The Redcar car boot sale is one of the best car boots in North Yorkshire, with hundreds of sellers and thousands of buyers, taking place every Sunday at The Redcar Racecourse. It runs from 10:30 am to 16:30 pm, with seller entry starting at 10:30 am and buyer entry starting at 13:00 pm.
Seaham Sunday Car Boot Sale is a weekly car boot sale located on the Seaham coast in the North East of England. It is considered one of the biggest car boot sales in the country and runs every Bank Holiday Monday and Sunday from March to October.
Please be aware on a Sunny day the carboot can be full for sellers by around 8am on a Sunday morning. Trading hours between 9am and 12:00pm, with entry allowed onto the grounds from 8:30am.
The pitches at Scorton Car Boot overspill into out-buildings and hard standing areas around the building. It is open to the public Every Sunday from 8am to Midday. There is a regular car boot sale held every Sunday at Scorton Car Boot between 7pm and Midday.
It is an offence to hold a temporary market, or permit your land to be used for a temporary market, without giving notice. If you do so, you can be fined up to £2,500.
Please bring CASH with you. We do not accept payment by card for entry to the boot. It's very rare for any sellers to accept payment by card, but recently more and more customers expect to use a card. It'a car boot sale – cash is king!
About Seaham Sunday Car Boot Sale: Seaham Sunday Car Boot Sale is a weekly car boot sale located on the Seaham coast in the North East of England. It is considered one of the biggest car boot sales in the country and runs every Bank Holiday Monday and Sunday from March to October.
We run at least two car boots a week, every week through the whole year. In the winter we do car boots on Saturday and Sunday and in the Spring, Summer and Autumn you can catch up with the action every week on Tuesday and Friday as well as Saturday and Sunday.
When to arrive – Some car boot 'experts' suggest that you should visit a car boot sale both at opening time, to view the best items before they are snapped up, and then again at the end, to offer cash that sellers can't refuse if they want to avoid taking everything home.
Bric-a-brac, clothes, books and toys are all car boot sale staples. However, it can be surprising what sells well, so even if you think an item is not worth anything, it may be worth bringing it along. You should avoid spending all of your profits on buying more items from other sellers.
How much to charge for clothes at a car boot sale?
Car boot sales are known as a place to pick up bargains. If your asking price is too high you are unlikely to make many sales. A rough guide for pricing is to sell items at 10-15% of the original value. Obviously, this depends on the condition of the item but don't expect huge numbers from individual items.
What are you not allowed to sell at a car boot sale?
Fire Arms, Knives, Tobacco, Alcohol and Controlled Substances, Unless fully licensed to do so, with permission from National Car Boot sale organisers, it is strictly forbidden to sell any of the above items and any items that may fall into the above categories.
Fire Arms, Knives, Tobacco, Alcohol and Controlled Substances, Unless fully licensed to do so, with permission from National Car Boot sale organisers, it is strictly forbidden to sell any of the above items and any items that may fall into the above categories.
Buyers visit car boot sales to bag a bargain, so if you have any designer or high-end items, consider selling those online instead to get a better price.
Bric-a-brac, clothes, books and toys are all car boot sale staples. However, it can be surprising what sells well, so even if you think an item is not worth anything, it may be worth bringing it along.
The flea markets, second hand markets and car boot sales are very popular in France especially in the summer and before Christmas, in fact, that's an understatement – it seems to be the national pastime to spend weekends visiting the different types of second hand markets.
As an antique dealer who regularly attended antique fairs Barry Peverett saw the potential of bringing this idea to the UK ultimately organising the first large non charity boot fair at Nepicar farm in Kent in September 1980 with fellow organisers Mr Harold Woolley and Mr John Powell.
