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Caravan site to launch local food festival

The food festival will beheld in the grounds of Bridge Villa caravan and campsite

by Chris Jefferies

Holidaymakers taking their caravan to Oxfordshire this month can stop off at a local food festival, which is being held at Bridge Villa caravan and campsite in Wallingford.

The town is well known as a filming location for Midsomer Murders, as well as for its links with crime writer and former resident Agatha Christie, the Oxford Times reports.

However, the locals are looking to put Wallingford on the map for culinary reasons, with the launch of the inaugural food festival, which will take place on May 14th.

Entry is free and from 10am to 5pm visitors can enjoy a selection of locally-produced meat, vegetables, fruit, eggs, bread, cakes, jams, beers and wines.

Bernard Stone, mayor of Wallingford, has given the event, which will feature 17 local producers, his official seal of approval.

“There are now three different markets in the town, with food playing a large part in what they do, and they are already gaining quite a reputation. Staging an annual food festival can only help and we are very keen to see it flourish,” he said.