Car Boot Sales in East Sussex

East Sussex has 8 car boot sales in the directory across 3 towns, the busiest being Wealden (4), Brighton (2) and Rother (2), each with its day, opening times, entry fee, pitch price and a map. That includes 2 markets alongside the 6 regular car boot sales. 5 run on a Sunday, 1 on a Saturday and 2 during the week.

3 of the 8 sales listed publish no closed season; 4 more are inside a published season today. Each card shows which.

25% are free for buyers to enter and 1 is indoors or under cover. 2 of the 8 sales listed in East Sussex are free for buyers. The 5 that charge ask 50p to £1 per adult, typically 80p. Use the entry filter to show free sales only. Sellers typically pay £10 a pitch, more for a van or trailer; the exact price is on each listing. 5 of the sales run seasonally, typically April to October, and the rest are listed as year-round. The next sale in East Sussex is expected on Friday 11 September.

Buyers are usually let in around 7am, with sellers on site from about an hour before. Use the day tabs to see what is on today, this weekend or on a bank holiday, pick a town below, or open the map to see every venue at once.

Brighton Racecourse is the county's all-year Sunday sale, open to buyers between 10.30am and 4pm for 80p with early passes available and £10 car pitches. Pevensey Bay Boot Sale on the A259 runs every Sunday through the summer from April to mid-September at 50p, and Halland near Uckfield charges 50p per car. Hove Carboot is a newer fortnightly sale in a school ground that opened in May 2026 with pre-booked pitches.

Locals say boot sale or boot fair: Elm Tree Bootsale at Icklesham near Rye tops Google's local results and calls itself one of the largest in Sussex, and Hailsham's cattle market site holds a boot fair every Friday from 6am with cars at £8. The Mega Car Boot Sale at Sayers Common and Poynings ranks for East Sussex queries but is over the West Sussex border. Field sites here generally run April to October, so Brighton Racecourse is the winter option. Rye's market and the Uckfield nearly-new sale are listed alongside the boot sales.

Locally these are usually called boot fairs or boot sales; both mean the same event as a car boot sale. Our boot fairs page explains the term and lists every sale in the directory that uses it.