Opening Hours
Friday 20th March – British & Irish Cheese Awards Judging ONLY. Not open to the public
Saturday 21st March – 10am – 4pm
Sunday 22nd March – 10am – 4pm
The car park will be open from 9:30am on Saturday & Sunday 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.
£6 Meal Deal
Introducing the £6 meal deal. Get ready to eat your way around the Bath & West Food & Drink Festival. Why settle for one dish when you can try ALL the flavours?
Our epic £6 Meal Deal lets you mix, match + munch your way through bite‑sized versions of the festival’s most-loved dishes:
- Fluffy bao buns
- Dirty loaded fries
- Steak + melty raclette
- Noodles packed with Asian-inspired flavour
… and SO much more
This is your chance to taste everything without breaking the bank.
Ticket Prices
Tickets are now on sale for the Bath & West Food & Drink Festival!
Advanced Adult: £6 or 2 for £10
Gate Price: £8 per adult
15 & under: FREE
Tickets are available to buy either in advance online here or at the gate on the day for £8.
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 – Sunday 22nd March
Cheese lovers… get ready to bid BIG!
Sunday 22nd March at 3pm, 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.
How to find us
The Royal Bath & West of England Society,
The Showground,
Shepton Mallet,
Somerset BA4 6QN
The showground is easily accessible from the M5 and is situated along the A371 Castle Cary – Shepton Mallet road. We are approximately 25 miles from Bristol and 20 miles from Bath.