STREET MARKETS OF GREAT BRITAIN

As a boy I grew up in the east end of London just along the road from the longest open air street market in the country.
Walthamstow market was and still is about a mile and a quarter long. From one end to the other on both sides it was lined
with stalls selling everything that you or your mum were ever likely to need. And behind the stalls were the shops.
A lot of my friends parents ran their own stalls selling vegetables, salad, fruit, clothing and materials of all colors.
Some are still going today although the faces have changed the culture is the same. As kids we collected jam jars and news
papers which we sold to the traders for recycling, this and other harmless scams greatly improved our pocket money.
We used to help set up the stalls on market day and clear them away in the evening when the traders would retire to
'The Cocked Tavern' or ' The Chequers' to count out the days takings over hot pies and pints. The market traders kids
could be seen waiting for Dad or Mum to bring them out lemonade and crisps or hot pies while they waited to go home.
We never heard of any one being mugged or molested because everyone looked after each other and we all knew everyone
and where they lived so you never got lost cold or hungry when your mates were around. Christmas was a special time when the
stalls were decorated and alive with activity, the smell of food and cooking, the pie and eel shop, the butchers selling the turkeys.
Parents hunting for last minute presents. My Dad always got the bird a few days early. But he would come in weighed down with fruit
and sweets he had just got as the traders auctioned off the produce rather than have it left over to go to waste.
That was the time to get things cheap. We had no fridges or freezers so everything was bought fresh each day. Looking back
on my memories of those times, they were very happy and I shall always remember my childhood with great affection.
It is with this in mind that I decided to make an addition to my website listing as much information as I can find along the way about
the Local Street Markets of the British Isles. I can only scratch the surface here so if I miss your market please write
and give me all the details and I will add it to the list so that other people can find our traditional markets when they are on
holiday or visiting. So come on folks let me have your details.

' STREET MARKET DATA UPDATED : 21st June 2004 '

NAME AND LOCATION
MARKET DETAILS
Ashton Outdoor Market.
Ashton-Under- Lyne
For more information Phone : 0161-342-3268/9
Open 7 days each week.
Farmers market last Sunday in the month. 9am to 3pm
40+ General merchandise stalls, plus 30 Craft and Art stalls.
Bacup Market. Bacup. 
Lancashire.
for more Information Phone : 07811-640756 or
01706-217777
Open Wednesday, Friday (Flea) and Saturday.
General produce, fruit vegetables household goods.
Banbury Open Market
Oxfordshire.
market superintendent on 01295-256128
Thursdays and Saturdays 135 stalls selling clothes,
fruit, vegetables, shoes, jewelry and much more.
Beverly Market. 
East Riding. Yorkshire.
Enquiries : 01482-885912
A small market open Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Varied produce.
Beeston Market.
Willoughby St, off the High Road
Nottingham.
Market open Fridays & Saturday 8.30am to 4.30pm.
A good selection of stalls selling Varied foods and general goods
and fresh produce.
Bideford Pannier Market
Devon
Each saturday an enclosed market of 60 stalls selling fresh vegetables,
meats, cheese, garden produce, books, plants, jewelry, bric a brac.
Bilston Market
Wolverhampton
tel : 01902-555213
Open on Mon, Thurs, Fri, Sat market stalls selling fresh vegetables,
meats, cheese, garden produce, books, plants, jewelry, bric a brac.
Boston, Lincolnshire. For more information phone:
The Market Officer : 01205-314426
140 Stalls, open Wednesday & Saturday 8.30am to 500pm. a wide variety of
produce, food, lace, blinds, ornaments and stationery.
Blackbush Sunday Market. 
Blackbush Airport.
Camberley, Surrey.
Phone: 01252-878074
Junction 4A off the M3 or A30 Camberley.
open from 8am to 2pm. Wide variety of goods.
Bridlington Market. 
East Riding, Yorkshire.
For information Phone : 01482-885912
Open Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday.
Many varied stalls with bargains galore.
Buxton Open Air market
Buxton. Derbyshire
For information Phone : 07775-756314
Open Tuesday & Saturday all year, farmers market 2nd Saturday
each month. Many varied stalls selling fine foods.
Bury Open Air Markets
Bury, Lancashire
For information Phone : 0161-253-6520
www.bury.gov.uk/bury/council-markets.asp
Bury Market Hall Open each day bar Sunday
Fish & Meat market open each day except Sunday & Tuesday pm
The main Market is open Wednesday, Friday & Saturday.
For the sale of fine foods and vegetable, clothing and general goods..
Casterbridge Farmers Market
Market square, Casterbridge, Wessex
Details contact: Mr T. Hardy

Local farmers market open each day from dawn to dusk.
Organic seasonal fruit and vegetables, fresh poultry, game and fish.
Hand made clothing, books, furniture and household goods.

