This weekend, Saturday 30th & Sunday 31st May 2009, it’s the giant Wetherby Racecourse Antiques Fair organised by Jaguar Fairs.
This antique fair is an indoor and outdoor event so fingers crossed for some dry and sunny weather! Based within and around the brand new exhibition centre at the racecourse at Wetherby the fair is usually well signposted and easy to find.
Entrance is from 8am on Saturday with an entrance fee of £4 for adults. From 9am on Saturday the entrance fee is reduced to £3 for the remainder of the weekend.
Jaguar Fairs organiser several other antiques fairs including the Derby University Antique Fair and the Antiques In The Park antiques event at Kedleston Hall.
For further information about all of these antiques events please see the organisers website here:
www.jaguarfairs.com/wetherby
This weekend, Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th March 2009, it’s time for the giant Wetherby Racecourse Antique Fair organised by Jaguar Fairs.
This two-day antique event takes place at the Wetherby Racecourse in Wetherby, Yorkshire. It is based within and around the new racecourse exhibition centre – so lets hope for some nice sunny weather to bring out those outside stallholders!
You’ll find a mixture of items at this fair from small collectables, china, pottery and glass to small items of furniture and other varied collectables.
The fairs opens at 8am on Saturday when entrance is £4. From 9am onwards the entrance fee is reduced to £3 for the remainder of the weekend. There is ample free parking and the centre has good new facilities.
Jaguar Fairs organises several Antique & Collectors fairs including the massive Keddleston Hall Antiques Fair and the Derby University Antiques Fair. For full details of this weekends antique fair and the other fairs Jaguar Fairs organise please visit their website here:
http://www.jaguarfairs.com/wetherby
Anyone wanting a drive out next weekend could always visit the Jaguar Fairs Giant Wetherby Racecourse Antique Fair that’s on from Saturday 27th September to Sunday 28th September 2008.
Based in and around the new exhibition centre at the Wetherby racecourse it certainly has better facilities than the old fair used to!
Entrance to the fair costs £4 before 9am on Saturday and £3 for the remainder of the weekend.
As the Kedleston Hall antique fair was cancelled it’s worth keeping an eye on the weather and checking the Jaguar Fairs website before travelling just to ensure the fair is still scheduled to go ahead.
Jaguar Fairs operate a number of antique fairs including Kedleston Hall and Derby University. For full details of the Wetherby Racecourse fair and the other fairs that Jaguar Fairs run please see their website:
http://www.jaguarfairs.com/
I went down to the Wetherby Racecourse Antique & Collectors Fair run by Jaguar Fairs yesterday, Saturday 16th August, and I must say I was a little disappointed.
I arrived at about half past seven (trade is from 8am) but everyone was allowed in, entrance fees being £4 until 9am then £3 for the rest of the weekend. To say I was there from the start there were very few people walking round and the quality of the stock seems to have gone downhill with very few pieces catching my eye.
The racecourse has had some new exhibition buildings built and the fair is now housed inside these instead of the marquees it used to be in. The stalls are mainly scattered throughout two buldings with a couple of small side areas, slightly disjointed but easily located with the help of the bright yellow signs put up by the organisers. There are still some outside stalls dotted around the buildings and in the field near the entrance. The toilet facilities however are far better than they used to be!
I was hoping the new buildings would have added a new lease of life to the fair but it doesn’t seem to have worked out that way. As I left it was starting to spot with rain and today’s weather forecast is even worse so how much better the fair got I can only guess!
