Muesli Mountain is great- if you haven't yet stumbled across it, I suggest you check it out pronto!…read moreHidden away in a yard behind Queen's Park Rd, it is essentially a mini open market, with stalls selling all sorts of yummy food and interesting arts and crafts produced locally. The ethos is basically local local local! It's a really lovely alternative place to pick up freshly made bread (from the Lighthouse bakery) and organic fruit and veg. At the moment there is a stall selling and renting (!) live Xmas trees in pots and there is also a great selection of Christmassy gift ideas. You can even pick up sustainably sourced logs and kindling for lovely winter open fires. The market is open every day except Sunday and if you live in the Hanover area it's a really great resource. Even if you live further afield, Muesli Mountain is worth a trek. It is an inspired project with a lovely atmosphere- one of those little gems that makes you so grateful you live in Brighton.

Think Local, Buy Local, BE Local…read more As straplines go, Museli Mountain Market's is short, sweet and spot on. Run by a team of Hanover residents, it's an open market that aims to provide other locals with a space to meet, chat and learn how to be more sustainable. There's fresh organic fruit, salad and vegetables from local farms and allotments, gorgeous bread from Lighthouse Bakery and store cupboard essentials like pasta, rice, flour and cereals. They also sell local seeds and plants, cleaning products and Ecover refills. As a girl with a sweet-tooth, my only grumble is the lack of fresh and tasty, locally baked cakes!

Every Saturdays, from 7 am to 5pm, on Upper Gardner Street there is a lot of independent stalls…read morethat sell everything from secondhand books, antiques, records, clothes to street food and vegetables. Every time I go there I usually manage to find and buy a vintage cookery book. I have now four cookery books, they were published between 1911 and 1970. On Upper Gardner Street there is also a very big two storey antique shops which I really like: North Laine Antique & Fleamarket, it is the perfect place to find old fashioned plates and cups of tea for example.

The best thing about this market is it has such a variety of stalls, which makes it much more fun…read moreto walk around than if it was just fashion or organic vegetables. This street really does come alive every Saturday with sellers and prospective buyers. I sometimes wonder how these people have the energy to move larger items like bookcases and tables from place to place, especially first thing in the morning. You've got to have a passion for it is all I can say. Personally I'm a fan of perusing the vintage jewellery, the second hand books and records, the retro clothes stalls and the cakes!

You cannot find a better place in Brighton to buy all your fruit and veg - when you compare it to…read morehow much you'd spend in a supermarket; it's a LOT less. I bought fresh purple sprouting broccoli, nectarines, pack choi, coriander - so much more I filled my entire rucksack with fresh produce and spent only £6. There is a great butchers, fresh egg stall, french patisserie bread show and lots of other little quirky independent shops - I strongly recommend everyone to take a trip and see how much more enjoyable and how much cheaper it is than shopping in a supermarket!

I love the Open Market, although I feel its days may sadly be numbered, as it seems to get less and…read moreless popular. Stalls here are fixed mini-shops rather than traditional outdoor type market stalls. Stalls here cover a wide range. There are traditional food market stalls - selling fish, meat, cheese and more. Then there are a couple of general, messy second hand bric a brac stalls. There are stalls selling plants and flowers, and at certain times, Christmas trees, two second hand bike shops, and a free book exchange. I would love to see the place revived by the council, perhaps with some temporary stalls to mix things up a bit, and longer opening hours. In these recession-bitten times, that seems unlilkely.

With a short but vivid stint as a teenager in both fresh and packaged fish factories (I did a…read morecouple of summers at a pea factory too, terrible business it was), the smell of fish has been something of a smelling salt of to a laborious past best forgotten. But now I can't get enough of it, same with olives, I will just stand in front of stalls and counters inhaling the glorious aromas. Sid down on stall 1, as you would expect, is a connoisseur. I like to stop by and he recommends me a fish of the week. I've been branching out and enjoying Grouper and Red Snapper lately, both new to me. Sid is only there a couple of days a week no, so try and make it down soon.

From March to October every year, the area directly infront of the West Pier becomes a hive of…read moreactivity as street traders set up a selection of street stalls selling everything from sunglasses, hats and CDs to sustainable fashion garments. Arts and crafts lovers should note, there's usually a couple of stalls selling ceramics, photographs and canvases too, though my personal tip is to check out the different jewellery stalls. I've picked up some lovely rings and bracelets here over the years. Tourists should note, the market is open weekends and bank holidays only from March to early June but usually runs seven days a week throughout the summer holiday season. The fact it's open air and there's no electronics, means it's cash only and everything is sold-as-seen. Happy browsing!

The sun has got his hat on, Hip hip hip hooray!…read more The sun has got his hat on And he's coming out to play. That little ditty perhaps goes most part of the way to describing how I feel about the West Pier market. The perfect balance between touristy paintings of west pier at sunset and genuinely interesting bits and bobs, this little set of stalls has a distinctly festival feel about it. Last summer, while sauntering through the stalls on a lazy hung over afternoon, I picked up a peaked US military style hat that proved invaluable for the rest of the year. It cost me a mere five pounds and after a bit of customising with some big scissors it looked awesome. So awesome in fact that when at the end of the year I went away travelling, Yelp's very own Mike F took care of it for me and made it his own. No more hat for me, he looks rather good in it too. It's not all cheap hats and hangovers though. There's a stall selling a brilliant selection of second hand books - ideal if that's your thing but you don't want to spend your summer in the dark basement bookshops of Brighton. There are also some really beautiful jewellery stalls that give the place the festival atmosphere I mentioned earlier.

So, I waited a day before writing this, because I didn't want my frustrating experience to sour…read morewhat is essentially, a really great service. On Tuesdays, a fresh fruits and vegetables market is located outside Falmer House. Everything is really high quality, and the selection is quite vast: guava, mango, aubergines, avocado, bean sprouts, several types of apples and pears....It's the exact opposite of the produce usually found on campus. Prices are really reasonable...Sort of between Sainsbury's and Asda prices, if that helps. A cucumber is 50p. Four apples for £1. Romaine lettuce £1.25...etc. Now, the frustrating part. I'm not sure how long the market has been around, but each week it reminds me of a family setting up a yard sale for the first time EVER. I think it officially opens at 11am (people are shopping by that time, anyway) but signs and prices aren't up, the cash registers may or may not be ready, and there is always a shortage of change. Two weeks in a row my £5 note has been rejected. Rejected! I waited until noon yesterday, and the lady working the cash register was unable to find £3 in change. Someone had gone to get some, she told me. Possibly she could have gone before opening the market? Alright, I feel my frustration is returning so... In summary - fresh and delicious fruit and veg. Reasonable prices. Go late. Bring change.

When this market first opened in 2007/2008, I used to come every week because of the good value…read moreoffers and prices that were usually on offer. Over time however, I discovered that the value really wasn't that good as most of the food tends to rot pretty quickly, and unfortunately the prices have risen considerably faster than inflation. I still come here occasionally but the 20 minute queues and a lack of change for any form of note means that the market doesn't really offer any form of convenience. Still, it is useful addition to the campus shopping experience. As somebody who no longer lives on campus however, I'll stick with my local green grocer, or Sainsburys...