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Welcome to Prestige County Events
We organise seasonal fairs and markets in the South East of England including the Essex County Craft Show, Essex County Christmas Fair, Suffolk County Christmas Fair, Norfolk County Christmas Fair and Christchurch Park Market in Ipswich.
Our professionally run events connect the local community with a range of small independent businesses, crafters, makers and artisan producers providing a fun day for all involved.
Wishing all our wonderful stallholders, staff, suppliers and visitors a very Merry Christmas! Thank you all for joining us at our events this year and helping to make them such a success.
Hope you have a lovely day however you are spending it.
See you all in 2026 (and for all those asking our booking forms will now be out early Jan alongside some exciting announcements 🙂)
Darren & Victoria
The Essex County Christmas Fair is coming to Braxted Park Estate from Friday 14th to Sunday 16th November 2025
Join us for the ULTIMATE Christmas shopping experience in Essex!
💫150 stalls featuring handmade treasures, unique gift ideas and festive food & drink
🎶Live music
🍷Mulled wine and luxury hot chocolates
🌭Seasonal street food stalls
🍰Sparkling Afternoon Tea
🐴Horse & carriage rides through the estate
🎷Live sax
🎼Choirs
🎺Jazz bands
🎡Ferris wheel
🔥Marshmallow Toasting
🎅Father Christmas
🌟Stilt walkers & LED performers
🛍Friday late night shopping
Tickets going fast! Book at essexcountychristmasfair.co.uk
@braxtedparkestate will be holding an exquisite `Afternoon Tea` experience for the Essex County Christmas Fair. These pre-booked sessions will be held in the stunning orangery, where you will be greeted by name upon arrival, treated to a luxurious afternoon tea, all whilst having a harpist playing beautiful music throughout.
Tickets for this can be purchased from our website once you have selected your admission tickets.
"A quintessentially English indulgence, crafted using the freshest of local ingredients, where possible, sourced
from the Estate. Escape the hubbub of the Christmas Market and join us in the Orangery, nestled within the
peaceful heart of Braxted Park.
Our Afternoon Tea celebrates everything we love about the great British tradition — elegant, unhurried and
full of flavour. Each element is lovingly handmade by local chefs, pairing locally sourced ingredients with the
finest Tiptree preserves from our neighbouring Essex Estate.
Serenaded by gentle live music. Afternoon Tea at Braxted Park is a moment of calm and indulgence — a
perfect way to enjoy the Christmas spirit.
A two course Afternoon Tea, served on a traditional stand along with your choice or tea, coffee and a glass
of vintage crémant.
Guests will be seated on banquet style tables, the best way to enjoy a festive experience"
An incredible weekend at @ingatestonehall for the @essexcountycraftshow , lots more pictures and video to come. Thanks to all exhibitors who took part, our wonderful staff and those who attended the show.
TICKETS INFO + Q&A Announcement !!! - PLEASE READ -
We have received many enquiries asking if tickets will be available on the door. The answer is YES. Initially, we were not looking to do this as it`s easier to control traffic/overcrowding when tickets are prebooked in capped timeslots, however, we have now secured a 2nd car parking field, allowing us additional capacity for on the day visitors!! However, we would still add, that it`s far better to prebook, guarantee your entrance and secure the cheaper tickets online.
Additional Questions received, with answers below...
Q. Next week is looking very sunny, is there any shaded seating?
A. Yes, we are hiring two large capri marquees to provide covered outdoor seating, PLUS the three wooded garden trails are lovely and shady. There`s also cover by the tea rooms, inside the marquees and the house itself. Plus, there will be ice creams, cold drinks bars, tea room selling cold drinks, and walks by the ponds to cool down. As you will see from the weather screen shots below, it will be warm, (mid 20`s) but not roasting around the 30`s, so it looks set to be a great weekend for everyone.
Q. Can dogs come?
A. Yes, well behaved dogs on leads are allowed at the event, but just not inside the marquees or house.
Q. Is there disabled parking/toilets?
A. Yes, we have a separate disabled parking area, and have disabled toilets (+baby change) at the event
Q. How many stalls are there? I`ve seen you asking for new vendors?
A. The event is sold out for stall holders (and has been for some time) we have over 120 stall holders confirmed. Unfortunately, as many event organisers know, Facebook bots can be very frustrating when they constantly write spam on our posts, asking for "new vendors". These messages are not from us, please rest assured, when you visit the show you will be seeing a LOT of exhibitors, showcasing a fantastic variety of hand made crafts, plus food, drinks and more.
Q. What entertainment is there?
A. We have a different jazz band playing in the garden, by the seating, across both days. Plus we have a 30 piece choir on the Saturday!
