The Bradley Stoke Journal

Thrifty shoppers have their last final chance of the year to grab a bargain at the Trench Lane Car Boot Sale this Sunday (25th September 2011).

The immensely popular sale, which attracts hundreds of sellers and thousands of buyers, runs from May to September at the Trench Lane site [map], opposite the entrance to Woodlands Golf & Country Club.

With last week’s sale having to be cancelled due to poor weather, the final sale of 2011 looks set to attract a bumper crowd.

Organisers have told The Journal that they are confident the event will go ahead after several days of drying weather this week.

UPDATE (Sunday 9am): Sale is ON, despite some showers this morning.

The Trench Lane sale is expected to resume in May 2012, subject to the event’s licence being renewed by South Gloucestershire Council.

Car boot sale addicts unable to wait until next year have the option of attending other regular sales over the winter months at Bristol Wholesale Fruit Market (Saturdays) and Easter Compton (Sundays). More details of these and other car boot sales in the Bristol area can be found on the Markets page of our online Directory of Local Services in and around Bradley Stoke.

Know of other car car boot sales going on in the Bristol area? Drop us a line to let us know!

A popular car boot sale that takes place near Bradley Stoke is to re-open for the 2011 season at the beginning of May.

The Trench Lane Boot Sale, held on Sundays on a farmland site opposite the entrance to Woodlands Golf Club [map], will open for the first time this year on Sunday 1st May 2011.

Despite concerns about “heavy handed marshalling” at the boot sale being raised by police and Council officers prior to a licensing meeting in February,  an administrative blunder by South Gloucestershire Council meant that the sale had already had its licence renewed for 2011 before the meeting took place.

Speaking to The Journal, the organiser of the Trench Lane sale claimed that the issues raised in the Council’s report resulted from malicious complaints made by supporters of a rival boot sale.

He added that the sale’s 2011 licence allows ‘traders’ (as distinct from private individuals) to operate at the venue, a change from previous years.

Read on for details of opening times and stall holder charges »

The popular Trench Lane car boot sale faces being refused a trading licence by South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) after local police objected on the grounds that the public might be subjected to “force, fear or harm [following] numerous public order complaints emanating from the site”.

The boot sale, which has taken place on the site opposite Woodlands Golf Club for over ten years (although it has only been officially licensed since 2003), runs every Sunday from early May to late September.

A report to be discussed by SGC’s Licensing Sub-Committee next Tuesday (15th February) states that, during the  2010 season, “numerous complaints were made to both the police and the Licensing Department in relation to the alleged heavy handedness of the marshalling team who conduct traffic direction within the parking area of the site.”

The report details five complaints of “threatening, abusive and insulting behaviour” by marshals during the 2010 season with two of the alleged incidents occurring in the presence of young children.

Continue reading for details of other complaints »

Thrifty buyers will be flocking to the Trench Lane Car Boot Sale, near Bradley Stoke, for the last time in 2010 tomorrow (Sunday 26th September).

The immensely popular sale, which attracts hundreds of sellers and thousands of buyers, runs from May to September at the Trench Lane site [map], opposite the entrance to Woodlands Golf & Country Club.

With fine weather forecast, a bumper crowd can be expected for the final sale of the season.

Boot sale regulars need not be too despondent as the same organisers also run a sale at Rodford, between Yate and Westerleigh, starting on 3rd October 2010 and continuing every Sunday thereafter until further notice.

The Rodford sale runs from 9am to 2am; sellers’ cars are charged at £6, vans £10. All visitors are required to pay 50p at the gate.

Related links:

• Markets in and around Bradley Stoke
• Weather Forecast for Bradley Stoke

A popular car boot sale that takes place near Bradley Stoke is to re-open for the 2009 season this weekend.

The Trench Lane Boot Sale, held on Sundays on a farmland site opposite the entrance to Woodlands Golf Club [map], will open for the first time this year on Sunday 3rd May.

The site opens to sellers and buyers at 7am and trading goes on until around 3pm. Sellers are charged £7 for a  car or £10 for a van.

On a smaller scale, Holy Family Church at Patchway Roundabout is holding a one-off boot sale on Monday (4th May) between 10am and 2pm. Sellers will be charged £5 for a car and £8 for a van.

Related Link: Markets in Bradley Stoke (The Journal)