The best antiques fairs and vintage markets around the UK in October 2023

By Rosanna Morris

Published: Wednesday, 30 August 2023 at 15:05 PM


The antiques fair calendar is always filled to the brim with fabulous events, sales and markets. So, whether you’re searching for a unique piece to add to your collections, on the look out for a classic dining table with its own history, or simply like to browse interesting objects, there’s bound to be something intriguing happening in your local area.

We’ve scoured the UK, from Northern Ireland to Cornwall, to find the best antiques fairs and vintage sales worth a visit this month…

NOTE please contact fair organisers or keep an eye on websites and social media for updates regarding these events as they could be cancelled or postponed at any time.

Antiques fairs around the UK in November

Antiques fairs in Northern Ireland

25th Derry Vintage Flea, St Augustines Church Hall, 8 Palace Street, Londonderry, BT48 6PS. 07798 938550  

25th Ormeau Road Antique, Art, Vintage, Retro & Collectables Fair, Cooke Church, 216 Ormeau Road, Belfast, BT7 2FY. waringfield.com

Antiques fairs in North England & Scotland

4th Leeds Vintage Market, Kirkgate Market, Leeds, LS2 7HY. advintageous.co.uk; @advintageousvintagefairs

5th Ilkley Antiques, Vintage & Collectables Fair, Clarke Foley Centre, Cunliffe Road, Ilkley, West Yorkshire,

LS29 9DZ. 07973 563992
10th–12th
The Pavilions of Harrogate Decorative, Antiques & Art Fair, The Pavilions of Harrogate, Railway Road, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG2 8NZ. cooperevents.com

11th Book Fair, Augustine Church
Hall, 41 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh,
EH1 1EL. pbfa.org

18th Saltaire Vintage Home &
Fashion Fair, Victoria Hall, Saltaire,
West Yorkshire, BD18 3JS. roseandbrownvintage.co.uk

19th Glasgow Antique, Vintage & Collectors Fair, Bellahouston Leisure Centre, 31 Bellahouston Drive, Glasgow, G52 1HH. glasgowantiquefair.com

19th Vintage Flea Market, EXO Centre, Lincolnshire Showground, nr Lincoln,
LN2 2NA. asfairs.com

Antiques fairs in Central England

3rd–5th The Cotswolds Decorative, Antiques & Art Fair, Westonbirt School, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, GL8 8QG. cooperevents.com

4th–5th Antiques & Vintage Fair, Derby Conference Centre, London
Road A6, Derby, DE24 8UX. jaguarfairseastmidlands.com

5th Antiques & Collectors Fair,
Bantock House, Bantock House Museum, Finchfield Road, Wolverhampton,
WV3 9LQ. 07976 643174

5th Malvern Flea & Collectors Fair, Three Counties Showground, Malvern, Worcs, WR13 6NW. b2bevents.info

5th Bibury Antiques Fair, The
Village Hall, Church Road, Bibury, Gloucestershire, GL7 5NR. biburyantiquesfair.com

11th Cheltenham Antique & Vintage Market, The Promenade & Long
Garden, Cheltenham, GL50 1NW. vintageandantiques.co.uk

17th–19th Cotswold Art & Antiques Dealers’ Association Fair (CADA), Compton Verney, Warwickshire,
CV35 9HZ. cotswolds-antiques-art.com

18th–19th Oswestry Antique & Collectors Fair, Oswestry Showground, Shropshire, SY11 4AB. josevents.co.uk

19th Antiques and Collectors Fair, Himley Hall, Himley, Dudley, DY3 4DF. himleyhallandpark.co.uk

20th Runway Monday Antiques & Collectors Fair, Newark & Nottinghamshire Showground, Runway, Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG24 2NY. iacf.co.uk; @iacfantiquesfairs

25th A Cosy Cotswolds Christmas, Lifford Hall, Lower Green, Broadway, WR12 7BU. facebook.com/CotswoldKnitter 

Antiques fairs in East England

5th Antique and Collectors Fair, Runnymede Hall, Kiln Road, Thundersley, Essex, SS7 1TF. haddonevents.co.uk

12th Antiques & Collectors Fair, Sarratt Village Hall, The Green, Sarratt, Herts, WD3 6AS. marcelfairs.co.uk

18th–26th Féte de Noël, The Boule-In, 77 High Street, Bildeston, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP7 7ER. boule-in.co.uk

19th Antiques & Vintage Fair, Eagle Farm Road, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, SG18 8JH. marcelfairs.co.uk

25th–26th Long Melford Antiques and Vintage Fair, The Old School, Hall Street, Long Melford, Suffolk, CO10 9DX. melfordantiquesfair.co.uk

Antiques fairs in South England

30th October–5th Winter Art & Antiques Fair, Grand Hall, Olympia London, Hammersmith Road, London, W14 8UX. olympia-art-antiques.com

4th The Wealden Bazaar Christmas Vintage Fair, Penshurst Village Hall, Penshurst, Kent, TN11 8BP.
@thewealdenbazaar

4th Antiques & Decorative Arts Market, The Gateway Concourse, Ringwood, BH24 1AT. acvrevents.co.uk

5th London Autumn Book Fair, Holiday Inn London – Bloomsbury, Coram Street, London, WC1N 1HT. pbfa.org