Chapel-en-le-Frith Open Air market
Derbyshire
For information Phone : 07775-756314
Open each Thursday
with many varied stalls selling fine foods.
Chester-Le-Street Open Air market
Newcastle
Open Tuesday, Friday & Saturday
A wide variety of stalls selling fine foods and varied goods.
Chorley Market. 
Lancashire.
For information Phone : Chorley Borough Council
Open Monday- flee market. Tuesday- Flat iron market over 180 stalls.
Arts & crafts Thursday. Thurs/Fri/Sat - General market with over 90 stalls.
Clitheroe Market 
Lancashire 
Details from Market superintendent : 01200-443012

Markets held, General retail markets Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday
With a flea market on Friday.

Cottingham Market. 
East Riding, Yorkshire.
For information Phone : 01482-885912
Open Thursday.
Many varied stalls with bargains galore.
Covent Garden Jubillee Market.
Covent Garden, London

Open every day inc Sundays.
Everyday is different, arts & crafts antiques, clothes, food.

Dartford Market
Dartford, Kent.

A small street market offering, fruit & veg, fish & meat, bakery and fancy goods, haberdashery, records, tapes, and general produce.

Dalston Market, "The Waste"
Dalston lane, London.

Outdoor  stalls selling a wide variety of goods, food, clothing household
2nd hand goods,  also African and Asian produce. open most days.

Doncaster Market.
Doncaster
Open Tuesday, Friday & Saturday 8am to 4. 30pm
Everyday is different, arts & crafts antiques, clothes, food, and an excellent
fish market .   Wednesday 8 to 4. 30pm second hand market day
Elgin Saturday Market. The Elgin Auction Centre
Corner of New Elgin Road & Linkwood Road
Elgin, Scotland
For information Phone : 01343-547047
Open every Saturday from 10am to 4pm
Car Boots, Crafts, Bric-a-Brac,
Fresh Farm Produce, Fruit and Vegetables, Clothing, Antiques
and Much, Much more
Eagle Centre Market.
Derby
Derbyshire
Open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday
9am to 5.30pm
120 businesses selling general market produce from apples to zips.
Ellon Indoor Market.
Ellon(15miles nth Aberdeen)
71 Station Road,Ellon
Aberdeenshire
details Tel : 01358-724225
Open Monday to Saturday
Tables still available Call 01358-761322
Many shops and stalls selling general & market produce.
Featherstone Market. Yorkshire.
For information Phone : 01977-722725
Open Thursday general market produce.
Ford Airfield Sunday Market. West Sussex.
near Arundel.
www.fordairfieldsundaymarket.co.uk
For information Phone : 01977-722725
Open Sunday general market produce.
Glossop Open Air Market
Derbyshire
For information Phone : 07775-756314
Open each Friday & Saturday all year.
with many varied stalls selling fine foods.
farmers market 3rd Saturday each month.
Glasgow Farmers Market
Mansfield park, Partick,Glasgow
( jct Dunbarton rd/ Hyndland st)
Info Phone : 0141-287-2500 fax : 0141-287-2505
email : glasgow.markets@drs.glasgow.gov.uk
Open on the 2nd & 4th Saturday of the month all year. up to 40 stalls of
fresh produce from our Scottish Farmers, of Beef, Pork, Lamb, Venison,
Poultry, Wild Boar, Seafood, Trout, Fruit & Vegetables, home baked bread
and cakes, Wines, Liqueurs and lots more.
Haslingden Market. 
Yorkshire.
For information Phone : 07811-640756
or 01706-217777
Open Tuesday and Friday general market produce.
Hemsworth Market.
For information Phone : 01977-722255
Open Tuesday, Friday and Saturday.
General market produce.
Huntingdon Market. Market Sq. Huntingdonshire.
For information Phone : 01480-388640
Open Wednesday and Thursday. 8am to 4pm
General market produce. Ample parking.
St Ives Market. Market Hill. 
St Ives. Huntingdonshire.
For information Phone : 01480-388640
Open Monday and Friday 8am to 4pm
250 stalls of general market produce.
St Marys Market. 
St Helens Lancashire.
For information Phone : 01744-677155
Open Monday to Saturday 9am to 5pm
General market produce. www. sthelens. gov. uk/markets
Inverness Street Market. Camden Town.
London NW1. Also visit Camden Lock Market.
For information Phone : 020-7974-6917
Open Monday to Sunday 9am to 5pm
33 stalls selling flowers, vegetables, fresh food and household goods.
Nearest tube Camden Town Station.
Kilmarnock Indoor Market
Titchfield Street, Kilmarnock
For information phone: Steven Wise 01563-520333

This is a 7 day a week market was established in 1988, and I'm reliably 
informed that you can purchase anything from a Carrot to a Curtain.

