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MarketUntil 31 Dec · London
Camden Market
A sprawling canalside maze of food, vintage and independent stalls — open every day of the year.
Camden Market, Camden Lock Place, London NW1 8AFFree entry
MarketUntil 31 Dec · Cardiff
Cardiff Central Market
A grand Victorian indoor market in the middle of Cardiff, trading Monday to Saturday.
Cardiff Market, St Mary Street, Cardiff CF10 1AUFree entry
MarketUntil 31 Dec · Newcastle
Grainger Market
A gorgeous Grade I-listed Victorian market hall in the heart of Newcastle, trading six days a week.
Grainger Market, Grainger Street, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 5QGFree entry
MarketUntil 31 Dec · Leeds
Leeds Kirkgate Market
One of the largest indoor markets in Europe, and the birthplace of Marks & Spencer — open six days a week.
Kirkgate Market, 34 George Street, Leeds LS2 7HYFree entry
Market👋 Meet peopleUntil 31 Dec · Belfast
St George's Market
Belfast's beautiful covered Victorian market — food, crafts and live music every Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
St George's Market, 12-20 East Bridge Street, Belfast BT1 3NQFree entry
MarketUntil 31 Dec · Bristol
St Nicholas Market
Bristol's best-loved market — independent traders and a famous lunchtime street-food scene, Monday to Saturday.
St Nicholas Market, Corn Street, Bristol BS1 1JQFree entry
Market👋 Meet peopleUntil 31 Dec · Glasgow
The Barras
Glasgow's legendary weekend market in the East End — part flea market, part street-food yard, all character.
The Barras Market, Gallowgate, Glasgow G1 5AXFree entry
MarketUntil 8 Feb · Newcastle
Quayside Sunday Market
A long-running, year-round outdoor market on Newcastle's historic Quayside with independent traders selling handmade crafts, art and local produce.
Newcastle Quayside, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 3DEFree entry
Market👋 Meet peopleUntil 22 Feb · Glasgow
The Rail Yard Farmers Market
A weekly West End farmers market on the old Kelvinbridge railway yard, with Scottish produce alongside local crafts, street food and live music.
The Rail Yard, Kelvinbridge, Glasgow, G4 9HBFree to browse
Market👋 Meet peopleUntil 28 Feb · Edinburgh
Edinburgh Farmers' Market
One of Scotland's largest weekly farmers' markets, set below Edinburgh Castle — Scottish producers selling fresh produce, bread and cheese.
Castle Terrace car park, Edinburgh EH1 2EWFree entry
Market👋 Meet peopleSat 19 – Sun 20 Sept · Cambridge
Cambridge Autumn Food, Home & Craft Fair
A free weekend fair on Parker's Piece, with food and drink, arts and crafts, and cookery demos running all day.
Parker's Piece, CambridgeFree entry
Market👋 Meet peopleSat 19 Sept · Lincoln
Lincoln Farmers' Market
A monthly farmers' market on historic Castle Hill selling produce grown and made across Lincolnshire.
Castle Hill, Lincoln, LN1 3AAFree entry
Market👋 Meet peopleSat 19 Sept · Sheffield
Orchard Square Makers Market
A Saturday makers market in Sheffield's Orchard Square with local traders selling homewares, plants, jewellery and deli goods.
Orchard Square, Sheffield City Centre, S1 2FBFree
Market👋 Meet peopleSun 20 Sept · Glasgow
Glasgow's Craft & Flea Makers Market
A one-day makers' market at The Briggait — ceramics, jewellery, vintage, plants and artisan produce from small Scottish businesses.
The Briggait, 141 Bridgegate, Glasgow G1 5HZFree entry
Market👋 Meet peopleSun 20 Sept · Harrogate
Harrogate Makers Market
A free monthly street market on Cambridge Street — local makers, jewellers and small food producers, third Sunday of the month.
Cambridge Street, Harrogate, HG1 1RSFree entry
Market👋 Meet peopleSun 20 Sept · Leeds
Leeds Briggate Monthly Artisan Market
A monthly artisan market on Leeds's grandest shopping street, with local makers selling craft, jewellery, art and food.
