Local & seasonal
Real food from real producers, picked at peak.
Where Local Happens.
One platform for your parish, village, club, PTA, church, school or farmers' market. Branded community space with noticeboard, events, stories, classifieds, members, time bank, petitions, find-a-handyman — plus a local food marketplace. The people behind them, all in one place.
Sunday 28 June
Today’s prayer
“Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”
Matthew 11, KJV
The whole parish, one place
Six corners of Parish Larder
The Shop
Producers near you
- New
Stories
Behind the stall
What's on
Events & tickets
- New
Directory
Local life, mapped
Town Crier
Parish noticeboard
Classifieds
Buy & sell locally
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This week in the parish
The larder, right now.
A live snapshot — tap any number to dive in.
What we stand for
A community, not a marketplace.
Parish Larder is small producers and the people who buy from them, in one place. We don’t set prices, we don’t take a big cut, and we don’t sit between you and the people who make your food. We just make the connection easier.
Honest pricing
Producers set their own prices. We keep our cut small.
Sustainable by default
Less packaging, fewer miles, no hidden middlemen.
Explore the parish
Everything a small parish needs, in one place.
Food, days out, civic life, classifieds, neighbourly favours — the full Parish Larder spread.
- Local stallsBakers, growers, butchers, brewers.
- The DirectoryPubs, vets, GPs, B&Bs — every parish business.
- Town CrierNotices, lost cats, missing tools.
- What's onMarkets, tastings, fêtes, openings.
- WalksDog-friendly routes ending at a pub.
- For the kidsFamily days out, playgrounds, classes.
- Plan a SaturdayWalk, pub, recipe — done for you.
- Tonight’s recipeSeasonal, simple, from local kitchens.
- Stories from the fieldProducers, in their own words.
- PetitionsSign or start one for your parish.
- Time BankTrade an hour, lend a hand.
- ClassifiedsBuy, sell, give — locally.
- Find a handymanPost a job, pay via escrow when done.
- Parish councilsWho runs your parish.
- Check on meA daily ping for those living alone.
Run your community on Parish Larder
Your parish, club or market — in its own space.
Every parish, village, sports club, PTA, church, school, charity, farmers’ market or syndicate can run its own Parish Larder space — its own URL, logo and accent colour, its own noticeboard, fixtures, classifieds, shop and roster.
Pick from ten modules. Sell merchandise and bar drinks through our mobile POS. Issue invoices and run club memberships through Stripe. Notify members via email, push, SMS or WhatsApp — they pick which channels they want.
Your own URL + branding
parishlarder.uk/c/your-slug, your logo, your accent colour, your tagline.
Ten modules, toggle as you like
Town Crier, What's on, Stories, Stalls, Classifieds, Time Bank, Petitions, Walks, Recipes, Members.
Club shop + mobile POS
Merchandise, bar takings, membership subs, invoices, ticketed events — all through one Stripe till.
Sell memberships
Annual, monthly, family rates, junior pricing. Stripe handles renewals automatically.
Five notification channels
Email, web push, mobile push, SMS, WhatsApp. Each member opts in to what they want.
Members invite + manage
14-day invite tokens, role chips (admin / moderator / member), public roster.
Stories from the field
Watch what’s happening today.
Lambing, harvest, kitchen prep, market day — short clips from the producers behind the food, tagged with what they have for sale. Like flicking through the parish, one stall at a time.
Cotswold Creamery
Wax-dipping the 18-month truckles this morning — these go ou
Cotswold Creamery
Milking before sunrise. The herd is straight out onto pastur
Cotswold Creamery
New batch of Double Gloucester. Mellow, buttery, perfect for
Dales Bakery
Pulling sourdough out of the wood-fired oven. The crust this
Dales Bakery
Walnut & honey loaf is back this week. Toasted with butter,
Dales Bakery
Saturday market prep — proving 60 loaves overnight, ready fo
Tamar Charcuterie
Slicing the six-month coppa for tomorrow’s deli boxes. Marbl
Tamar Charcuterie
Whole fennel salami curing on the rack — these will be ready
Shop by producer
What are you in the mood for?
Seasonal boxes
A weekly bundle of the best.
A curated box, delivered on a rhythm — weekly, fortnightly or monthly. The producer picks what’s in season. Showing nationwide — add your postcode to narrow it down.
Every 2 weeks
£15.00Demo · Seasonal veg fortnightly
A fortnightly box of whatever is at its absolute best.
Demo Merchant Co.
Weekly
£18.00Demo · Bread & pastry weekly
Two loaves and four pastries on your doorstep every Saturday.
Dales Bakery
Monthly
£35.00Demo · Cheese-of-the-month box
Five different cheeses, one delivery a month.