Knutsford Outdoor and Indoor Market.
Macclesfield
Cheshire.
Open Tuesday, Fridays and Saturdays 8am to 4.30pm
General produce, vegetables, fresh food and household goods.
Leather lane Outdoor Market.
Hatton Garden. London EC1.
for information Phone: 020-7974-6917
Open Monday and Friday 9am to 5.30pm
130 stalls General produce, vegetables, fresh food and household goods
clothes, fashions goods, and Jewelry.
Leicester Market Hall.
Leicester city center
for more info Phone: Mon to Sat 0116-223-2372
Customer care center : 0116-223-2377
email : rajps001@leicester.gov.uk
Market Hall Open Tuesday to Saturday 7am to 6pm
Retail market open Monday to Saturday 7am to 6pm
Between the two markets they boast over 300 stalls selling General
produce, vegetables, fresh food and household goods
clothes, fashions goods, and Jewelry.
Lockmeadow Market.
Maidstone, Kent
For more Information Phone : 01622-602258
Open Tuesday, Thursdays 8am to 2.30pm. & Saturdays 1.30pm.
General produce, vegetables, fresh food and household goods.
Cafe, Parking, Toilets.
Ludlow Market.
Market Square
Ludlow, Herefordshire
For more Information Phone : 01584-878437
Open Monday, Wednesdays, Friday & Saturdays 9am to 4.30pm.
43 stalls General produce, vegetables, fresh food and household
goods, toys, jewelry, leather goods, stationary, kitchen ware, books,
pictures, crockery, clocks. Cafe, Parking, Toilets.
Luton Market.
Arndale Centre
Luton. Bedfordshire
For more Information Phone : 01582-546162
Open 6 days a week, early closing Wed
150 stalls General produce, vegetables, fresh food and household
goods, toys, jewelry, leather goods, stationary, kitchen ware, books,
pictures, crockery, clocks. Cafe, Parking, Toilets.
Lymington Charter Market.
High Street
Lymington, Hampshire.
For more Information Phone : 01590-676009
Open every Saturday 9am to 4.30pm.
120 stalls and shops selling general produce, vegetables, fresh food and household goods, toys, jewelry, leather goods, stationary, kitchen ware,
 books, pictures, crockery, clocks. Cafe, Parking, Toilets.
Matcham Sunday Market.
Race Track Site
Nr Ringwood,Hampshire
0120-239-8360
Open Sunday 8am to 4.30pm
Car boot market
General produce, vegetables, fresh food and household goods.
Macclesfield Outdoor and Indoor Market.
Macclesfield
Cheshire.
Outdoor Open Tuesday, Fridays 8am to 4.30pm
Indoor Open Monday and Saturday 9am to 5.30pm
General produce, vegetables, fresh food and household goods.
New Mills Open Air Market
Derbyshire
For information Phone : 07775-756314
Open each Friday & Saturday all year.
with many varied stalls selling fine foods.
Newgate Market
off Parliment Street,York
For information Phone : 01904-551355
Open every day inc Sundays all year.
with  stalls selling General produce, vegetables, 
                                   fine foods, and general household goods. 
Norwich Market
by the Town Hall & Guild Hall
Norwich, Norfolk

A large historic market with stripped covers to traditional the stalls in the old market square. Selling fruit and veg, fish meat, organic produce. clothes, bags, herbs & spices, books, shoes, leatherwork, electrical goods.

Normanton Outdoor Market.
Wakefield.Yorkshire.
For more information : Phone 01924-897259
Outdoor Open Tuesday and Saturday, shops open Monday to Saturday.
General produce, vegetables, fresh food and household goods.
Ormskirk Market.
Lancashire
Details: 01695-585105

Market days are Thursday & Saturday with over 100 stalls
 in a pedestrianised area of court yards and arcades, this traditional
market offers you a good Lancashire welcome.

