Car Boot Sales
Car Boot Sales are held every Saturday, subject to field conditions, from Spring to Autumn. Sellers are admitted for £10 per car. Early Buyers admitted before 12 Noon at a cost of £5. Buyers are admitted at 12 noon for £1 per person.
For up to date information including cancellation, please refer to this page or visit our dedicated car boot sale Facebook page. See below for Frequently Asked Questions.
Keep watching this page or visit our Facebook page for further updates
Sellers cars: £10
Sellers vans: £15
Sellers large vans: £20
Buyers (from 12 noon): £1
Early buyers (before 12pm): £5
The field is reasonably flat and cut (good enough for youth football). It’s a very nice setting with trees and hedging on three sides, and the Elm Court Centre on the fourth. There are indoor toilets and an outdoor snack bar with seating, selling teas/coffees, hot dogs, sandwiches etc.
Please note there is a maximum height limit on vehicles of 2 metres (6′ 6″).
Frequently Asked Questions
This year after listening to feedback we have decided to streamline our early buyer process. This will allow early buyers to not rush sellers and have access from before12pm for a cost of £5.
Elm Court Youth and Community Centre, a registered charity, takes most of the proceeds from the seller fees. The money is used to maintain and enhance the Centre. The good cause staffing the gate and field keep the proceeds from the buyers and a small proportion from the seller fees. The good cause running the snack bars keep all their profits and a small proportion from the seller fees.
The field can get pretty full, so to be fair to everyone we limit the pitch length to 6 metres (20 feet) - that's over 3 normal pasting tables end to end. If you want more space, then just let the field staff know, then you pay £1/metre over the 6 metre.
Trailers are charged extra at the rate of £1/wheel on the trailer.
We feel that large vans detract from what we promote - people buying and selling pre-loved items on a small scale. Also, heavier and bigger vans cause the field more damage. At the entrance to the field we have a low tree, and the entrance to the Centre has a height restriction bar.
No, please bring your own.
No. We do not take bookings. If we're full, and this has only happened five times in 20 years, we give free entry vouchers for future sales to those we have to turn away.
Unless the field is also waterlogged (see below), rain does not cause the sale to be cancelled.
With a waterlogged field the sale will be cancelled. Sales are usually cancelled either the evening before or around 9am on the morning of the sale. We try to give as much notice as possible, but you must understand that the field can be dry until the Friday evening, then rain all night, and then be waterlogged in the morning. You can phone 01707 659602 for 24hr info, but we prefer if you phone outside 9am to 1pm, Mon-Fri. We will also update this page.
All the normal car boot stuff provided it is legal.
The following items are not allowed:
• Bottled, canned & hot drinks, and fresh food because the snack bar good cause have the monopoly.
• Guns, including replicas and those that fire plastic pellets, and "weapon" knives.
* snap bangs and silly string
• Alcohol, tobacco and vapes
