Markets in Antrim

Sunday mornings at Nutts Corner on the Moira Road

Nutts Corner Sunday Market is at 48 Moira Road, near Crumlin, about ten minutes south of Antrim town. It has traded for around 50 years on part of the old Nutts Corner airfield, beside the roundabout where the A26 meets the A52.

Listings give Sunday hours of about 7am to 4pm, with car boot sellers setting up earlier. Entry has cost about £1. Many stalls are outdoors, so dress for the weather, and check the market's Facebook page before a long drive.

• Household goods, tools and car parts
• Clothes, toys and plants
• Second-hand finds from the car boot rows
• Burger vans and food trucks

Last Saturday of the month at The Junction

The Junction retail park, at 111 Ballymena Road (BT41 4LL) beside the M22, holds an outdoor food and craft market on the last Saturday of every month. The public comes in from 11am to 4pm, and there is parking on site.

Urban Market Retail runs it, and the same team runs a Christmas market at The Junction over a weekend in the second week of December: 11am to 5pm on the Saturday and 12pm to 4pm on the Sunday.

Booking a pitch with Urban Market Retail

Pitches for the monthly market and the Christmas market are booked online on Ticket Tailor. Read the trader notes on each event page before you pay, because the refund rules are different.

• Standard pitch is 3m by 3m
• 3m gazebo included; food trucks bring their own cover
• Bring your own tables; table hire is extra
• Power is extra; bring a 20m cable, no generators
• Set-up from 8am; stay until 4pm
• Monthly: refund up to 21 days before. Christmas: no refunds

Antrim Castle Gardens: plants in April, a garden show in June

The council's Spring Plant Fair fills the gardens on the Randalstown Road on a Saturday in April, with specialist nurseries and growers. The council says entry is free.

Home and Garden Show Ireland follows over a Friday to Sunday in mid-June, with a food village, garden and home stands and local makers. Entry is by ticket.

From late November the Enchanted Winter Garden brings a light trail and a Festive Food Fayre to the same grounds. Book tickets at enchantedwintergarden.com.

Trader forms at Mossley Mill and the showground

For the Spring Plant Fair and the June show, download the trader pack at gardenshowireland.com. Plant fair applications usually close at the end of March, and garden show applications in late April. Questions go to 0300 123 7788 or [email protected].

To trade from your own pitch on a street, contact the council's licensing team at Mossley Mill on 028 9034 0160 or [email protected]. The council does not publish its fees online, so ask when you call.

The Antrim Show usually takes over the Shane's Castle estate on the last Saturday of July, with indoor and outdoor trade stands. Ask about a stand through antrimshow.com.

The 1726 market house on Market Square

Antrim's Old Courthouse on Market Square was built in 1726 as a court above and an arched market hall below. In the 1830s the town held a Thursday market and fairs for cattle and pigs. It is now a small theatre and visitor point.