Christmas Craft Market with North Down Craft Collective
Meet over 30 local makers from North Down Craft Collective and shop their ranges of beautiful handmade craft pieces.
Time: 10am-4pm
Location: Visitor Centre
This year, we've been collaborating with North Down Craft Collective to bring monthly pop-ups and two larger craft markets to Castle Espie. Don't miss this Christmas Craft Market - our final collaboration of the year!
About North Down Craft Collective
North Down Craft Collective was established in 2013 bringing together makers and artists from the Ards and North Down borough. What started as a monthly market in Holywood has now become a collective of creatives showcasing their work through exhibitions, pop-ups and fairs.
The group held exhibitions in the gallery at Castle Espie in 2020 and 2022.
A designated retail space, The Craft Room, was opened in Comber in 2016 and has recently moved to Newtownards. The shop showcases the work of the collective as well as other Northern Irish makers and runs craft workshops and events.
Many of the artists and makers take inspiration from the landscape and wildlife in the borough and these pieces will make up a large part of the work on show at Castle Espie.
