October fair dates
Our guide to some of the best fairs around the country this month, from fine art and antique furniture to vintage textiles and luxury gifts.We’ve also arranged some exclusive ticket offers for H&A readers
Our guide to the month’s best fairs, plus exclusive ticket o ers for H&A readers
NORTH & SCOTLAND
1st Fancy That? Vintage Bazaar, Inglis Hall, High Street, Edzell, Angus, DD9 7TF. 11am– 4pm. Free. 01356 648732; wefancythat.co.uk 7th Antique, Vintage & Collectors Fair, Albert Halls, Dumbarton Road, Stirling, FK8 2QL. 10am– 4pm. £ 2. 01764 654555; scotfairs.co.uk 7th AdVintageous Vintage Fair, Leeds City Market, 28–34 George Street, Leeds, LS2 7HY. 10am– 4pm. Free. advintageous.co.uk 7th The Manchester Vintage Furniture Flea, Royal Mills, Redhill Street, Manchester, M4 5BA. 10am– 4pm. Free. judysvintagefair.co.uk 7th– 8th The Great Wetherby Racecourse Antiques Fair, Wetherby Racecourse, Wetherby, West Yorkshire, LS22 5EJ. 8am–5pm Saturday, 9am– 4pm Sunday. £ 4 (£ 5 before 9am Saturday). 01332 830444; jaguarfairs.com 8th The Vintage Home Show, Pudsey Civic Hall, Leeds, LS28 5TA. 10.30am– 4pm. £ 2.50 (£ 4 before 11am). 07880 910361; vintagehomeshow.co.uk 8th The Vintage Village, Stockport Covered Market Hall, Market Place, Stockport, SK1 1EU. 10am– 4pm. £ 2. thevintagevillage.co.uk 8th The Magpie Wedding Show (formerly The National Vintage Wedding Fair), Cedar Court Hotel, Park Parade, Harrogate, HG1 5AH. 11am–3.30pm. £ 2. 07817 855287; magpiewedding.com 15th The Magpie Wedding Show (formerly The National Vintage Wedding Fair), Victoria Baths, Hathersage Road, Manchester, M13 0FE. 11am–3.30pm. £ 4. 07817 855287; magpiewedding.com 15th The Leeds Vintage Furniture Flea, Castle Grove Masonic Hall, Castle Grove Drive, Leeds, LS6 4BP. 10.30am– 4.30pm. £ 2 (£ 3 before 11am). judysvintagefair.co.uk 21st AdVintageous Vintage Fair, The Spa, South Bay, Scarborough, YO11 2HD. 10am– 4pm. £ 3. advintageous.co.uk 22nd The Vintage Home Show, Victoria Baths, Hathersage Road, Manchester, M13 0FE. 10.30am– 4pm. £ 3 (£ 5 before 11am). 07880 910361; vintagehomeshow.co.uk
WEST & WALES
1st Liberty Green Antiques & Collectables Fair, Beaufort Park Hotel, Mold, Flintshire, CH7 6RQ. 9am– 4pm. £1. 07572 109520; libertygreenantiques.co.uk 1st The Frome Independent – More Than a Market, Frome town centre, Somerset, BA11. 10am–3pm. Free. thefromeindependent.org.uk 1st & 29th Bath Vintage & Antiques Market, Green Park Station, Green Park Road, Bath, BA1 1JB. 8am– 4pm. Free. 07711 900095; vintageandantiques.co.uk 7th Llandeilo Antiques and Vintage Fair, Llandeilo Civic Hall, Crescent Road, Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, SA19 6HW. 10am– 4pm. £1. 01267 220260; derwenantiques.co.uk 7th Lostwithiel Antique & Collectors Market, Scout Hut, Cattle Market Car Park, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, PL22 0HE. 10am–1pm. Donation. 01503 240768 7th– 8th National Botanic Garden of Wales Antiques Fair and Vintage Market, National Botanic Garden of Wales, Llanarthne, Carmarthenshire, SA32 8HG. 10am– 4.30pm. £ 4. 01267 220260; derwenantiques.co.uk 7th– 8th Cornwall’s Mid- century & Vintage Festival, Bedruthan Hotel & Spa, Mawgan Porth, Newquay, Cornwall, TR8 4BU. 10am– 4pm. £1.50. 01637 861200; duchyfairs.co.uk 7th– 8th The Margam Park Antiques, Art & Design Fair, The Orangery, Margam Park, Port Talbot, SA13 2TJ. 11am–5pm Saturday, 11am– 4pm Sunday. £ 4. 