Markets
Located in the Market Place are the weekly Monday and Friday Charter Markets, the monthly Arts & Crafts Market and the Farmers’ Market, held on the 2nd & 4th Saturday of the month as well as a number of speciality markets.
December Highlights
It’s a month of indoor and outdoor Christmas Markets right up until Christmas Eve. There’ll be a festive feel to our Farmers’ Markets and the Charter Markets are open as usual except the 27th and 30th December. We kick off the month with day 2 of our annual supersized Advent Market offering over 150 stalls, with lots of different traders from Saturday’s Advent Market. For more details visit our Christmas In Cirencester page.
**Road closures will be in place between 5:30pm on Friday 29th November to midnight on Sunday 1st December**
Cirencester Indoor Market’s Christmas Markets run from Sunday 24th November right up until Christmas Eve, 10am to 5pm (earlier close on Christmas Eve). On the Market Place, Christmas Markets take place on the 7th & 8th December with entertainment and music and Christmas Gift Markets, delivered by Cotswold Markets, continue into December on various….each will have something different to offer!
2024 Snowman Trail
Don’t forget to complete our Snowman Trail as you check out our fabulous local shops…will you find them all and decipher the Christmas themed word? The trail ends on the 5th January. Entry forms will be available from the Cirencester Local Information Centre, Bingham House and at all the businesses hosting a snowman, entries will also be accepted online. Drop off your completed entries at Bingham House to be entered into a prize draw. Our thanks to Trove Gems for sponsoring this year’s trail, all our snowmen hosts, and the local businesses who’ve donated prizes.
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The charter and farmers markets are managed by Cotswold Markets Ltd on behalf of the Town Council. Applications for a market stall should be made via Cotswold Markets Ltd Website. For all new trader enquiries please contact Dave Joynes, Managing Director on 01608 652662 or via trade@cotswoldmarkets.com. Contact the Town Council’s markets team via markets@cirencester.gov.uk or call 01285 655646. Market and Events Operators, independent traders or anyone wishing to use Cirencester Market Place must agree to the Markets terms & conditions - terms and conditions.
Trading
How we licence markets - Getting Permission to hold a market, fair or event.
To ensure the town’s markets can continue to thrive, we license markets and other events where goods, foods or drinks are sold, whether commercially or for charitable purposes. These powers result from the granting of Market Charters, some of which date from medieval times which protected the rights of local traders from rival markets within six and two third miles from their own stalls.
Today these powers extend to our existing markets and are statutory rights to authorise, control and even prevent external events via the granting of chargeable market licences for both regular and one-off markets, or any similar events where there are multiple sellers and buyers coming together.
We also have a duty to ensure markets are safe and comply with legislation covering Trading Standards, Environmental Health and Consumer Rights and to avoid duplication or too many markets taking place in one locality.
If you would like to hold a one off or an occasional market, fair or car boot in Cirencester, you must apply for a licence from the Town Council. Your application must be received at least 28 days before your event is due to take place. Even if the fair or market is on private land, you must get permission if the public can access your event. If you don’t, both you and the landowner could be prosecuted.
If you would like to hold a market within the area please contact our Markets team at markets@cirencester.gov.uk.