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Rosanna Morris rounds up May’s antiques fairs and auctions, and brings us her
Northern Ireland 6th Ballyhackamore Art, Antiques and Collectables Fair, St Colmcille’s Church, 191a Upper Newtownards Road, Belfast, BT4 3JB. waringfield.com North & Scotland 7th Ilkley Antiques, Vin
North & Scotland 1st The Country House Gathering, Saltmarshe Hall, Saltmarshe, Howden, East Yorkshire, DN14 7RX. littleenglishhouse.co.uk 2nd Ilkley Antiques, Vintage & Collectables Fair, Clarke Foley
Operated by Living Heritage Country Shows, this fair plays host to over 250 stalls selling handcrafted items and gifts from artists and designers. There’ll be a range of food and drink, plus Christmas
We’ve made a list (and checked it twice) of independent brick-and-mortar shops well worth a visit this holiday season
(and some you might not have thought about)
Birmingham Frankfurt Christmas Market To 24 December 2025 This Brummie behemoth is hailed as the largest Christmas market outside of Germany and Austria. Stalls are centred around New Street and Victo