Next week sees the formal opening of Histon’s Country Market. Country Markets Ltd is a membership-based co-operative social enterprise operating throughout England and Wales and enables individual producers to sell their home-made, home-grown and hand-crafted items locally and co-operatively, directly to the public. Click here for more information about Country Markets Ltd.

The Histon Country Market opened its doors last Friday (18 Jun 10) for the first time. It will be open again tomorrow and there will be a formal opening next week, 2 Jul 10. Click here for more information about this event.

David is delighted with this development. He said: ‘Enabling local people to sell their produce locally and easily has got to be a good thing. But what’s key is running this market every week so that it can become part of local people’s routine. And with the Methodist Chapel also setting up a coffee shop it can also become an opportunity for people to meet friends and will encourage them to do more shopping locally.’