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A brand new weekly market plus a greengrocer, butcher and fishmongers is coming back to Castlefield<\/p>\n

18:23, 21 Oct 2025Updated 19:55, 21 Oct 2025<\/p>\n

\"EveryEvery Saturday from early November, the historic campus in Manchester\u2019s St. John\u2019s neighbourhood will transform into a vibrant city market(Image: Supplied)<\/p>\n

A ‘first-of-its-kind’ market celebrating the best of independent retail, food and drink is to open in the Campfield building in Manchester city centre this autumn.<\/p>\n

Every Saturday from early November, the historic Campfield campus in Manchester\u2019s St. John\u2019s neighbourhood<\/a> will transform into a vibrant city market thanks to street food company GRUB. It will span 50 artisan shops, a European-inspired food hall and local produce market.<\/p>\n

Developed by Allied London and operated by Department, Campfield is now a tech and AI campus set within three historic Grade II-listed buildings. It also encompasses production studios, workshops, flexible workspaces, and Exchange.<\/p>\n

Jason Bailey, GRUB\u2019s director, said: \u201cGRUB is back in Manchester city centre with Campfield Market, a weekly prestige market experience.<\/p>\n

Join our Manchester Food and Drink WhatsApp group HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

“Manchester has been crying out for a proper market experience and we hope the city can get behind this ambitious new destination in the most amazing location.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Campfield market halls have been markets, exhibition spaces, a library, a barrage balloon factory<\/a>, and a museum during the course of their long and storied history.<\/p>\n

\"CampfieldCampfield opened in summer 2025(Image: Supplied)<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, they entered a new chapter in their nearly 150-year-long history as they reopened as a contemporary cafe-bar and creative offices – and the home of Blue Peter.<\/p>\n

Rebranded – Lower Campfield Market is now just \u2018Campfield\u2019 and Upper is \u2018Campfield Studios\u2019 – and the multi-million-pound refurbishment is part of the wider St John\u2019s project<\/a>, which developers hope will have a similar effect on Manchester as opening the Guggenheim gallery had on Bilbao<\/a> in the late 90s.<\/p>\n

To mark the relaunch this summer, a free series of festivals blending its past as a market space with its future as a creative and technology campus were announced<\/a> with Street food event organisers GRUB relaunching ‘The Weekender’, a ‘one-of-a-kind artisanal festival’.<\/p>\n

Now confirmed as a weekly event and expanded, visitors can enter the Campfield building, beneath Campfield’s iconic glass roof, and find a collective of up to 50 hand-selected artisans will showcase a selection of art, collectibles, and artisan produce.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, in Campfield Studios they’ll find Manchester\u2019s first \u2018Euro-style\u2019 food hall experience, featuring family-owned Spanish brewery Estrella Galicia, a European wine bar, and 12 stalls serving European produce such as charcuterie, oysters, sourdough, sushi, cheese, pickles and tapas.<\/p>\n

(Image: Supplied)<\/p>\n

Visitors can create their own sharing platters and enjoy them in a new 120-capacity European food hall experience at the heart of the market.<\/p>\n

Finally, Castlefield House will serve as the social hub of the market, offering an array of street food favourites and farmers\u2019 market classics – think dumplings, paella, pizza, bratwurst, smokehouse dishes, poke bowls and artisan coffee.<\/p>\n

Outside in the courtyard, a local produce market brings a greengrocer, butcher and fishmonger back to Castlefield, alongside fresh, organic and locally sourced produce.<\/p>\n

Jack Ingall, Allied London\u2019s Commercial Creative Executive, added: \u201cRe-activating Campfield Market is a major step in our long-term vision for St. John\u2019s, creating a lively, connected neighbourhood where enterprise, culture, living and entertainment come together.<\/p>\n

“Partnering with GRUB has enabled Campfield to expand its commitment to the community and ensure a sense of culture and locality to this exciting campus.\u201d<\/p>\n

Campfield Market launches Saturday 8 November 2025 and is open every Saturday, 10am until 4pm, Campfield, Liverpool Road, Manchester M3 4FP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A brand new weekly market plus a greengrocer, butcher and fishmongers is coming back to Castlefield 18:23, 21…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":517985,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8813],"tags":[748,31847,393,4884,2465,8086,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-517984","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-castlefield","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-manchester","13":"tag-manchester-city-centre","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115414340508865134","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=517984"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517984\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/517985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=517984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=517984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=517984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}