The market town of Skipton has had a Royal Charter since 1203 to operate a market along the high street. Over 800 years later the market is still going strong. Kirsty Flatt went to meet those behind its success. Skipton has just been voted the second best Market Town in England, by the Times, just…
St Albans market has had a Royal charter since 1553 although documentation goes back to the 9th century. The cathedral city is on the London commuter belt of Hertfordshire, situated approximately twenty miles away from the capital, between Hatfield and Hemel Hempstead. The market runs the length of St Peters Street on a Wednesday and…
New Watford Market New Watford Market is a gated, covered market, situated under the flyover on Watford House Lane. It is believed that in the 12th Century, the Abbot of St Albans was granted a charter by King Henry I to hold a weekly market in Watford following pressure from the locals. The new market…
Between 30 November and 03 January, the riverside stretching from More London (By HMS Belfast) Hay’s Galleria, London Bridge City Pier to London Bridge City, came alive with over 100 log cabins, twinkling with Christmas lights. The area, from The Scoop to Jetty Pier is surrounded by offices with an estimated 180,000 employees. Being an…
Saturday 9 April will see the re-launch of Mansfield Market, after a decade of consultation and an investment of £100,000 – Why not become a part of it? Mansfield is the largest town in Nottinghamshire with around 104,000 residents. It lies to the north of the county, 15 miles from the city of Nottingham. It…
Bassettlaw is the northernmost district of Nottinghamshire which encompasses the towns of Worksop and Retford. Bassetlaw District Council operates the markets in both of these locations and has recently invested £50k on new stalls, canopies, and lighting systems to improve both the aesthetics from a customer’s perspective and the environment for the traders. The Royal…
Enfield Market is owned by the Old Enfield Charitable Trust and has had a Charter since 1303. In 2014, the market was running at a loss and so 2015 saw an investment in excess of £100k with the unveiling on the new-look market on 1 October. Situated in the Market Place in the heart of…
Belfast Christmas Market has firmly established itself as a destination on the social calendar of the people of Belfast, Northern lreland and beyond. Piloted in 2004 by The Market Place, it was voted NABMA ‘Best Large Speciality Market 2015’. I was invited along, with NABMA President Councillor Mick Barker, by Allan Hartwell and his team,…
A market-house was erected by the Earl of Wilton in 1851 with the typical market day being Friday. The present day market hall was built in 1937 and was relocated to its present site on Blackburn Street and was devastated by a fire in 1980. Due to its location to the award winning neighbouring markets,…
Biggleswade is a Market town situated in Bedfordshire between Cambridge and Bedford and is on the main London Commuter belt. It has held a royal market charter since 1227 when King Henry III granted it full market town status. The Town Council is extremely proud of the market’s heritage and its ongoing success and in…