Cullercoats Artisan Market

Cullercoats Creatives run this one properly — a quarterly handmade market with more than 40 local stallholders covering jewellery, woodwork, glasswork, candles, prints and illustration, all packed into the church hall on the Broadway. Small enough that you'll actually talk to the people who made what you're buying.

Free to get in, an easy stroll from Cullercoats Bay itself, so pair it with a walk along the harbour and a coffee looking out at the North Sea.