Local Produce

When you come to visit us, or choose to live in Berwick-upon-Tweed, you can share the wonderful variety of find food and drink produced in this area.

In Berwick and the surrounding villages you will find family bakers and butchers, delicatessens, farm-shops and other independent retailers selling local produce.

Berwick Farmers’ Market is held on the last Sunday of every month (10.00am-1.30pm). Click here for details.

These are just some of the tastes of the area around Berwick-upon-Tweed -

Artisan cheeses, butter and ice-cream from family-run dairy farms  
Lindisfarne Mead, Alnwick Rum, Laprig Apple Juice and Sloe Gin from Lorbottle
Plump mussels and oysters from the waters around the Holy Island of Lindisfarne
Cereals and flours stone-ground in a 19th century water-powered mill
Honey collected by bees from hives scattered about the Tweedside fields and hills
Real bread, slow-fermented and cooked in wood-fired ovens
Wild salmon and game in season
Crabs, lobsters and shellfish landed by traditional Northumbrian cobles fishing out of picturesque little harbours
Strawberries, raspberries and other soft fruits in season
Home-made preserves and home-baking from local farm shops
Kippers and other products from traditional smokehouses in Seahouses and Craster
Colourful heritage potatoes to cook in so many different ways
Rare-breed pork, hill-fed lamb and prime quality Aberdeen Angus beef
Award-winning sausages, pies and cooked meats from quality family butchers
Free-range poultry and eggs from farms using modern but sustainable methods
Fresh North Sea haddock from the fish-market at Eyemouth

Click here to visit the Berwick Slow Food Group website, which has links to a variety of local producers.