Artisan Market

The Frost Fairs on the Thames were a hive of activity, with the festive markets selling everything hand made and local products.

For our Frost Fair 2024, we will be hosting The Makers Market by Design Led, which will showcase handmade, fair trade and sustainable curations from over 30 British designers, many of which you won’t find on the high street. So shop small and find something truly unique!

Featuring Saucy Sisters / Maku UK /Rebecca Shillingford / Pepita Coffee / Azura Chocolate / Limpopo Biltong / Cake and Cactus / The light candle company / Milgi Dogs / Anabel Barlow / La La Leopard / Ava and Azar / Hawa Cake and Cactus / Freds Bakes / The Golden Grass Company / AHLT / Diane Denham designs / Snug and Serenity

The Artisan Market will run everyday of our Frost Fair, 11am-6pm.

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More Frost Fair activities

Our re-imagined Frost Fair celebrates some of the traditional and not so traditional activities, food and drink of the time…

Frost Fair Fringe

Explore the wider Bankside area for Frost Fair themed food, drink and activities.

Frost Fair Folk

From bargemen to shopkeepers, accountants to animal handlers, the Frost Fair brought everyone to the ice. Look out encounters from our Frost Fair Folk throughout the weekend.

Elephant Parade

Relive the legend of an elephant of 1814. Follow our life-sized elephant puppet as it roams the streets of Bankside.

Dr Who Screening

The Doctor and Bill Potts visit the last great frost fair in London 1814, but they soon find that something sinister is lurking below the frozen Thames.

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