Fairs, Markets, Shops and Centres

Norfolk antiques and vintage shop now a year old is based within a working water-powered flour mill

If you are visiting the Decorative Fair in Battersea, which runs from January 20-25, check out the many antiques shops in the area and a visit to the Northcote Road Antiques Market in Battersea might also be a good suggestion (nearest rail station: Clapham Junction).

Despite the economic headwinds, many businesses have been moving forward with fresh ventures

Fair co-organiser takes over former shop to launch his latest antiques venture

Window displays are a big thing at the Sherborne Antiques Market.

As well as a busy life as a dealer, Karen Stuckey also finds time to organise the Wanstead Vintage Fair which runs four times a year.

The ever-ebullient Michael Collins, managing director of market operator Sherman & Waterman, is even fizzier than usual, saying that 2025 was a “landmark year for us with the 50th anniversary celebrations of the Jubilee Antiques Market in Covent Garden, formally opened by the late Queen in 1987”.

Venue refurbishment made 2025 a tricky period but the book events are steaming ahead

First up is the AS Fairs one-day event at Lincolnshire Showground – then the nearby IACF two-dayer kicks in

Centre and shop openings across England give grounds for optimism in often challenging times

The annual specialist Antique Tile Fair has now, sadly, been cancelled.

Biannual fair shifts from riverside site to fresh venue five miles away at a historic country house

Operator of five centres across the UK hopes to acquire two more and has ambitious future plans

Dealers and visitors are full of praise for East Anglian event under new ownership

Event held in mill owner’s model village is expanding as dealer demand soars

A dealer who specialises in vintage coffee pots will be among newcomers at the upcoming biannual event at Dulwich College in south London.

Couple start new venture just a month after previous business shuts down

A new shop, a recently-opened antiques centre and long-established fair turn the spotlight to the Northeast

Spaces at the recent Tuesday antiques market at the Kempton Park Racecourse were in high demand

The owner of an antiques shop in a seaside town on Northern Ireland’s north coast is retiring next year and closing her business in May after nearly 50 years in the trade.