Where to buy and eat great local food
Food from the farms in our National Parks gives you a wonderful variety of local produce throughout the year. If you're planning a visit, make it tastier by putting great local food on your menu.
Local produce means fewer food miles, which means a lower carbon footprint. Farmers in National Parks help to look after the landscape and wildlife, so by supporting our rural food producers, you can help to look after the environment too!
There are loads of great places to eat out, to shop and to stay to get the best taste of the National Parks. We’ve listed a few of the local producers who help to conserve our environment and wildlife whilst producing and serving tasty local food. Visit the individual National Park websites for even more details.
Eat your way around the National Parks with our recipe map
Broads
- Downham market
- North Norfolk farmers markets
- Tavern Tasty Meats, rare breed butchers
- More great food in the Broads
Brecon Beacons
- Local food producers - farm shops, markets and specialist producers
- Where to stay to get a Black Mountain Welsh breakfast
- Brecon farmers market - 2nd Saturday of each month
- More great food in the Brecon Beacons
Cairngorms
- Cairngorms farmers market
- Cairngorm Brewery - turning clear mountain water into traditional ales
- Creative Cairngorm - local arts and crafts
- The Ptarmigan Restaurant - the highest restaurant in the UK on Cairngorm mountain
Dartmoor
- Local produce, farmers markets and recipe ideas
- Brimpts Beefbox, traditional South Devon beef
- Bramley and Gage sloe gin and fruit liqueurs
- Meat Dartmoor, beef and lamb direct from traditional Dartmoor hill farmers
- Heaven Scent Herbs, herb and spice mustards
- Tavistock farmers market
- More great food in Dartmoor
Exmoor
- Hindon organic farm, accommadation and farm shop
- Smoked fish and poultry from Exe Valley Fishery
- More great food on Exmoor
Lake District
- Lake District specialities - the history of Cumberland sausage, Grasmere gingerbread and Kendal mint cake
- Cumbrian farmers markets
- Cumbrian fellbred - beef, lamb and pork fresh from the fells
- Grasmere gingerbread shop
- Cartmel sticky toffee pudding
- George Romneys Kendal mint cake - the original that made the summit of Everest in 1953
- Low Sizergh Barn farm shop and tea room
- More great food in the Lake District
Loch Lomond and the Trossachs
- Callender farmers market
- Gartartan farm shop, Aberdeen Angus beef and grass fed lamb
- MHOR - hotel, fish restaurant, cafe and bakery
New Forest
- Forest Friendly Farming, New Forest farmers markets and farm shops
- More great food in the New Forest
Northumberland
- Northumberland farmers markets
- Northumbria Larder - directory of local producers
- Herding Hill Farm, rare breed meat and cafe
- Ten perfect picnic places in Northumberland
- More great food in Northumberland
North York Moors
- Taste Tradition, rare breed beef, lamb and pork
- The Ginger Pig, rare breed beef, lamb and pork
- Cropton Brewery, traditional ales including 'Yorkshire Moors' celebrating 50 years of the National Park
- More great food in the North York Moors
Peak District
- The Original Farmers Market Shop
- Upper Booth farm and camp site, swaledale sheep and belted galloway cattle
- More great food in the Peak District
Pembrokeshire Coast
- Bumpyland Rare Breeds, organic beef and lamb and campsite
- Carn Edward Farm, traditional longhorn cattle
- Pembrokeshire Food and Drink Directory
Snowdonia
- Conwy farmers market
- Ty Newydd Organics, organic lamb, pork, turkey and goose and self-catering accomadation
- Snowdon Honey Farm and Winery, fruit wines, mead and jams
- Snowdonia Cheese Company
