Here is a list I maintain of car boots and markets around the Chesterfield area. The car boot season typically runs from around March to September.
Last updated: 26th March 2022
Wednesdays
| Location: Hollingwood BRSA Club ay Hollingwood (S43 2HP) | Type: Car Boot |
| Admission Time: From 06:00 but ideal is 08:30 | Price: FREE |
| Organiser: Treasure Trove Fairs | Info: https://www.facebook.com/Treasuretrovefairs/ |
Comments: It’s around 50 cars with 30% traders – had some brilliant buys. Cheap pricing.
Thursdays
| Location: Hucknall Hucknall Labe (NG6 8AA) | Type: Car Boot |
| Admission Time: From 07:00 | Price: ? |
| Organiser: ? | Info: https://www.facebook.com/Hucknall-Car-Boot-Sale-188624344506251/ |
Comments: This is the same car boot as on a Sunday – sellers tell me it’s quite small.
Fridays
| Location: Pleasley Miner’s Welfare (NG19 7PD) | Type: Car Boot |
| Admission Time: From 07:00 | Price: 50p / person |
| Organiser: Treasure Trove Fairs | Info: https://www.facebook.com/Treasuretrovefairs/ |
Comments: Usually small and not bought anything from there in a long time.
Saturdays
| Location: Ripley B6013 Ripley to Pentrich Road (DE5 3) | Type: Car Boot |
| Admission Time: From 07:00 | Price: £2 / car |
| Organiser: (Same as Tansley?) | Info: https://www.facebook.com/RipleySaturdayCarBoot/ |
Comments: They call it in the “Giant” Car Boot. It does get big. Mainly non-traders. Had car loads of bargains.
| Location: Twin Oaks Twin Oaks Hotel, Pallerton (S44 6UZ) | Type: Car Boot |
| Admission Time: Either 10:00 or 12:15 | Price: £5 / person or £1 / person |
| Organiser: Treasure Trove Fairs | Info: https://www.facebook.com/TwinOaksCarBoot/ |
Comments: This is big. Have to go for the pricey early bird £5 else bargains gone by midday. Good location but the parking in/out is horrendous and a safety hazard. A lot of traders but still had some great bargains from them.
Sundays
| Location: Hucknall Hucknall Lane (NG6 8AA) | Type: Car Boot |
| Admission Time: From 07:00 | Price: ? |
| Organiser: ? | Info: https://www.facebook.com/Hucknall-Car-Boot-Sale-188624344506251/ |
Comments: It’s big but easy to walk around and there are facilities. Cheap pricing. Little bit ‘rough’.
| Location: Tansley (DE55 6DB) | Type: Car Boot |
| Admission Time: From 06:00 | Price: £2.60 / car |
| Organiser: ? | Info: https://www.facebook.com/TansleySundayMarketCarBoot/ https://tansleysundaymarketcarboot.wordpress.com/ |
Comments: Exposed and cold. Big but spread out so quite a trek round. Expensive for sellers so not many bother now and go elsewhere. Never really had any bargains here. It is the most well-known in the area though.
| Location: Rowsley Rowsley Sports Fields (DE4 2EB) | Type: Car Boot |
| Admission Time: From 07:00 | Price: 50p / person |
| Organiser: ? | Info: https://www.facebook.com/BakewellCarboot/ |
Comments: It’s not big but there are usually quality items here. Had some good bargains but in the >£20 range. Quite small. My favourite.
| Location: Bowshaw Near Dronfield (S18 2GB) | Type: Car Boot |
| Admission Time: From 06:00 | Price: £1 / car |
| Organiser: Treasure Trove Fairs | Info: https://www.facebook.com/Treasuretrovefairs/ |
Comments: It’s a good size, well-organised and convenient access. Plenty of bargains and mainly non-traders.
Further Afield
Sometimes I just want to see something different, a car boot with greener grass so I have gone further afield. A shout out to:
Birmingham ‘Eboot’ – massive and well-organised – J9 M42, Birmingham. From 06:00 (£1/person)
https://www.facebook.com/EbootMarketsAndCarBoots and https://www.eboot.co.uk/
Hemswell (DN21 5TJ) – gigantic apparently (yet to visit) – open year round from 06:30 on Sundays –
https://www.hemswellmarket.co.uk/