Market
A market is held in Watton every Wednesday selling a wide range of goods, it is held in the Crown Car Park.
The Town Council has recently relaunched the market with a collection of new and old stalls.
Current List of Stalls:
- Gerry’s Curry Sauces – curry sauces and spices
- Heather’s Emporium – handmade jewellery, scarves, and accessories
- Maison’s Munchies Traditional Pick & Mix – traditional pick & mix sweets
- Doodle Donuts – handmade vegan donuts
- Magpie Diamond & Pearl Art – jewelled frames, ornaments, and pictures
- Rosie and Max Crafts – crochet, knitted, and fabric items
- The Kraken Bakes – gluten and dairy free bakes
- The Toy Den – children’s toys and pick & mix sweets
- Just Herbal Teas – variety of teas, and tea accessories, and gifts
- Have a Go Crafts – yarn, crochet accessories, pre-made items
- Plantation Farm – fresh fruits, vegetables, eggs, and plants
- The Cheese and Pie Man – cheese and pie
- Norfolk Sharpening Services – onsite sharpening of tools
- Fern & Friends – plants and home goods
- Handmade by Granny – hand sewn and crafted baby clothes and accessories
- Brookakery – homemade bakes, cakes, and goodies
- Watton Town Council – Councillor’s Surgery
To keep up to date with all news and information regarding the weekly market, visit our Facebook page or our Instagram page.
Current Market Pitch Fees:
– Pitch fees are currently free for 6 months, starting from September 2026.
Subject to availability, the Town Council offers to provide a gazebo and table to be set up for each stallholder if required. Please ask when applying.
If you are a trader and would like to have a stall on the market, please fill out the Market Application and Risk Assessment form and return to the Town Council officers, along with a copy of your Public Liability Certificate and Food Hygiene Certificate (if relevant).
For further information, please contact the Town Council officers on 01953 881007 or [email protected]
Please view Market Rules 2026 here.
Brief History of Watton Market
The charter for the market appears to have been granted in 1204, although there is no contemporary evidence for this. However, early historians, notably Blomefield, quote the charter being granted to Oliver DeVaux.
Blomefield says:
“Watton Hall, or the head manor, came from the Fitz-Walters very early to the D’engaines, and went with Ada D’engaine to Robert de Vallibus, or Vaux, her husband, who had livery of it in 1139, as of his wife’s inheritance, but did not descend to his son with the rest of his estate, being granted (as we must suppose) by him to Robert de Vaux, his uncle, upon his seating himself in Norfolk.
At his death, William, his eldest son, succeeded, and left it to John de Vaux, his third son, who obtained a charter for a weekly market to be held in this manor every Friday; but in 1204, there was a writ brought to enquire whether it was not prejudicial to the market of Saham, and it being found so, the charter was recalled; but before the expiration of this year, Oliver de Vaux having the manor conveyed to him by his brother, by his great interest with the King, obtained a new charter, in which the market was granted to be held every Wednesday, as it is at this day.”
– from ‘Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk’ (London, C1740) Volume II pp312 to 319.