An unmissable day out for lovers of craft, design & creativity!
Join us on 28th & 29th June for the Essex County Craft Show at Ingatestone Hall.
🎟️ Book your tickets! Essexcountycraftshow.co.uk
Box Office: 01206 683 897
#chelmsford #brentwood #thingstodoessex #craftfair #craftshow #essexcountycraftshow
We look forward to welcoming Beachcombercrafts to The Essex County Craft Show (28th & 29th June)... Dawn tells us how it all began; "My craft evolved two years ago with the love I have for a beach and sadly the loss of my dear mum. I created some Robin pictures for my family from glass I had found on the beach that was in my `Happy Pot` to remind us of her. Since then my pictures have developed into my craft and have been very well received. They are all unique individual hand drawn/crafted pictures all created from items found on our beaches. Sea glass, Plastic, Ceramics, driftwood, shells and pebbles.
I also undertake commissions for people of their family, pets and special occasions ".
An unmissable day out for lovers of craft, design & creativity!
Join us on 28th & 29th June for the Essex County Craft Show at Ingatestone Hall.
🎟️ Book your tickets! Link in bio.
Join us on 28th & 29th June for the Essex County Craft Show taking place within the wonderful grounds of Ingatestone Hall CM4 9NR.
✨Meet over 100 talented crafters & artisans showcasing their handmade products.
✨Purchase handcrafted treasures for your home, garden, yourself or as a gift.
✨From artwork to pottery, woodwork to garden sculptures, paper craft to textiles and everything in between there is something for everyone.
✨Participate in a pre-bookable creative workshop or attend a drop-in session in the craft marquees.
✨Watch engaging demonstrations including blacksmithing, wood carving, potters wheel, textile weaving, glass flameworking and more!
✨Enjoy live music in the beautiful gardens - Jazz band and a choir on Saturday and jazz band on Sunday.
✨Explore the historic house and extensive grounds.
✨Sample culinary delights from artisan producers in the Food & Drink Marquee.
✨Enjoy delicious food options including takeaway/eat in afternoon tea from The Woodyard at Ingatestone Hall plus various catering outlets & licensed bars.
✨Free parking.
🎟️Book online today www.essexcountycraftshow.co.uk
Exhibitors featured in this post:
@wave_after_wave_22 @hannahdowdingfurniture @englishspirituk @jantomeiceramics @tommysices24 @mark_eames_jewellery_ @dawnsshed @thekatcollection @lybocoasters
Less than 3 weeks to go!
Catch us in this month`s @visionmagessex ... tickets available at www.essexcountycraftshow.co.uk
Workshop tickets at the Essex County Craft Show are now available! We have some brilliant crafters who will be sharing their skills so you can learn how to hand create some wonderful pieces for yourself. These are: @weebothyart @kikis_soaps_candles_melts @make.spacechelmsford @keene2kraftwithdonna @corndollyfolklore @feltandcaboodle
@essexcountycraftshow in this month`s lovely edition of @essexlifemag ... tickets live! 28th and 29th June at @ingatestonehall
Great news! The Essex County Craft Show is expanding! All indoor space has now sold out ... however, due to huge demand from stall holders we have now been able to open the stunning "Rose Garden" area and can accommodate an additional 8 outdoor gazebo pitches in this beautiful spot. If you (or a craft trader you know) would like to secure a late position at this event then send an email to team@county-events.co.uk
Catch us in this month`s @lifemagazines
#Essexcountycraftshow
@essexcountycraftshow Looking good in @visionmagessex this month 🥳
7 weeks to go! #essex #crafts
Tickets live at - www.essexcountycraftshow.co.uk
#ipswich #market #suffolk #ChristchurchParkMarket
Great to be back!
@christchurchparkmarket last Sunday was brilliant! We`re so happy to be back with our fantastic stall holders and seeing so many visitors. Make sure to visit again, May 11th. See you then
#ipswich #thingstodosuffolk #farmersmarket #craftmarket #prestigecountyevents #christchurchparkmarket
#christchurchparkmarket
@christchurchparkmarket - IS BACK - 13th April! We have loads of brilliant stall holders booked and ready to go!! See you then 🎉 #Ipswich #Artisan #Markets #Suffolk #ChristchurchPark
2nd Sunday of the month - April to Sept!
☀️ Had a lovely stroll in Christchurch Park today whilst putting up banners. We can’t wait to be back here on Sunday 13th April with a jam packed market and hopefully the sunshine too.
Look out for our advertising banners around Ipswich, you can’t miss them! 👀 Flyers will be distributed shortly too.
#ipswich #christchurchparkmarket #prestigecountyevents #indieipswich #farmersmarket #craftmarket