Ossett Market. 
Wakefield, West Yorkshire
For more information : Phone 01924-302998
Open Tuesday and Friday. Craft and Flea Market in the town Hall.
General produce, vegetables, fresh food and household goods.
Pannier Markets
Barnstable, North Devon
For more information Phone : 01271-379084
or go to www.northdevon.gov.uk
Barnstables' Historic markets are open each Tuesday, Friday & Saturday.
Antiques, collectables & car boot each Wednesday.
Craft and general produce market open each Monday & Thursday.
Perth Farmers Market
King Edward Street, Perth, Scotland
For more information :
Phone 01738-451651 fax : 01738-621206
Open First Saturday of the month
General produce, vegetables, fresh food and household goods.
Peterhead Farmers Market
Drummers Corner, Peterhead, Scotland
For more information : Dawn or Nicky
Phone 01771-613666
Open from 9am to 2pm
Open on the following Saturdays of 2002
1st June / 6th July /3 rd August / 7th September / 5th October
2nd November / 7th December
Fresh Veg, Hen and Duck eggs, Beef, Lamb, Pork, Scottish Wine, Bakery
Herbs, Garden plants, Clothing and of course Fresh from the sea, Fish.
Pocklington Market. 
East Riding. Yorkshire
For more information : Phone 01482-885912
Open Tuesday
General produce, vegetables, fresh food and household goods.
Pontefract Market. 
Wakefield. Yorkshire
For more information : Phone 01977-722725
Open Wednesday and Saturday. Craft & Flea Market on Weds.
General produce, vegetables, fresh food and household goods.
Purley Centre Market. 
Marsh Farm. Luton, Bedfordshire.
For more information : Phone 01582-546162
Outdoor Open Thursday and Saturday
General produce, vegetables, fresh food and household goods.
Queens Cresent Market. 
Belsize Park. London NW5.
For more information : Phone 020-7974-6917
Over 90 Stalls Open Thursday and Saturday
General produce, vegetables, fresh food and household goods.
Nearest tube: Chalk Farm/Kentish Town.
The Quayside Market. 
Newcastle on Tyne.
This market is reputed to be the oldest in Britain.
Open Sunday Mornings
General produce, vegetables, fresh food and household goods.
Rochester Charter Market.
Rochester, Kent.
For more information : Phone 01634-333052
Open Friday 8am to 3pm. Flowers, fresh and frozen meat,
General produce, vegetables, fresh food and household goods.
fabrics, music, cd's, bric a brac.
Romford Market. 
High Street, Romford.Essex
For more information :
Phone 01708-432373
Open Wednesday, Friday and Saturday 8am to 6pm. Flowers, fresh and frozen
meat, general produce, vegetables, fresh food and household goods.
fabrics, music, cd's, bric a brac.
Rotherham Market
South Yorkshire
For more information Phone: 01709-365021
Indoor market open Monday to Saturday, Outdoor Market open Monday,
Friday & Saturday. Street Market each Tuesday, 2nd hand clothing Tuesday
Antique and Bric-a-Brac Wednesday.
Rawtenstall Market. 
Lancashire.
For more information : Phone 07811-640756 or
01706-217777
Open Thursday and Saturday 8am to 6pm. Flowers, fresh and frozen
meat, general produce, vegetables, fresh food and household goods.
fabrics, music, cd's, bric a brac.
Selby Market. 
Selby.Yorkshire.
For more information : Phone 01757-292168
Open Monday and Saturday 8am to 6pm.
Meat, General produce, vegetables, fresh food and household goods.
fabrics, music, cd's, bric a brac.
Shrewsbury General Market.
Shrewsbury, Shropshire.
The Market under the Clock
Open Tues, Wed, Fri and Saturday
Over 60 Stalls offering General produce, vegetables, fresh food
 and household goods. fabrics, music, cd's.
Southport Market. 
King Street. Southport.Lancashire.
For more information : Phone 0151-9342009
Open Monday and Saturday 9am to 5pm.
45 Stalls offering General produce, vegetables, fresh food and household
goods. fabrics, music, cd's.
South Elmsall Market.
 South Elmsall. Yorkshire
For more information : Phone 01924-307828
Open Tuesday Friday and Saturday 9am to 5pm.
Stalls offering General produce, vegetables, fresh food and household
goods. fabrics, music, Cd's.
Sheffields Markets.
Yorkshire
For more information
Phone : 0114-273-5281
or go to www.sheffieldmarkets.co.uk
You can visit the various markets at the following places.
Castle market, the Moor market, crystal peaks market, Exchange St market
King St market, Stocksbridge market, specialist markets
Stalls offering General produce, vegetables, fresh food and household
goods. fabrics, music, Cd's.
St Helens Markets
Lancashire.
For more information : Phone 01744-677155
email : stmarysmarket@sthelens.gov.uk
www.sthelens.gov.uk/markets
Open Monday to Saturday 9am to 5pm.
Earlstown Mkt : Monday,Friday & Bank holidays
Chalon-way : Sunday, 2nd hand & car boot sale.
meat, general produce, vegetables, fresh food and household goods.
fabrics, music, Cd's, bric a brac on sale at all markets.
Thainstone Sunday Market & Car Boot Sale
Thainstone Centre, Inverurie, Scotland
For more information : Phone 01467-623760
Open every Sunday 9am to 4pm.
Stalls offering General produce, vegetables, fresh food and household
goods. fabrics, music, Cd's. Farm produce and much more
Trinity Market.
Hepworth Arcade,
Hull, Humberside
For more information : Phone 01482-331180
www.hullcc.gov.uk
Trinity Mkt, Open Monday & Saturday 7.30am to 5pm.
Hepworth Arcade, Monday & Saturday 9am to 5pm
Stalls offering General produce, vegetables, fresh food and household
goods. fabrics, music, CD's. And retail outlets.
Tommyfield Market
Oldham, Lancashire
For more information
Phone : 0161-911-4515
Indoor market open Monday to Saturday. Car boot Sunday.
Outdoor market open Monday, Wednesday, Friday & Saturday
Stalls offering General produce, vegetables, fresh food and household
goods. fabrics, music, cd's. Farm produce and much more
Ulverston Street Markets
10 miles from Windermere,
on the Furness Penisular.
For more Information Phone : 01229-587120

