What’s On

The Creake Abbey Christmas Gift Fair is the final such event of three held in 2025. Over 80 stands celebrating Norfolk’s creative prowess where you will find artists of all kinds including wreath makers, jewellers (for all price ranges), artists including painters, ceramicists and lino cutters, needlecrafters, felters and many producers of fine goods including candles and wax melts, garments, fashion accessories, food and treats for four legged friends.

The first of two Christmas Farmers’ Markets where you can pick up foodie gifts, order meat for collection, stock up on cheese or shop for treats and solve all your stocking issues from Creake Abbey’s resident shops. We are proud to host two outstanding chocolatiers; Hunters Chocolate and Saffire Chocolates. Both have fabulous stories so do look out for them and talk to the creators.

Whether you are looking for a real Christmas tree from THF Countryside or a spectacular patisserie tree as pictured look no further than the final Farmers’ Market of the year! In addition to our regular food and drink producers we welcome a carefully curated number of gift stands to help with the final push towards 25th December and the celebrations to come. Thank you for your wonderful support throughout 2025!

February sees the return of Farmers’ Markets at Creake Abbey. A perfect time to stock up on healthy options including kombucha! Don’t miss hearty winter vegetables to pair with Norfolk short rib of beef or pies of many kinds! Happy New Year everyone!

Welcome to the March market which sees winter receding, albeit slowly, and the first real glimpses of spring in the garden. A delicious, freshly made baklava is a thing of beauty and you can find this treat in the Tin Barn from Oz, founder of Meze Turka. Don’t miss her tomato sauce perfect for Shakshuka or her stuffed vine leaves!

Quiche Lorraine and freshly made salads? Yes! The April Farmers’ Market falls on Easter Saturday so stock up on delicious Norfolk lamb from Grenadier Farm, or beef from Norfolk & Better or Bates Moor Farm! Happy Easter everyone.

This much-loved horticultural event, now celebrating its nineteenth year at Creake Abbey, will return on Saturday 16th May 2026. We look forward to welcoming you to view and purchase fabulous plants from approx. 30 specialist plant nurseries. Meet the plantsmen and women, ask your thorniest questions and find interesting and brilliant plants for every spot in your garden.

Coastal Health & Wellbeing (Wells Community Hospital Trust) is holding its sixth family fun day and dog show at Creake Abbey to raise funds to support its coastal community in living happier and healthier lives. You can expect dog shows, arts and crafts stalls, doggy trade stands and activities for children. Live music all day.

For 2026 Moving Parts Theatre Co. will bring a brand new adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel Northanger Abbey to Creake Abbey ruins.

Although this novel has had fewer stage adaptations than Austen's other books, it is in many ways the most theatrical of all her works. 

Join us for a journey which shifts back and forth between the world of Regency parlours and parties and the mystical, melodramatic landscape of the Gothic thriller. 

Enjoy a picnic and a glorious evening of drama, fun and inventive story-telling!