Welcome to VANITY FAIR - a giddy carousel of social climbers, buffoons and preening dandies by William Makepeace Thackeray!
Following the huge success of last summer’s production of Much Ado About Nothing, we are delighted to welcome back Moving Parts Theatre Company to perform their latest show in the stunning setting of the Creake Abbey ruins.
In a world of gossip and speculation, all is to play for and the stakes are perilously high - for romantic Amelia Sedley, consumed with her obsessive love, and Becky Sharp, an irrepressible schemer who will stop at nothing to get what she wants.
With a dazzling score of original music, this brand new adaptation of Thackeray’s tale of greed, ambition, love and betrayal transports audiences from Regency salons and ballrooms to the battlefield of Waterloo!
Enjoy a picnic and a glorious evening of high comedy, drama, inventive story-telling and toe-tapping tunes! Tickets on sale now:
Join Jess for a wholesome, sun-filled morning of mindfulness, movement and good food in collaboration with The Barn Café.
Discover what treasures you have hidden at home! Join auction experts Lyon & Turnbull at Creake Abbey from 10am to 4pm, where their their specialists will be offering free auction valuations and advice.
Coastal Health & Wellbeing (Wells Community Hospital Trust) is holding its fifth 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.
August’s market is all about picnics on the beach - sausage rolls, bread sticks, hummus, berries, apple juice and so much more. Come and collect everything you will need from our one-stop-shop farmers’ market - the biggest and best in Norfolk!
The Creake Abbey Summer Gift Fair is the second of three fairs to be held in 2025. Over 90 stands celebrating Norfolk’s creative prowess where you will find artists of all kinds including jewellers, ceramicists, painters, needlecrafters, felters and many producers of fine goods including candles and wax melts, garments, fashion accessories, food and treats for four legged friends. Free entry, free parking.
Join us for a pop up dining summer feast celebrating some of Norfolk finest produce on Saturday 30th August from 6pm. To be held in the brick and flint Main Barn at Creake Abbey. Fully licensed bar available. Numbers limited so book early to avoid disappointment.
This September we are celebrating our bread at the farmers’ market. One of our oldest and most loyal producers is Bread Source from Norwich with sourdough, morning goods and pastries. Have you discovered Loaf Microbakery in the Grain Store with sourdough focaccia or cardamom buns or Aish Bakery in the Main Barn with Jewish pastries and morning goods?
The Green Room Therapy is delighted to be welcomed by English Heritage to perform their ReAlign™ Alchemy Sound Bath at this extraordinary site, offering a moment of resonance within the old sacred walls.
Within the ruins of the abbey church, Cathy Cookson will hold a powerful 1-hour sound journey amidst the open air and ancient stone. Expect a deeply restorative experience, attuned to the natural and spiritual frequencies of the site.
Autumn Brocante with a good mix of antique & vintage sellers with an average of 70 plus exhibitors at each event held indoors and outdoors at Creake Abbey. The organiser also invites selected local artisans and food to go stalls. Entry is £3 per person (under 14s go free). No additional parking charges.
October’s market is all about fresh meat - Bates Moor Farm returns after the summer with grass fed beef from Foulsham or The Gobbling Turkey, a small Norfolk farm, has lamb or boned and stuffed chicken. We are delighted to have Primrose Farm Meats attend with fresh pork and pork sausages. For a few years now Owie’s Big Black Piggy Porkers has provided hot pork burgers or pork and bacon baps to visitors and this stand remains one of our most popular with all meat reared on the family farm.
Norfolk is famous for its malting barley and we have been fortunate to have Panther Brewery with us for many years as a top quality artisan microbrewer. Panther’s bottle conditioned ales are award winning and use traditional brewing techniques to create a range of sleek, modern and full flavour real ales available in seven different breeds. In addition we are fortunate to have award-winning Burn Valley Vineyard just across the road who bring their sparkling, red, rose and white wines to the market each month. Make November the month you try some of the best beer and wine Norfolk has to offer.
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 jewellers, painters, 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, 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 Emporium Norwich. 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!
