Stonham Barns Sunday Car Boot & The Spring Craft Market on 30th March 2025

Stonham Barns Sunday Car Boot & The Spring Craft Market on 30th March 2025

The weather was touch and go last Sunday but there was another amazing turn out of buyers despite this and the ones that sold would have done well. This weekend we have The Spring Craft Market running at the same time so a double crowd expected and a great one to sell at. Don’t forget that the clocks change so we lose an hours sleep. 7am onwards is the norm for sellers.

So come & enjoy the special atmosphere at Stonham Barns Sunday Car Boot. It’s unlike all other car boots, full of amazing bargains and is the friendliest in Suffolk.

As usual no booking is needed to sell at the Car Boot so just turn up on the day.

Covered stalls are available for any Sunday/Bank Holiday so text early to book one of the 20. The Covered stalls offer a guaranteed spot on the main field close to food and toilets, have an overhead cover plus a table-top and are only £13. Text 07817539168 to reserve one, Everyone else can just turn up on the day and sell from £7.

New Prices for 2025 are as below:
My apologies but we haven’t increased for years and we are still below all other Suffolk Car Boots. The Gazebos are now charged plus you can choose to take extra space but it means an extra cost - the equivalent of paying as if you have a trailer on the back (or 2 cars space - £10 for a car for example).

Cars £7, Small Vans £8.50 (still), Cars with trailers £10, Small Vans with trailers £11.50, Large Vans £13, Large Vans with Trailers £16, Cars with Gazebos £10, Covered stalls £13, Huge Vans £16.

Events run at the same time as the Car Boot so a bigger crowd always expected. This Sunday is The Spring Craft Market on 30th March 2025 and we have lots more coming up which I’ll advertise as we get nearer to them. The first Bank Holiday is 21st April (Monday) so we will be open Sunday 20th & Monday 21st April - covered stalls available for both days. You can book these now.

Come & sell from only £7 or buy for FREE.

Thursday Car Boot – All sellers £7 (all vehicles)
We’ve had some great crowds and lots of dedicated sellers eager to make the Thursday work. We go again this year (which I’ll announce once we get started on the Sundays) and we’ll advertise even more. It takes time to get a new Car Boot to start, which I know very well, having started the Sunday Car Boot some 15 years ago. We will persevere and go again this year. Again we will need the support of everyone that wants a Thursday Car Boot and that’s more the buyers as we have plenty of eager sellers.

We are still the best priced & still the friendliest Car Boot in Suffolk so come & sell from only £7 (all vehicles) and still free parking & buying & everyone welcome to just turn up and have a look around as there’s so much to do at Stonham.

I've had a few questions about when we actually start. We always used to start at 8am and most people do still turn up at 8/8.30 but, we do get people arriving stupidly early onwards. So, it's really up to you. 7 onwards is sensible. We have enough space for everyone. Earliest arrival is from 5.30am but most sensibly turn up from 7am.

We now have a licence allowing all Plant/Bulb Sellers or in fact any Gardening sellers to sell at the Car Boot. So NO RESTRICTIONS at all with any Gardening items. This is great news as I've had to turn so many people away. This is already bringing in a lot more sellers/buyers to Stonham. So, come and sell every Sunday. We are expecting some of the big plant and bulb sellers to start selling soon.

The Covered stalls are unique - these offer some shade to sellers as well as a tabletop & protection against wind & rain. These guarantee a main field position near to toilets and food/drinks. You pull behind them, set up and sell and pack up and leave at the end of the day.

Everyone else wishing to sell at Stonham can just turn up on the day. We are still the cheapest in Suffolk so you can just turn up from 7am and sell and that’s every Sunday & Bank Holiday Mondays from March to October & now Thursdays too (when open). We are also lucky to benefit from regular events at Stonham where the Car Boot crowd is often doubled & that’s on top of a very big buying crowd.

Everyone loves Stonham as its unbeatable when the weather is good. It has a great atmosphere and a knowledgeable friendly crowd made up of all ages. Families young and old, dog friendly and it caters for the disabled.

We let Buyers in at the same time as sellers but – please allow me to get everyone into position so please don’t hinder this and please don’t stand behind cars whilst they unload. No one is going to jump in and buy before you as it just isn’t that kind of car boot. The reason we have become so popular is because we don’t have people harassing sellers. If anyone oversteps their mark we will stop buyers entering the field until gone 7am.

We are outdoors only but offer covered stalls.

Stonham Barns Car Boot every Sunday & Bank Holiday Mondays and when we start again Thursdays too.

07817539168 for much more information on the Car Boot or stonhambarnscarboot@hotmail.co.uk

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