AN award winning Northern Dales Farmers’ market recently held in Thirsk was hailed a big success by shoppers and traders.

Hambleton District Council’s Vibrant Market Towns Team, which focuses on enhancing the vibrancy of the region's traditional market towns, worked with Northern Dales Farmers’ Market to see it return to Thirsk - and another is planned for later in the year.

The market is one of the UK’s largest organisations of its kind, running local food markets at locations almost every weekend across North Yorkshire, Teesside and County Durham.

Nigel Davison, market manager, said: “We had 18 stalls turn out for this first market and we would like to thank the good people of Thirsk and its visitors for a warm welcome and support for our fantastic artisan food producers.

“The customers who visit our markets know that the food on offer is not mass produced and it has been made using high quality ingredients and is brought to market fresh that day. We would love to make this a monthly event.”

The Leader of Hambleton Council, Mark Robson added “It was great to see such a wealth of support for the market, we had no complaints and no negative feedback."

The next market takes place on September 22.