01327 264624; allenlewisfairs.co.uk 8th The Bristol Vintage Furniture Flea, Paintworks, Bath Road, Bristol, BS4 3EH. 10.30am– 4.30pm. £ 2 (£ 3 before 11am). judysvintagefair.co.uk 14th Liberty Green Antiques Collectables Vintage Fair, Wrexham Memorial Hall, Bodhyfryd, Wrexham, LL12 7AG. 9am–3.30pm. £1. 07572 109520; libertygreenantiques.co.uk 15th The Giant Shepton Flea Market, The Royal Bath and West Showground, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 6QN. 9.30am– 4pm. £ 4.50. 01278 784912; shepton ea.com 21st Autumn Vintage Bazaar, The Cheese and Grain, Frome, BA11 1BE. 9am–3pm. £ 2. thevintagebazaar.blogspot.co.uk 21st–22nd Antiques Fair, RHS Garden Rosemoor, Torrington, Devon, EX38 8PH. 10am–5pm. £12.10 (RHS members free). 01363 776600; antiques-fairs.com 21st–22nd Antiques Fair, The Showground, Gwalchmai, Holyhead, Anglesey, LL65 4RW. 8.30am–5pm Saturday, 10am–5pm Sunday. £ 4 (£ 8 before 10am Saturday). 01584 873634; continuityfairs.co.uk 22nd The Magpie Wedding Show (formerly The National Vintage
Wedding Fair), The Assembly Rooms, Bennett Street, Bath, BA1 2QH. 11am–3.30pm. £ 2. 07817 855287; magpiewedding.com 29th Carmarthen Antiques & Flea Market, United Counties Showground, The Showground, Nantyci, Carmarthen, SA33 5DR. 10am– 4pm. £ 4. 01267 236569; towyevents.co.uk 29th Purbeck Antiques and Collectors Fair, Furzebrook Hall, Furzebrook, Wareham, Dorset, BH20 5AR. 10am– 4pm. £1. 01929 761398; purbeckantiquesfairs.co.uk
SOUTH
1st Ling eld Antiques, Collectables and Vintage Fair, Ling eld Park Racecourse, Racecourse Road, Ling eld, Surrey, RH7 6PQ. 9.30am– 4pm. £ 3 (£ 5 before 10.30am). 01293 690777; lovefairs.com 1st London Writing Equipment Show, The Holiday Inn London Bloomsbury, Coram Street, London, WC1N 1HT. 10.30am– 4pm. £ 5. 01543 415603; ukpenshows.co.uk 3rd– 8th The Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair, Battersea Evolution, Battersea Park, London, SW11 4NJ. Opening times vary. £10. 020 7616 9327; decorativefair.com 7th Antiques & Collectors Fair, Mill Hill Village, St Paul’s Church Hall, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London, NW7 1QU. 9am– 4pm. £1. 07887 648255; marcelfairs.co.uk 7th Vintage & Very Nice Market Bazaar, The Assembly Rooms, North Street, Chichester, PO19 1LQ. 10am–5pm. Free. 01243 531074; vintageandverynice.co.uk 8th Surrey Art Deco & 20th Century Design Fair, Village Hall, Portsmouth Road, Milford, Surrey, GU8 5DS. 10am– 4.30pm. £1. 07976 317828 8th London Antique Textile Fair, Chelsea Old Town Hall, Kings Road, London, SW3 5EE. 10.30am– 4.30pm. £ 6. 020 7923 0331; textilesociety.org.uk 8th Vauxhall Vintage & Antiques Market, The Workshop, 26 Lambeth High Street, London, SE1 7AG. 10am– 4pm. Free. 07711 900095; vintageandantiques.co.uk 10th & 31st Sunbury Antiques Market, Kempton Park Racecourse, Staines Road East, Sunbury- onThames, Middlesex, TW16 5AQ. 6.30am–2pm. Free. 01932 230946; sunburyantiques.com 15th Midcentury East, Erno Gold nger’s Haggerston School, Weymouth Terrace, London, E2 8LS. 10am– 4pm. £10. modernshows.com 15th Dorking Halls Antiques Fair, Dorking Halls, Reigate Road, Dorking, Surrey, RH4 1SG. 9.30am– 4pm. £ 2.50. 07952 689717; dovehouse neantiquesfairs.com 17th Antiques Fair, Epsom Racecourse, South London, KT18 5LP. 9am–3pm. £ 3. 01584 873634; continuityfairs.co.uk 22nd Clerkenwell Vintage Fashion Fair, Courthouse Hotel Shoreditch, 335–337 Old Street, London, EC1V 9LL. 11am–5pm. £ 4. clerkenwellvintagefashionfair.co.uk 22nd Brighton Antiques, Collectables and Vintage Fair, Brighton Racecourse, Fresh eld Road, Brighton, East Sussex, BN2 9XZ. 9.30am– 4pm. £ 3 (£ 5 before 10.30am). 01293 690777; lovefairs.com 24th Sandown Park Market, Sandown Park Racecourse, Portsmouth Road, Esher, Surrey, KT10 9AJ. From 8am. Free (parking £ 5). 01636 702326; iacf.co.uk 31st–5th November Winter Art & Antiques Fair Olympia, Olympia London, Hammersmith Road, London, W14 8UX. Opening times vary. £ 20