Cotswold Creamery
Are you a producer?
Open your stall in five minutes.
Bake it, brew it, churn it, grow it — your virtual stall, your brand, our community of customers actively looking for what you make. Same-day Stripe payouts. From 15% commission, scaling down as you grow.
Already a merchant?
Pick up where you left off.
- Drop a Story so customers see what’s on the bench today.
- Pin a notice to the Town Crier — find a hand or shout about a new line.
- Publish your diary so customers find you at the next market.
Featured this week
Merchants we’re shouting about.
Hand-picked by our editorial team — newcomers worth a look, old favourites with something special on the stall this week.
Meet the merchants
Honest food from honest people.
Producers across Britain, on a virtual stall of their own. Bakers, brewers, growers, dairymen, butchers, charcutiers — and the people behind every one of them.
Dairy
Cotswold Creamery
Stow-on-the-Wold
Family cheesemakers from Stow-on-the-Wold since 1987. Raw-milk cheddars and territorials.
Visit stall →
Charcuterie
Tamar Charcuterie
Tavistock
Air-dried hams, salami, and pâtés from Devon free-range pigs.
Visit stall →
Producer
Demo Merchant (Expired Sub)
Farnham
Demo stall with a previously-subscribed Premium tier that has expired.
Visit stall →The Town Crier
The parish noticeboard.
Announcements, jobs, tradespeople, lost cats, found keys — the village green, online. Posts run thirty days, free for everyone.
Tradesperson· Aldershot
Plumber covering the parish — emergency call-outs welcome
Tom — 18 years on the tools, Gas Safe + Worcester accredited. Boiler service from £80 inc parts, leaks + emergencies sameday where I can. I
Read notice →
General· Farnham
Found — black lab cross, friendly, no collar
Found wandering on the footpath by the river yesterday afternoon. Healthy, friendly, about 25kg. No collar or chip we could find at the vet.
Read notice →
Job vacancy· Hawes
Part-time baker wanted — weekends, £13/hr
We're hiring a weekend baker at Dales Bakery. 5am–10am Saturday + Sunday, £13/hr starting. Some experience preferred but enthusiasm + a stea
Read notice →
Classifieds
Buy & sell with neighbours.
Furniture, garden tools, kids’ kit, freebies for collection — the back of the parish magazine, in your pocket. Pay in person, or with our protected checkout.
Fresh on the larder
Pick something up while you browse.
For merchants
Run events, sell tickets.
Tasting days, tutorials, guided tours, supper clubs — list any experience on Parish Larder and customers can book online. We handle Stripe payments, generate numbered tickets and email them on purchase. You scan at the door.
Or use the diary to publish where you’ll be — farmers’ markets, food festivals, fêtes — on your stall page and the global What’s on calendar.
Diary entries — free for everyone
Tell customers where they can find you in person. Markets, launches, seasonal opens — all surface on your stall page and the global calendar.
Ticketed experiences — Premium tier
Sell tasting days, tutorials, guided tours. Capacity-locked checkout prevents oversells; refunds clawed back proportionally if you cancel.
Numbered tickets, sent by us
Customers get a confirmation email with a QR code per ticket. They can also view + print tickets from their account. You scan at the door.
Reach across the UK
Every event lands on /events with type and region filters. Customers can subscribe to your stall’s diary in Apple / Google / Outlook calendar.
Ticketed events, the POS till, and inventory batches are Premium features. Diary entries are free for all tiers. Email hello@parishlarder.com to discuss Premium access.
From the journal
News, guides, and stories from the larder.
Industry news in plain English, buyer’s guides for everyday shopping, and long reads from the people behind the food.
Farming · 31 May
What Clarkson's Farm Taught Britain About Where Its Food Comes From
Jeremy Clarkson didn't set out to make a farming documentary. He set out to avoid embarrassing himself in front of Kaleb Cooper. What he made instead was the most important piece of public communication about British agriculture in a generation.
Read story →
Farming · 31 May
No Farmers, No Food: Why What You Buy Changes Everything
The slogan on the tractors was blunt for a reason. Without British farmers, there is no British food. Here's why every local purchase you make is a vote for our food security.
Read story →
Farming · 31 May
Britain's Food Security Depends on the Farm Down the Road
The UK produces just 60% of what it eats. Climate disruption, trade pressures and rising costs are tightening that margin. Here's why genuine food security starts locally.
Read story →For producers
Sell direct. Keep what you make.
Your stall, your brand, your prices. Free to open, same-day Stripe payouts, commission from 15% on Standard down to 10% with volume.
For drivers
Deliver smiles. Earn on your terms.
Flexible local routes, per-drop pay, tips 100% pass-through. Tidy driver app on iOS and Android.
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