5th Antiques, Vintage & Collectables Fair, Village Hall, East Street, Corfe Castle, Dorset, BH20 5EE. cameofairs.co.uk

5th Adams Antiques Fair, Lindley Hall, The Royal Horticultural Halls, Elverton Street, London, SW1P 2PB. adamsantiquesfairs.com

5th Old Kent Road Vintage Market, AMP Studios, 897a Old Kent Road, London, SE15 1NL. @so_last_century; solastcenturyfair.co.uk

5th The Big London Flea, EartH, 13–15 Stoke Newington Road, London, N16 8BH. hackneyfleamarket.com

7th–8th Ardingly International Antiques & Collectors Fair, South of England Showground, Ardingly, Nr Haywards Heath, West Sussex, RH17 6TL. iacf.co.uk; @iacfantiquesfairs

11th Antiques & Vintage Market, High Street, Cranleigh, Surrey, GU6 8RF. acvrevents.co.uk

11th–12th Hackney Flea Market, Abney Hall, 73a Church Street, Hackney, London, N16 0AS. hackneyfleamarket.com

11th–12th Antiques & Vintage Fair, Kent Event Centre, Detling, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 3JF. lovefairs.com

12th Newmarket Antiques & Collectors Fair, Newmarket Racecourse, Rowley Mile, Newmarket, CB8 0TF. newmarketantiquesfair.co.uk

14th & 28th Sunbury Antiques Market, Kempton Park Racecourse, Staines Road East, Sunbury-on-Thames, Middlesex, TW16 5AQ. sunburyantiques.com

18th Whitstable Brocante, The Umbrella Centre, St Mary’s Hall, Oxford Street, Whitstable, CT5 1DD. 07903 286144; patsyaphilip@hotmail.co.uk 

18th–19th Vintage Fair, Goldsmiths, University of London, Lewisham Way, New Cross, London, SE14 6NW. solastcenturyfair.co.uk; @so_last_century

19th Antiques & Brocante Street Market, West Street, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 7DN. acvrevents.co.uk

19th Midcentury Modern, Dulwich College, London, SE21 7LD. modernshows.com

19th Sandown Antiques Home & Interiors Fair, Sandown Park Racecourse, Portsmouth Road, Esher, Surrey, KT10 9AJ. sunburyantiques.com

18th Vintage & Very Nice Market, The Assembly Rooms, North Street, Chichester, PO19 1LQ. vintageandverynice.co.uk

19th Dorking Halls Antiques & Decorative Arts Fair, Dorking Halls, Reigate Road, Dorking, Surrey, RH4 1SG. dovehousefineantiquesfairs.com

19th Clerkenwell Vintage Fashion Fair, Royal National Hotel, 38–51 Bedford Way, London, WC1H 0DG. clerkenwellvintagefashionfair.co.uk

21st Epsom Racecourse Antiques & Collectables Fair, Epsom Racecourse, Epsom Downs, Epsom, Surrey,
KT18 5LQ. treeofages.co.uk

26th Lingfield Antiques, Collectables and Vintage Fair, Lingfield Park Racecourse, Racecourse Road, Lingfield, Surrey, RH7 6PQ. lovefairs.com

26th Antiques, Vintage & Decorative Arts Market, The Clocktower, High Street, Epsom, Surrey, KT19 8EB. acvrevents.co.uk

29th Wembley Park Antiques Market, Canada Lane, Canada Gardens, First Way, Wembley, London, HA9 0SG. wembleyantiquesmarket.co.uk

Antiques fairs in West England & Wales

4th V&H Fairs Vintage Jumble Sale, Rangeworthy Village Hall, Rangeworthy, South Glos, BS37 7LZ. vintageandhandmade.co.uk

4th–5th Antiques Fair & Vintage Market, National Botanic Gardens of Wales, Llanarthne, Carmarthenshire, SA32 8HG. derwenantiques.co.uk

5th The Frome Independent – More Than a Market, Frome town centre, Somerset, BA11. thefromeindependent.org.uk

10th–11th Christmas Brocante, Larmer Tree Gardens, nr Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP5 5PY. thedorsetbrocante.co.uk; @thedorsetbrocante

10th–12th Shepton Mallet Antiques, Vintage & Collectors Fair, Royal Bath & West Showground, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 6QN. iacf.co.uk; @iacfantiquesfairs

12th Lostwithiel Antique & Collectors Fair, Lostwithiel Community Centre, Pleyber Christ Way, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, PL22 0HE. antiquefairscornwall.co.uk

18th Carmarthen Vintage, Antique & Makers Market, St Peter’s Hall, Nott Square, Carmarthen, SA31 1PG.
@mischievous_cow_events

18th–19th International Westpoint Antiques & Collectors Fair, Westpoint Arena, Clyst St Mary, Exeter, EX5 1DJ. continuityfairs.co.uk

19th Salvage Fair, Broad Street, South Molton, Devon, EX36 3AB. salvagefairs.com

25th Tavistock Vintage and Salvage Fair, Butchers Hall, Tavistock, Devon, PL19 0AL. @tavistockvintageandsalvagefair

26th Bath Vintage & Antiques Market, Green Park Station, Green Park Road, Bath, BA1 1JB. vintageandantiques.co.uk

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