This is a car boot sale which runs all year round, many of the other car boot sales run from April…read moreor May through the summer months. Thursday is mainly antiques, furniture and hardware, Saturday is the best day in terms of items for sale but it gets extremely busy so get over early otherwise you will be driving around a while to find a parking space. Sunday it runs at the same time as the market and is very small. It's an ok car boot sale but not a favourite of mine to be honest and part of that is location reasons.

The car boot sale at Ford Air Field is held Thursday, which is mainly dealers and antiques,…read moreSaturday is much the same but does include 'family' sellers. The Sunday one is huge now as the market has cut down dramatically. A few dealers as to be expected but loads of family and small sellers. Loads of free parking. [not sure why it says Thorney Island as this one is at Ford,West Sussex]

This amazing flea market sells everything from jewelery to chez longs. A fantastic stop of for…read moregifts, as there's really cheap artwork as well vintage furniture, vinyls and everything in between. This would suit most shoppers as it has proper antiques for collectors along side kitch items to Brighton-up your living space. Situated on Upper St James Street the market is less than a minutes walk to the seafront, Kemptown village and the hubbub of St James Street. It often has interesting window displays, for example a homage to a legendary Brighton drag queen featuring one of her dresses. Coming up to its 20th anniversary the Brighton Flea Market is a must see for any bargain hunters and Brighton bohos.

I used to quite like Brighton Flea Market. Housed in a colourful building in Kemp Town, I was drawn…read morein by the flamboyent paint, the eye-catching window displays and the treasure chest of antique furniture and bric a brac. The last few times I've visited however, I've left empty handed and disappointed. A lot of the stock that was there a few years back is still there and you can pick up similar glassware, silverware and mirrors for cheaper prices elsewhere. If you're looking for a retro oil painting or 1950s to 1990s paraphanelia, it's probably worth popping in. My personal love affair with the place however, has probably ended.

There isn't much you can't get in here, in the way of oddnsods, bitsnbobs, trinkets and TRAUMAS if…read moreyou're clumsy and reckless with your bag!!! As I well know.. I like to collect cups/saucers and there is a great supply to be had here. Prices vary, depends what you want. Parking very good nearby, if not full up..

Lewes reminds me of a cove, or a beach, where the detritus of ages seems to wash up and collect…read morelike driftwood into the numerous antique shops/flea markets/dress agencies/second hand book shops, and so forth. It seems like no one in Lewes ever throws anything away, they just covet it until it gets old enough and then they put it up for sale. The Lewes Flea Market has a similar feel to the Church Hill Antiques centre; set in a building that looks like it may once have been a chapel or something, there are rows and rows of stalls selling small antiques and retro bits and pieces. I'd say that overall the stuff in the Lewes Flea Market a bit more 'junky' than the stuff in Church Hill Antiques, although I mean that in a nice way. They jewellery seems to be, overall, slightly lower quality, and there are more bits of toot, like plastic ornaments and so forth. However, it is huge - there are two floors, and lots of little nooks and crannies. You walk past a corridor lined with books in order to get to a room round the back with large objects and furniture in it, which has two old bicycles strung up from the ceiling. It's very interesting to have a ferret about it. The proliferation of shops like this mean you could very easily live your entire life in Lewes never buying anything new.

This market is better than Portobello because it's where all the dealers go to get their stuff. I…read morefound amazing things here and some of the prices weren't too bad. The only thing I can think of to compare this to is the Alameda Point flea market back home-this market is about half the size of that one but chock full of antique treasures. On 2 separate trips I picked up a georgian paste bracelet, a Welsh victorian funeral dome, a taxidermy squirrel, a really well done French oil painting with a Pre-Raphaelite look, a painting of a dog wearing a soldier's uniform, 2 1920s dresses, 10 new old stock bathing beauty statues for 5 pounds each, and this really cool beaded floral banner that came out of a church. Oh and a super rare french jet tiara circa 1910 that I didn't buy the first time and luckily found again on the second trip-it was even missing a piece and the seller dug around and located the missing piece for me! You really have to get here early as a lot of the good stuff is gone by 8 and some of the dealers even start packing up around then. The nice thing is there is a train station on the other side of the parking lot. If you're staying in London you can take the train direct. If you are not coming from London the train is useless before 8 am and it's better to drive in if possible.

Brighton and Lewes are both rich in these kind of establishments, but I personally feel that Lewes…read moredoes the antiques and oddities side of things so well. This place is a great case in point. The lay out and the feel of the Flea market are as you would expect, stalls and cabinets dividing up a larger space within a splendid Victorian building. Much like Snooper's Paradise or any other flea market. What I think sets this place apart is the stock they seem to keep and the prices that they sell said stock for. There's a brilliant selection not just of retro tat, but fascinating antiques most of which are on sale for the kind of money that any sensible post graduate with a little flare and taste could afford. The staff seems a little mad too, in a good way, rather than quietly shuffling around as you would expect in a standard antiques shop they talk loudly and whiter away about their social life in a way that makes you feel that you can spend a good hour or so here simply to brows. This works very much to their advantage in my opinion as I now know where to turn for any difficult birthdays or Christmases. All in all, if you're enjoying a day wandering about in Lewes or if you are just in town and have the time, this place is definitely worth a visit.

