Oxford’s covered market is getting ready to welcome customers this Easter and has put on a special guide on how to get the most out of the market.

Every year the traders get together to create the great Covered Market Easter Egg hunt. 

Entry is free and there’s no age limit, just head to The Garden, Jemini Flowers, or Wicked Chocolate and say you’d like to enter the Easter Egg Hunt.

They will hand you an entry card and you can begin.

The challenge is to take your entry card around the market and spot pictures of eggs with letters, inside participating market shops.

For each letter spotted, show the trader in that shop and they’ll stamp your card and give you a small chocolate egg too!

Find all the letters on the card and then hand your card back to The Garden, Jemini Flowers or Wicked Chocolate and you will be entered into the grand prize draw.

The last day of the Covered Market Easter egg hunt is Saturday, April 8.

Last year, over 32,000 mini-foiled eggs were given out in addition to the three grand prizes. 

As well as an Easter egg hunt, the market is a great place to stock up for a spring-themed feast with the guide letting customers where to head to.

For fresh fruit and locally grown vegetables visit Bonners, for pies, pasties, cold cuts, and the freshest spring lamb go to  David John Butchers and for the cheese board grab head to The Oxford Cheese Company.

When you’ve gone through all that you will need dessert and the guide points to iScream and The Cake Shop Oxford for a traditional simnel cake.

Head to Wicked Chocolate for the finest and widest selection of chocolates and of course Easter eggs.

For all your beverage needs Teardrop Bar, Market Cellar Door, Oxford Cheese Company, and Gulp Fiction all offer a huge variety of wines, beers, aperitifs, and liqueurs and for your coffee fix visit Colombia Coffee Roasters and Cardew’s Fine Teas.