Great Places to Shop….for food!

Groceries and shopping in North Norfolk

The most local place to shop for most things is Holt. There is a Budgens Supermarket for all your daily essentials and Larners Food Hall if you require something a little bit special - they have some excellent cheese. There is also Byfords which is a deli that also sells a range of ready to cook dishes.

For butchers we recommend P&S Butchers on Bull Street - feel free to tell Paul that you are staying at Briningham in the Jones' barns and he will look after you! Fish - head to Finns near the Post Office on Bull Street. Fresh Bread - there is a bakery in Briston that is excellent. Alternatively The Crusty Loaf on Bull Street in Holt. For fruit and veg head to Benbows on the High Street alternatively Budgens have a special local fresh produce aisle - with some excellent local fruit and veg which I personally recommend for quality.

Parking is often at a premium in Holt. You are best to park in Budgens – which unfortunately costs you – but you can get it back if you shop in the supermarket.

1. Back to the Garden Farm Shop, Brecks Farm, Letheringsett, Holt
01263 715996

Farm shop with exceptional range, including organic beef, chicken, lamb and pork, organic veg and fruit, freshly made organic pasta, organic juice bar and artisan food. Open Tuesday to Saturday. A148 west of Letheringsett.

Back to the Garden Farm Shop grows a full range of organic vegetables and fruit, which are harvested and delivered daily to the shop, an eighteenth century barn beside the a148 only four miles from the farm.

2. Walsingham Farms Shop, Guild Street, Walsingham, NR22 6BU
01328 821877, www.walsinghamfarmsshop.co.uk

Walsingham Farms Shop is in the heart of historic Walsingham, promoting and supporting Norfolk farmers and their produce.

The shop is in a lovely old flint barn where we offer locally sourced meat expertly prepared by our in house butcher. Here they make their own sausages and bake their own pies. You can watch ready-made dishes being prepared in the kitchen, and at the kitchen counter, buy home made delicious fresh soups, quiches, patés and cakes.

The shop stocks the best Norfolk cheeses, local fresh fruit and veg according to the season, fresh fish, plus eggs, bread and milk. There is an amazing array of jams, chutneys and mustards, plus a wide choice of Norfolk fruit juices, cider and beers brewed only a mile or two from the shop.

Opening hours Tuesday to Friday 9am-6pm, Saturday 9am-5pm, Sunday 10am-4pm. Closed Monday. For home delivery, phone through your order to the shop on 01328 821877.

The Norfolk Riddle Restaurant and Fish & Chip Shop, is also part of the Walsingham Farms Shop Partnership, serving delicious dishes freshly cooked from local produce. The Norfolk Riddle restaurant is open for lunch Wednesday-Saturday from 12am-2pm, Sunday 12-2.30pm and in the evenings Tuesday-Sunday 6-9pm.

3. Samphire, The Estate Barn, Blickling Hall, Near Aylsham, NR11 6NF
01263 734464

Situated on the Blickling Estate, Samphire is a farm shop of distinction. Stocking all manner of edible delights, from rare-breed sausages (said by Gary Rhodes to be the best he´d ever tasted) and homemade cakes to locally grown fruit and veg and select gourmet produce that you may not find easily in other food outlets in Norfolk, it is a foodie haven worth knowing about.

Samphire is open daily throughout the year – 9.30am to 5pm.

www.norfolkruralcottages.co.uk