Crimple Hall is finally ready to swing open its doors to the public this weekend with a well-stocked food hall, plenty of Christmas goodies and the plants it is known for.

Many locals will know Crimple Hall as a garden centre but over the past year it has had a huge investment to make to add on a food hall, restaurant and event space.

The food hall has an in-house bakery, 12-metre butcher's counter and chef cooked ready meals. All the food and produce is locally sourced and fresh.

Director of Operations, Keren Shaw, said they wanted to make Crimple Hall a destination for local people; somewhere they can shop and eat:

A few people have been invited down this week but this weekend is when it will open fully. Visitors can expect plenty of food and lots of Christmas decorations.

The food hall is based in a 20,000 sq ft space and has an industrial feel with its distinctive peaked roof.

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Ms Shaw said the whole concept was environmentally-focused from the solar panels on the roof to Crimple's very own milk float where people can come back with their glass bottles to re-fill.

In the future, the team is hoping to add glass bee hives to provide honey for the food hall.

So far the new venue has opened up around 60 new job opportunities to the local area.

The restaurant and garden centre will open 8- 5pm, and bar until 7pm. The food hall will open 8-7pm and on Sunday all areas are open 10-4pm.