A NEW regular 'Exmoor Market' will take place outside Tesco's in Minehead.

The next market will take place on Wednesday, December 14 between 11am and 5pm and feature street food, locally produced meat as well as arts and crafts.

Children from Old Cleeve School will perform Christmas carols from 1pm and Exmoor ponies will be in residence along with Father Christmas.

The bi-monthly Exmoor Market has been set up by Elke Winzer to help promote local businesses.

"We are very grateful to Tesco's in Minehead for welcoming our stalls onto their premises," she said.

"It provides our traders with a great opportunity to showcase their products to a wide range of customers including visitors to the area, who might not always have the chance to try locally made products."

Tesco store manager Lisa Buss added: “We love supporting local suppliers and our community. The traders offer complementary products to our own range which is a bonus for our customers.”

The stalls will be set up outside the store entrance. Among them are Little Oak Farm who offer meat and sausages from their rare breed Middle White pigs raised in Timberscombe.

"Marion’s Deli uses Little Oak Farm pork belly in the street food they sell at the market. White Post Bakery will attend the market for the first time with their sourdough bread and pastries.

Arts and crafts are available from JinKs, Gaea, Midges Treasures, Exmoor Engravings and Rupert Smith Wildlife Photography.

Exmoor author and pony whisperer Dawn Westcott will bring Exmoor Ponies to the market on 14 December. It will be a great opportunity to see these ponies close up, and find out more about the ancient breed.

In 2017, the Exmoor Market will be at Tesco’s in Minehead twice a month, usually on a Wednesday and a Sunday. Dates are available from www.exmoormarkets.com.