Briggate, Leeds LS1 6BGFree entry
Market👋 Meet peopleSun 20 Sept · Sale
Sale Makers Market
A monthly open-air market of 120-plus independent stalls filling Sale town centre with craft, art, plants and street food.
School Road, Sale Town Centre, Sale, Greater Manchester M33 7XYFree entry
MarketThu 24 – Sun 27 Sept · Stirling
Thistles Food & Craft Market
A four-day indoor market fills Stirling's Thistles Centre with local makers, artisan food producers and small independent stalls.
The Thistles Shopping Centre, Port Street, Stirling FK8 2EAFree to browse
MarketFri 25 Sept · Cumbria
Kendal Farmers' Market
Cumbria's award-winning farmers' market — produce picked that morning, artisan cheeses and fresh bread, an easy stop before or after a fell walk.
Market Place, Kendal, Cumbria LA9 4TNFree entry
Market👋 Meet peopleSat 26 – Sun 27 Sept · Halifax
Real Markets at The Piece Hall
Yorkshire's independent traders fill the courtyard of a 300-year-old Georgian cloth hall with local bakes, cheese and craft.
The Piece Hall, Blackledge, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX1 1REFree entry, no tickets required
Market👋 Meet peopleSun 27 Sept · Chesterfield
Chesterfield Artisan Market
Over 80 handmade and artisan traders fill Chesterfield's Market Square for a free-to-browse Sunday of crafts, food and gifts.
Chesterfield Market, Market Square, Chesterfield, S40 1AHFree entry
Market👋 Meet peopleSun 27 Sept · Whalley
Whalley Artisan Market
A dog-friendly monthly artisan market in the pretty Ribble Valley village of Whalley.
The Swan car park and Whalley village centre, Ribble Valley, LancashireFree entry
Market👋 Meet peopleThu 1 Oct · Durham
Durham Food Producers' and Crafters' Market
A monthly market in Durham's historic Market Place, bringing North East producers and crafters together for the first Thursday of the month.
Market Place, Durham DH1 3NJFree entry
MarketFri 2 – Sun 4 Oct · Bath
Bath Autumn Fayre
100+ artisan and street-food stalls take over Milsom Street for a free, dog-friendly autumn weekend with live music and street theatre.
Milsom Street, Bath, BA1Free entry
Market👋 Meet peopleSat 3 Oct · Hamble
Hamble Harvest Festival
A harvest-themed farmers' market on Hamble's riverside foreshore — a low-key, little-known sailing village worth the detour.
Foreshore Car Park, Hamble-le-Rice, Southampton SO31 4JBFree
Market👋 Meet peopleSat 3 Oct · Brighton
Brighton's Makers Market
A free, dog-friendly pop-up market of local makers and small businesses in the heart of Brighton's North Laine.
Jubilee Square, Brighton BN1 1GEFree entry
Market👋 Meet peopleSat 3 Oct · Perth
Perth Farmers' Market
Perth's award-winning monthly market returns to South Inch — around 50 stalls of Scottish produce, artisan crafts and children's activities.
South Inch Car Park, Shore Road, Perth PH2 8BWFree entry (stallholder goods priced individually)
MarketSat 3 Oct · York
York Farmers' Market
A monthly farmers' market of Yorkshire producers filling Shambles Market in the heart of York's old town.
Shambles Market, Newgate, York YO1 7LAFree entry
Market👋 Meet peopleSun 4 Oct · Edinburgh
Support The Makers: Portobello Town Hall
A curated indoor market of handmade jewellery, ceramics, textiles and prints from local makers, in Edinburgh's Portobello Town Hall.
Portobello Town Hall, 147 Portobello High Street, Edinburgh EH15 1EUFree entry
Market👋 Meet peopleSat 10 Oct · Cullercoats
Cullercoats Artisan Market
A free, friendly handmade market at Cullercoats Methodist Church — over 40 North East makers selling jewellery, woodwork, art and homewares.
Cullercoats Methodist Church, The Broadway, Cullercoats, North Shields NE30 4PQFree entry
Market👋 Meet peopleSat 10 Oct · Grantham
Grantham Medieval Onion Fair
Grantham revives its 500-year-old onion charter fair, with a farmers' market, onion-eating contest and street performers.
