Best Markets in the North of England

[Robin Evans]

Go on then..... I'm a foody sort so I'm drawn to a decent market and when safety allows, I enjoy a trip and a bimble around a good market town on market day.

Which are the best markets around. I've particularly asked for the north of England for ease of travel, but don't make that preclude any good suggestions.

[graveyard johnny]

skirlington sunday market and car boot- it even has a website

[Gerrumonside ref]

I’ve not been for a few years, but Hebden Bridge when I lived there always had a nice market with a variety of stuff if you timed it right for things like game.

There’s also a lot of places to eat and drink etc and other independent businesses you can help out.

Not a hidden gem obviously or perhaps the cheapest, but a pleasant place to be.

If you’re going to go all that way though I’d research it first to make sure the best of the fresh food is on the market.

[Futtocks]

I've only been to this market a couple of times, but, while small, there was some good stuff on offer. Since then, they seem to have added some more new and interesting sellers. The market is monthly, but a lot of the stalls appear at other monthly markets in the area too.

https://hovingham-market.org.uk/market_stallholders.php 

[Hopping Mad]

In recent years, Malton has reinvented itself as 'Yorkshire's Food Town'. Has a monthly food market and an annual 'food lovers' festival.

[gazza77]

5 hours ago, Gerrumonside ref said:

I’ve not been for a few years, but Hebden Bridge when I lived there always had a nice market with a variety of stuff if you timed it right for things like game.

There’s also a lot of places to eat and drink etc and other independent businesses you can help out.

Not a hidden gem obviously or perhaps the cheapest, but a pleasant place to be.

If you’re going to go all that way though I’d research it first to make sure the best of the fresh food is on the market.

There is still good food available on Hebden market, and as you mention, plenty of other options as well. 

https://www.visitcalderdale.com/shop-hebden-bridge-open-market

[getdownmonkeyman]

Skipton's Saturday market is well worth a visit.

[Robin Evans]

1 minute ago, getdownmonkeyman said:

Skipton's Saturday market is well worth a visit.

I've done the Christmas Market there and it was impressive. A lovely town too.... 

 

[Wiltshire Warrior Dragon]

23 hours ago, getdownmonkeyman said:

Skipton's Saturday market is well worth a visit.

 

23 hours ago, Robin Evans said:

I've done the Christmas Market there and it was impressive. A lovely town too.... 

 

Mrs WWD wholeheartedly agrees and dismisses with contempt my suggestions that she might be a wee bit biased.  I make this modest observation on the basis that her mum used to run a cafe less than 100 yards off the High Street, and for a time the family lived over it!  It was in that cafe that Mrs WWD and I first met; truly the way to a man's heart is through his stomach!

Darlington had (I hope still has) a good indoor market for fresh food, as did Burnley.  You could buy "stew 'n' 'ard" at the latter.

[Bleep1673]

Thought they were all closed due to Covid?

[Wiltshire Warrior Dragon]

2 minutes ago, Bleep1673 said:

Thought they were all closed due to Covid?

No, certainly not the outdoor ones (though I don't know about indoor ones)  For instance...

Charter Market - Salisbury City Council - Page 510

[Padge]

2 hours ago, Wiltshire Warrior Dragon said:

No, certainly not the outdoor ones (though I don't know about indoor ones)  For instance...

Charter Market - Salisbury City Council - Page 510

Wigan indoor market is open, its rubbish though.

 

[The Hallucinating Goose]

1 hour ago, Padge said:

Wigan indoor market is open, its rubbish though.

 

I see your rubbish Wigan Indoor Market and raise you Trinity Market in Hull, an indoor market that sells only empty shops. 

[Old Frightful]

I think they have a market in the car park at Hull KR's ground every week or so but I think it's mostly cheap tat.

Still, it seems to be fairly productive as regards the Robins' first team signings.

[silverback]

 i really miss my visits to barnsley market, a great place to wander around and upstairs is a super place to enjoy your dinner with lots of options all cooked  the old fashoned  way like they were at school. castleford is a nice indoor market too and best shepards pie you will ever taste on left as you go in.

[Robin Evans]

10 hours ago, silverback said:

 i really miss my visits to barnsley market, a great place to wander around and upstairs is a super place to enjoy your dinner with lots of options all cooked  the old fashoned  way like they were at school. castleford is a nice indoor market too and best shepards pie you will ever taste on left as you go in.

When was the last time you did barnsley market. The new one has changed.... a lot. 

[Bleep1673]

The last decent markets I went to were Borough Market in London, and La Boquera in Barcelona. The rest, as Old Frightful says above, are full of tat, dreadful tat, that's why Salford Market closed down because it was selling knock-off tat. When Salford Market was on Cross Lane, it was wonderful, on the Precinct it very quickly descended into a dreadful den, selling drugs under the counter.

[silverback]

5 hours ago, Robin Evans said:

When was the last time you did barnsley market. The new one has changed.... a lot. 

yep.i only seen it as it was getting finished off,a lot less stalls and from what was said bigger stalls and bigger rents to slim them down. shame as they get coach trips in summer. to be fair halifax as a great market area but not that far north unless your in luton. best outa them so far is Skipton on a farmers market day,great drive out too. My next market when things are sorted is up in  los cristianos mountains with lucky lucky men.

[leptongiant]

Wednesdays or Saturdays at Bury Market

[Futtocks]

2 hours ago, Bleep1673 said:

The last decent markets I went to were Borough Market in London, and La Boquera in Barcelona. The rest, as Old Frightful says above, are full of tat, dreadful tat, that's why Salford Market closed down because it was selling knock-off tat. When Salford Market was on Cross Lane, it was wonderful, on the Precinct it very quickly descended into a dreadful den, selling drugs under the counter.

I do like Borough Market. Yes, there are a few chancers, but that's the same at almost every place. Some of the better stalls have relocated to nearby Maltby Street Market, but that's harder to get to, and Borough still retains many old favourites and good new ones too.

[Oxford]

On 17/01/2021 at 10:46, Gerrumonside ref said:

Hebden Bridge

Yep this one and Bury.

[Robin Evans]

Just need to get covid under control.... then maybe a day out to Skipton.... I love a good market

[Marauder]

 Doncaster market like most other markets has suffered from the birth of the likes of the Range, B & M, etc,  however it is still one of the best in the North, not far from the bus and train station with car parking at the side, it also has many good pubs and cafe's all around it.

http://www.visitdoncaster.com/things-to-do/doncaster-market

 

 

[Robin Evans]

53 minutes ago, Marauder said:

 Doncaster market like most other markets has suffered from the birth of the likes of the Range, B & M, etc,  however it is still one of the best in the North, not far from the bus and train station with car parking at the side, it also has many good pubs and cafe's all around it.

http://www.visitdoncaster.com/things-to-do/doncaster-market

 

 

That's my favourite and I will be there within the hour. The food hall and fish market are still excellent. The traders there have been nowt short of heroic over the last year.

[Marauder]

1 hour ago, Robin Evans said:

That's my favourite and I will be there within the hour. The food hall and fish market are still excellent. The traders there have been nowt short of heroic over the last year.

Scott Jones runs one of the stalls on the fish market, he's been a decent rugby league player over the years.