Thursday and Saturday are market days, where a large range of
produce from fresh fruit and vegetables, fish, cheese, bakery.
Also clothing,  shoes and general household goods on sale.
A Farmers market is held on every 3rd Saturday in the month.

Walthamstow Market.
 High Street. London E17.
For more information : Phone 020-520-5544
Open Monday to Saturday 9am to 5pm.
Stalls offering General produce, vegetables, fresh food and household
goods. fabrics, music, cd's, clothing, furniture.
Wakefield Market. 
Wakefield.Yorkshire
For more information : Phone 01924-305907/8
Open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday 9am to 5pm.
Stalls offering General produce, vegetables, fresh food and household
goods. fabrics, music, cd's, clothing, furniture.
Watford Market
Watford, Hertfordshire.

General produce, vegetables, fresh food and household goods. fabrics, music, cd's, clothing. bakery, specialist dried fruit, and a tea stall.

Wembley Market
Wembley, North london.

A very large market with stalls selling just about everything, including electrical and white goods, clothes and shoes etc.

Widnes Market. 
Bradley Way, Widnes.Cheshire
For more information : Phone 0151-4717340
250 Stalls open Monday, Friday and Saturday 9am to 5pm.
Stalls offering General produce, vegetables, fresh food and household
goods. fabrics, music, cd's, clothing, furniture.
Wilmslow Market.
Wilmslow.
Cheshire
Friday 8am to 4.30pm.
Stalls offering General produce, vegetables, fresh food and household
goods. fabrics, music, cd's, clothing, furniture.
Wolverhampton Market.
School Street & Salop Street
Wolverhampton.
for more information call : 01902-555213
96 Stalls offering General produce, vegetables, fresh food and household
goods. fabrics, music, cd's, computer goods, clothing, furniture, jewelry, lighting etc and much more.
Woolwich Market. 
Beresford Sq. Greenwich. London SE18
for more information Phone : 0181-3175663 		Sunday 8am to 4.30pm. Stalls offering General produce, vegetables, fresh food
and household goods. fabrics, music, cd's, clothing, furniture.
1 minute from Woolwich Arsenal Station.
Yarmouth Market
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.

Plenty of stalls where you can find all the usual fresh local produce, a good book stall and great catering.

I have tracked down a website here in Scotland that
has all the latest information on Scotlands vast amount
of Famers markets. This site has so much detail that
I'm not going to try and list them, so I suggest you
make the trip there yourself.
www.scottishfarmersmarkets.com		 Not to be outdone I have found another great website that caters for Englands
Farmers markets.This very detailed site is easy to use and covers the whole
country, so once again I do not have to list any details, just to advise you
to visit for yourself.
www.farmersmarkets.net

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