Food/Drink Vendor of the Year).

06/09/2026

Great news for the town that the weekly Sunday Market has been extended, bringing a lively vibe and a variety of different artisan traders into the town centre.
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❤️ BIG NEWS FOR BECCLES SUNDAY MARKET!

We are delighted to share some brilliant news...

🎉 Beccles Sunday Market has been approved to continue EVERY SUNDAY until the end of December!

After a short winter break in January and February, we'll be back from the first week of March 2027, and then every Sunday throughout the year moving forward. ❤️

When we started the market, our aim was simple: bring more people into Beccles, give independent traders somewhere to grow and create another reason to spend a Sunday in our fantastic town.

The support has been incredible, so we want to say a huge THANK YOU to everyone who has helped make this possible.

❤️ Beccles Town Council and our local councillors for supporting the market and giving us the opportunity to establish it in the heart of town.

❤️ A special thank you to Joe the Mayor of Beccles for his support and encouragement from the beginning.

❤️ East Suffolk Council and everyone involved in helping us establish and continue the market.

❤️ Our local shops, cafés, pubs and businesses for welcoming us.

❤️ Every trader, musician and entertainer who has been part of our Sundays.

❤️ Everyone who follows us, shares our posts and spreads the word.

And most importantly...

❤️ YOU!

Everyone from Beccles and across Suffolk and Norfolk who comes into town, visits the stalls, chats to our traders and supports independent businesses.

You are the reason we get to keep doing this.

📅 EVERY SUNDAY UNTIL THE END OF DECEMBER 2026

🌱 BACK FIRST WEEK OF MARCH 2027

❤️ THEN EVERY SUNDAY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR

What started as an idea is becoming a regular part of Sundays in Beccles, and we're incredibly excited about what comes next.

Thank you Beccles, Suffolk and Norfolk. ❤️

We'll see you Sunday!

22/08/2026

Surely one of the prettiest dishes of the week. French toast, Mascarpone, Berries and Maple Syrup, from the current menu at the Farmhouse Kitchen, Wheatacre Hall. Resident chef Billy Palmer kindly carried out a demo at this year's Festival in the Local Flavours cookery theatre. The Farmhouse Kitchen and Pantry

15/08/2026

Club Virage at Beccles Aerodrome must be one of East Anglia's quirkiest cafes, with great views of the airfield's flight movements and parachuting. Newly opened is their lovely event venue (pictured), in place of the previous large teepee. If you haven't been, it's well worth a visit. Virage Helicopter Academy

04/08/2026

Struck lucky in Earsham Street Deli this afternoon, as Fen Farm Dairy's latest seasonal cheese evidently flies out of the chiller, such is it's popularity! Have you tried it yet? Fen Farm Dairy

01/08/2026

The most anticipated hospitality opening in Beccles for some time. Congratulations to the team that have made this possible and we wish every success to The White Horse.
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21/06/2026

Happy Suffolk Day! Why not celebrate by buying some delicious artisan produce from our bountiful county.
Beccles Sunday Market is in full swing and several of the hospitality venues around the town centre are open for business.

20/06/2026

While we are all enjoying the current heatwave, spare a thought for all the chefs and kitchen staff working hard in boiling hot kitchens. Pictured are four of the chefs and bakers that kindly appeared in the Local Flavours cookery theatre at this year's Festival. Clockwise from top left - Billy Palmer (The Farmhouse Kitchen, Wheatacre), Jordan Caswell (The Ingham Swan), Lilla Read and Lydia Robertson Two Magpies Bakery).

09/06/2026

Cheese Royalty coming to Beccles! Now's your chance to grab a ticket if you haven't heard a talk by Johnny.

SAVE THE DATE

One for those local to us!

Join our co-founder Jonny Crickmore at a Cheese Tasting Evening at St Michael’s Church, Beccles - on Tues 23rd June at 7pm.

He’ll be sharing the story of Fen Farm and bringing the cheeses to life!

Tickets: £12

Includes a glass of wine or soft drink on arrival, plus a wide range of delicious cheeses.

Tickets availablle at Beccles Books (1 Exchange Square, Beccles NR34 9HL) .

30/05/2026

What a wonderful weather week for our 11th Festival, half term and the town centre's first weekly Beccles Sunday Market tomorrow.
We have plenty to discuss in our upcoming debrief, but it's fair to say that the additional road closure in New Market was a great improvement for stall holders, businesses and visitors, thanks to traffic management services funded by the SZC Tourism Fund and East Suffolk Council.