The finest seasonal food of the autumn will be on sale at the first Gerrards Cross Farmers' Market on Wednesday 13 September.

A wide range of produce including fresh locally-grown vegetables, salads and fruit, free range and rare breed meat, speciality breads, cakes and pastries, fish, cheeses and preserves will be on sale from 10.30 am - 2.30pm at the market on West Common, Packhorse Road.

The Farmers' Market is run by Thames Valley Farmers' Market Co-operative at the invitation of David Baldwin, Lord of the Manor of Chalfont St Peter, and will be held monthly on every second Wednesday.

The market is held under the grant of King Henry III to Ranulph Briton on 23 April 1229 to hold a market on Wednesdays in the Manor of Chalfont St. Peter, which includes West Common in Gerrards Cross.

Diane Harker, market co-ordinator says: " We know from the success of Beaconsfield Farmers' Market that there are many people in south Buckinghamshire who want to buy local and fresh quality food. We're running the Gerrards Cross Farmers' Market for a six-month trial to see if there is a demand for a market on the second Wednesday of every month too."

Among the south Buckinghamshire producers attending the market will be Henry Cumberlidge from Penn with his Complete Pig stand. Henry recently joined Thames Valley Farmers' Market Co-op and has a popular stall at Windsor Farmers' Market selling pork and pork products including pies and sausages from his free range Oxford Sandy & Black pigs.

Other local producers include: Haynes Horticulture's fresh herby salads from Denham , Rowan Tree Farm's delicious goat cheeses from Chesham, vegetables from Kingcup Farm, Denham, fresh poultry, game, dairy, lamb and beef from Rayners at Wooburn Common and Chiltern Farm Foods from Coleshill with Gloucester Old Spot pork and local venison.

Further information:

Diane Harker, Farmers' Market Co-ordinator. 01628 670272 or 0870 241476