Corsham Town Market Back In Action

By Endsleighdale | Thursday, September 24, 2009, 22:40

The new market in Corsham has received a wonderful reception so far with various stalls aiming to bring Corsham people to the high street to browse and buy local produce and restore the town to its market town status.

Venetian masks, fruit, vegetables, plants: a vast array of goods were on sale as part of the Corsham market.

There hadn’t been a town market for a decade until it was reborn.

Support your local economy by visiting the town market and purchasing local produce which can often be cheaper than the supermarket alternative.

By buying local goods they’re bound to be fresh and of course sourced locally.

Many of the town’s councillors have spent a lot of time on ensuring the market could be brought back and it seems to be paying off with the high street buzzing with life and activity.

Do you remember the old market or have you been to the new one? What are your views on Corsham getting its market back and what have your own experiences been?

Or why not add your own information about your own stall and why you think it’s better to buy locally sourced food rather than supermarket goods or the opposing argument?

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Please keep us updated on what's happening - it's great to know! I've noticed the markets already and the good reception they've been getting from local people. I'd only heard a little bit about the Italian Market so it would be brilliant to learn more about that! What's going to be there?

It's great to have the perspective of someone who has been helping to put it together so please keep us updated!

By Endsleighdale at 10:18 on 26/09/09
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Local people seem to be really enjoying the new markets in Corsham High Street. It has been nearly a year in the planning and now we have not just one but a whole series of markets springing up in the town.

The regular Tuesday 'General Market' is already very popular with a range of stalls selling everything from fresh vegetables to Venetian masks! Meanwhile the monthly 3rd Saturday 'Farmer's Market' offers really high quality local foods and other delights and looks really attractive with their green a white striped roofs. I also look forward to our first 'one off' specialist markets starting on 30 October with an Italian Market.

And that is what we all wanted with the aim of creating a Visible, Vibrant and Visible market in the centre of Corsham to reinvigorate the local retail centre, encourage more people to shop locally and to draw more people form outside into the centre of our town.

I think the evidence is there that this is working already as these markets days are the busiest in our town and I have seem queues at many of our local retailer's shops which can only be good for the local economy and make the town a more attractive place to live, work and visit.

It's really great to see the pedestrianised High Street come alive in this way but let us also not forget our excellent Friday Country Market in St Aldhelm's Church Hall - and sometimes in Martingate, and of course the ever popular 'Fishman' every Tuesday morning in the Methuen Arms Car Park now joined by an excellent local fresh vegetable stall. Perhaps these should not move into the High Street as well where all the people are?

By NickKeyworth at 00:31 on 25/09/09
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