Ticket Prices
Tickets will be available later in 2026.
Dogs
As this is an indoor event and predominantly food orientated, it is recommended that dogs (other than assistance dogs) are not suitable to bring to the festival.
Cheese Auction – Saturday 3rd April
Cheese lovers… get ready to bid BIG!
We’re hosting a one‑of‑a‑kind Cheese Auction at the Food & Drink Festival and you do NOT want to miss it!
We’ll be auctioning off an incredible selection of award‑winning hard cheeses, including:
- Mature Cheddars
- Red Leicester
- Stilton
…plus a whole array of other glorious wheels and blocks crafted by top producers!
All cheeses can be viewed in advance as part of the British & Irish Cheese Awards display at the Festival, so you can browse, admire, and pick the ones you want to take home before the bidding begins.
Opening Hours
Thursday 1st April – British & Irish Cheese Awards Judging ONLY. Not open to the public
Saturday 3rd April – 10am – 4pm
The car park will be open from 9:30am on Saturday for the Food & Drink Festival.
Getting to the Festival
Parking is located in our Yellow Car Park which can be accessed via the Blue Gate on the A371.
Blue Gate (A371) What3words – ///cabin.sprouting.again
Accessibility
Disabled parking can be found at the front of the Yellow car park.
The Food & Drink Festival will take place in the Showering, Mendip and Sedgemoor Pavilions. Each of these buildings are undercover, located close together and all wheelchair accessible.