Market Place, Grantham, Lincolnshire NG31 6LJFree entry
Market👋 Meet peopleSat 10 Oct · Norwich
Local Makers Market at The Forum, Norwich
Over 80 designer-makers spill inside and outside Norwich's landmark Forum building for jewellery, ceramics, prints and street food.
The Forum, Millennium Plain, Norwich NR2 1TFFree entry
Market👋 Meet peopleSat 10 Oct · Preston
Preston Makers Market
Around 75 independent makers fill Preston's historic Flag Market for the day — handmade crafts, artwork, homeware and street food, free to browse.
Flag Market, Preston, Lancashire PR1 2NRFree entry
MarketSat 10 Oct · Saltburn
Saltburn Farmers' Market
Around 35 stalls of local producers fill Station Square in this seaside town's monthly farmers' market, running since 2008.
Station Square, Saltburn-by-the-Sea TS12 1AEFree entry
Market👋 Meet peopleSun 11 Oct · Saltaire
Saltaire Farmers' Market
A monthly farmers' market on the Promenade in Roberts Park, with local cheese, bread and preserves plus live music on the bandstand.
The Promenade, Roberts Park, Saltaire, Shipley, Bradford BD17 7LUFree entry
MarketSun 11 Oct · Swansea
Marina Market, Swansea
A monthly waterside market at Swansea Marina with fresh local food and handcrafted goods from independent makers.
Dylan Thomas Square, Swansea Marina, Swansea SA1 1TTFree entry
MarketSun 11 Oct · Winchester
Winchester Farmers' Market
One of the UK's largest farmers' markets, with Hampshire's producers filling the High Street twice a month.
High Street & Middle Brook Street, Winchester, Hampshire SO23Free entry
Market👋 Meet peopleSat 17 Oct · Tynemouth
Tynemouth Station Farmers' Market
Farmers' stalls fill the Victorian ironwork of Tynemouth's working Metro station once a month, alongside its regular weekend market.
Tynemouth Metro Station, Station Terrace, Tynemouth, North Shields NE30 4REFree entry
Market👋 Meet peopleSun 18 Oct · Liverpool
Makers Market at the Bombed Out Church
A free monthly craft and food market of around 55 independent stalls inside Liverpool's atmospheric ruined St Luke's church.
St Luke's (the "Bombed Out Church"), Leece Street, Liverpool L1 2TRFree (£1 suggested donation)
Market👋 Meet peopleSun 18 Oct · Cardiff
Crafty Legs Craft Market at Insole Court
A monthly craft market of Welsh makers fills the grounds of a Victorian mansion in Llandaff, with a garden to wander and a mansion tour to add on.
Insole Court, Fairwater Road, Llandaff, Cardiff CF5 2LNFree entry (mansion first-floor exhibition £5)
Market👋 Meet peopleSat 24 Oct · Doncaster
Doncaster Artisan Market
A monthly artisan and street food market inside Doncaster's newly restored Victorian Corn Exchange.
Corn Exchange, Market Place, Doncaster DN1 1NGFree entry
Market👋 Meet peopleSat 24 Oct · North Berwick
North Berwick Farmers' Market
A dog-friendly, step-free monthly market of East Lothian produce on the North Berwick seafront.
North Berwick town centre, East LothianFree entry
Market👋 Meet peopleSun 25 Oct · Liverpool
Croxteth Hall Makers Market
Over 60 stalls of local food, drink, art, crafts and vintage finds set up in the grounds of Croxteth Hall on the last Sunday of the month.
Croxteth Hall, Muirhead Avenue East, Liverpool L12 0HBFree entry
Market👋 Meet peopleSun 25 Oct · Otley
Otley Farmers' Market
A proper Yorkshire farmers' market filling Otley's Market Place with local cheese, bread, meat and cakes on the last Sunday of the month.
Market Place, Otley, West Yorkshire LS21 3APFree entry
Market👋 Meet peopleTue 3 Nov · Guildford
Guildford Farmers' Market
Over 50 local producers set up stalls the length of Guildford's historic High Street.
High Street, Guildford, Surrey GU1Free entry
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