(£ 30 preview day, £15 advance). olympia-antiques.com
EAST
7th Halesworth Brocante, The Old Print Works, Halesworth, Suffolk, IP19 8AP. 9am–3pm. Free. 01986 948546 14th The City Antiques Fair and Fleamarket, St Andrew’s Hall, St Andrew’s Plain, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 1AU. 9am– 4.30pm. £ 2. 07867 521184; thecityantiquesfairand !eamarket.co.uk 20th–22nd Holkham Hall Antiques Fair, Holkham Hall, Wells-nextthe-Sea, Norfolk, NR23 1AB. 11am– 4.30pm. £ 4. 01379 586134; lomaxfairs.com 21st Mainwaring’s Seaside Brocante, St Mary’s Hall, Oxford Street, Whitstable, Kent, CT5 1DD. 10am– 4pm. £1. 01227 773037
CENTRAL
1st Antiques Fair, The Kube, Leicester Racecourse, Leicester Road, Oadby, Leicester, LE2 4AL. 9.30am–3pm. £ 3. 07772 349431; "elddogfairs.com 1st Antiques & Collectors Fair, Bantock House Museum, Finch"eld Road, Wolverhampton, WV3 9LQ. 10am–3.30pm. £1.50. 07976 643174; bantockhouse.co.uk 8th Antiques & Collectors Fair, Sarratt Village Hall, The Green, Sarratt, Hertfordshire, WD3 6AS. 9.30am– 4pm. £1. 07887 648255; marcelfairs.co.uk 8th Malvern Flea & Collectors Fair, The Severn Hall, Three Counties Showground, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR13 6NW. 7.30am–3.30pm. £ 5. 01636 676531; b2bevents.info 8th Bishop’s Waltham Brocante, High Street, Bishop’s Waltham, Hampshire, SO32 1GH. 10am– 4pm. Free. 07514 680872 9th–10th Lincolnshire Antiques & Home Show, Lincolnshire Showground, Lincoln, LN2 2NA. 8am–5pm. £ 20 Monday, £ 5 Tuesday. 01298 27493; asfairs.com 12th–13th Newark International Antiques & Collectors Fair, Newark & Nottinghamshire Showground, Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG24 2NY. 9am– 6pm Thursday, 8am– 4pm Friday. £ 20 Thursday, £ 5 Friday. 01636 702326; iacf.co.uk 14th–15th Luton Antiques & Fine Art Fair, Putteridge Bury House, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU2 8LE. 10.30am–5pm Saturday, 10.30am– 4.30pm Sunday. £ 3.50. 07939 302425; specialfairs.co.uk 14th–15th Antiques, Collectors & Vintage Fair, British Motor Museum, Banbury Road, Gaydon, Warwickshire, CV35 0BJ. 9.30am– 4pm. £ 4. 07772 349431; "elddogfairs.com 15th Antiques in Tents, Burton Court, Eardisland, Leominster, Herefordshire, HR6 9DN. 9am– 4pm. £ 4. 01544 267033; antiquesintents.co.uk 16th Stoneleigh Antiques Market, Stoneleigh Park, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, CV8 2LG. 9am–1pm. £ 2.50. 01298 27493; asfairs.com 21st Stable Yard Antiques & Collectables Market, Hat "eld House, Hat "eld, Hertfordshire, AL9 5HX. 10am–5pm. Free. 07751 296625; stableyardshops.co.uk 22nd Antiques Fair, Wicksteed Pavilion, Barton Road, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN15 6NJ. 9.30am– 4pm. £ 3. 07772 349431; "elddogfairs.com 22nd Antiques & Collectors Fair, Bushey Golf & Country Club, High Street, Bushey, Hertfordshire, WD23 1TT. 9.30am– 4pm. £1. 07887 648255; marcelfairs.co.uk 28th–29th Nottingham Racecourse Antiques & Vintage Fair, Nottingham Racecourse, Racecourse Road, Nottingham, NG2 4BE. 8am–5pm Saturday, 9am– 4pm Sunday. £ 3 (£ 4 before 9am Saturday). 01332 830444; jaguarfairs.com 29th Antiques & Collectors Fair, Berkhamsted Sports Centre, Lagley Meadow, Douglas Gardens, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, HP4 3QQ. 9.30am– 4pm. £ 2. 07887 648255; marcelfairs.co.uk