Swinderby

What's Swinderby Fair like ?, I have been to newark a few yrs ago , we might take in the two in august

Swinderby is a vast fair spread over a huge,disused airfield,it attracts sellers and buyers from all over Europe and lately there have been lots of buyers from Japan.
I would recommend paying the extra to get in on trade day as Swinderby is more of a traders dealing fair than one for the punters.
A word of warning though, you have to accept that there will be a lot of what they class as "home decor" otherwise known as cheap modern crap.

Muchas gracias Dan, if we go it will be for the 4 days .

I was told by a trader who stands at Swinderby that the next one (4th of August) will be the last Swinderby ever

I confirmed this on the organiser's website, from October 6th the fair will be held at the Lincolnshire showground which has B road access so if you want to go then I suggest you hire a helicopter!

Oh, excellent - last I heard they didn't get the Showground venue. Something about the owners not wanting the turf trampled and ruined.

Pound signs must have since swayed them.

Oh well, we booked from monday 3rd -4 nights in ibis lincoln, so quite close to both fairs , just hope this rain stops for a wee while ,.

ibis?

Runcorn Rd. off whisby Rd. Ln6 3qz, it is cheap and easy access to both swinderby and newark fairs .

Lincoln is worth a look,a friend of mine sells his pottery near the museum,the crystal glaze is extraordinary

Ok Dan , Cheers will check it out ,

http://www.hemswell-antiques.com/

there are 6 large antiques centers on an old RAF base close to Lincoln too, on Sundays the base is also the venue for a huge carboot sale

Gracias

Ed & I will both be at Swinderby next week,is anyone else planning to go?

big ed wrote:Oh well, we booked from monday 3rd -4 nights in ibis lincoln, so quite close to both fairs , just hope this rain stops for a wee while ,.

the forecast is for heavy rain on Tuesday so I'll go alone on Wednesday and save £27.00