Brighton Flea Market in Kemptown is a great place to visit to wander round for 15 mins or for…read morehours, the place is full of interesting and funky items, it's the first place i go to when buying gifts, I never leave empty handed, the staff are great and always willing to help you out with whatever you are looking for, Was amazed to have my Chest Of Draws delivered the same day Check the place out....it's well worth it....

If you're looking fir antiques, a fantastic street to shop. Or how about upscale clothing, it's a…read morefew streets over, even Free People. I understand Tues and Saturdays are the big market days. We were there in Thursday and loved it less crowded. Loved the experience, got some souvenirs to take home, a Nottinghill Hat!

Such a cute market! Loved all the little vendors and shops. So many different things to see, eat…read moreand buy. Worth a stop if you are in London, also in a cool area!

Snoopers Paradise is amazing. In here you'll find radios from the 60s for £65, vintage pins for…read more50p, vintage leather handbags for £30-65, Authentic Beatles wigs for £70, vintage clothing for £40-70 (this was a bit much tbh, seriously, its a muumuu from the 80s), and mirrors, cookery, records, vintage Dr. Who, and more. My eyes hurt after fifteen minutes trying to soak it all in, so I started at the left of the shop and went up and down the aisles. It's like there's one huge aisle with different stalls on the right and left. Each hanger or cabinet has the stall number on it, like hangers would be labelled stall 29 or something. The shop extends to around four huge rooms. It's huge. And it was very very cool. On the second floor is snoopers attic, which was (in my opinion) overpriced. They were selling used Dr. Martens shoes for £80, the price of new ones. However, their lingerie was extremely vintage and elegantly beautiful, but the clothes spilled over to £60 and I was like nah. I bought some suede gloves for £3.50 and a vintage Who t-shirt for £7.50. Amazing place.

Snoopers Paradise is a must-visit for anyone coming to Brighton. Cluttered and bizarre, the shop…read morehas absolutely no apparent order, with bits and bobs scattered and hidden throughout stretching rooms full to the brim of treasures and, well, crap! There's literally something here for everyone - old furniture, jewellery, boxes of tatty old photographs, vintage clothing. Whatever it is you're looking for, Snooper's Paradise is likely to have it in some form or another. It's also likely to stock everything you're not looking for, which is why I especially love taking a stroll around here. First of all, let me state clearly - if you are not a browser, don't even come inside here. You will hate it. If you get stressed out by sales or TK Maxx, then back away slowly from Snooper's Paradise. It is, sadly, not for you. However if, like me, you love a good hoke around - you'll love this place! Many an afternoon can be spent wandering, trying on ridiculous hats, flicking through old books, pining after beautiful bits of furniture that you can't afford and that wouldn't fit in your flat anyway. It's that sort of place - you can get lost in there for hours, caught up in the wonder of it all! In terms of prices, this is obviously a very mixed bag. Some things are expensive, some things are a penny. Such is the way with big shops like this! That being said, there's always a bargain to be found in here somewhere! The staff are helpful and friendly! It always amazes me how they can find and price things in there without getting utterly frazzled by the sheer volume and randomness of the stock. Get down there and have a good rummage - you'll either love it or you'll hate it!

This good old-fashioned charity shop situated on Kemp Town's St James' Street is certainly not for…read moreeveryone. When comparing it with Oxfam's flashy locally designed clothes just up the road on North Street, or even with the colour co-ordinated rails of Kemp Town's neighbouring charity shops, you may well turn your nose up at this one. It's dark, dingy and disorganised. It can even smell pretty bad. However, if you're not too sneeze-prone and have a bit of time for a good rummage this place is definitely worth a visit. Although maybe don't even bother if you suffer from OCD - with its disarray of items, and seemingly no discerning judge of what makes the shelves, it is hard to resist the temptation to give The Friends Shop a thorough clean and tidy. But for the dedicatedly thrifty amongst us the prices are dirt cheap - all books are 50p for example and clothes much the same. Make a few trips, have a good rummage, and you're sure to find a bargain you'll be proud of. Well, eventually. One of Brighton's hot spots it may not be, but I feel strangely fond of The Friends Shop. It recalls those days of yesteryear before charity shops were popularized by magazines and celebrities, and thus anything vaguely nice always ransacked by an earlier bargain hunter. And with money raised supporting local hospital and healthcare facilities, at least there's one clear excuse for that 'bound to come in handy' item you end up buying.

Before charity shops caught onto the fact that they were sitting on a goldmine of retro treasure,…read moreand hiked up their prices, you could get any number of things for less than 50p. Friends however, still maintains this old school ethos or maybe no-one told them about inflation. Either way, have fun rifling through the rails as bric-a-brac drips from the cluttered walls. There is so much packed into a small space that it takes a surprisingly long time to get around it all. Best of all is that they have already concocted different fancy dress outfits from the random jumble, genius.