Open today expected MarketHailsham Friday Market and Boot Fair Verified
Hailsham, South East · BN27 2AG
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, 2 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 4 that charge ask 50p to £1 per adult, typically 90p. Use the entry filter to show free sales only. Sellers typically pay £9 a pitch, more for a van or trailer; the exact price is on each listing. 5 of the sales run seasonally, typically May to October, and the rest are listed as year-round. The next sale in East Sussex is expected on Friday 2 October.
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.
By the stall estimates on our listings, Halland Carboot Sale in Wealden is the largest car boot sale we list in East Sussex, at around 50 pitches. The others below are ranked the same way.
Our 8 sales in East Sussex are spread across these towns; each town page lists its sales with a map.
See which East Sussex sales are on this weekend or this Sunday, with any cancellations named.
4 sales in East Sussex have a date this weekend (Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 October). Dates marked on each card as expected follow the organiser's regular pattern; the rest are published by the organiser.
3 of the 8 sales we list in East Sussex publish no closed season, so they are the ones still running between November and March. 1 is held indoors or under cover. Outdoor sales can still be called off for frost or a waterlogged field, so check the next date on the card.
Sales in East Sussex run on Saturday (2), Sunday (5), Thursday (1) and Friday (1). The national day pages list every sale in the UK on that day of the week.
Open today expected MarketHailsham, South East · BN27 2AG
Tomorrow expected Small outdoorWealden, South East · BN8 6PG
Sun 4 Oct expected Large outdoorPolegate, South East · BN26 6QN
Sun 4 Oct expected Large outdoorHove, South East · BN3 1RP
Sun 4 Oct expected Large outdoorBrighton, South East · BN2 9XZ
Thu 8 Oct expected MarketRother, South East · TN31 7AW
Sun 11 Oct expected Large outdoorIcklesham, South East · TN36 4BH
Sun 1 Nov expected Indoor & outdoorWealden, South East · TN22 1AE
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We list 6 car boot sales in East Sussex, plus 2 markets, each with its day, opening times, entry fee, pitch prices and a map. Every one is checked by a person before it goes live.
Sunday: 5 of the 8 sales listed in East Sussex run on a Sunday, 2 on a Saturday and 2 midweek. Check each listing for its exact day and any bank holiday extras.
Most East Sussex sales open to buyers between 7am and 9am and wind down by early afternoon. Sellers usually arrive an hour earlier to set up. Every listing shows the opening times for buyers and sellers.
2 of the 8 sales listed in East Sussex are free for buyers. The 4 that charge ask 50p to £1 per adult, typically 90p. Use the entry filter to show free sales only. Sellers typically pay £9 a pitch, more for a van or trailer; the exact price is on each listing.
Outdoor sales may cancel if the ground is waterlogged, so check the organiser's website or social media on the morning. 1 of the sales in East Sussex is indoors or under cover and runs whatever the weather.
In East Sussex both boot fair and boot sale are in everyday use, and organisers advertise under either name. They are the same event, whichever name is on the sign: sellers pay for a pitch and sell from a car or van, and buyers pay a small amount at the gate or nothing. Our boot fairs page explains where in the country each word is used.
5 car boot sales in East Sussex have a regular Sunday schedule, most opening to buyers around 7am. The this Sunday page lists only those with a confirmed date this coming Sunday, sorted by distance once you add a postcode.
Yes. 1 of the 8 sales listed in East Sussex is indoors or under cover, so it can run whatever the weather and usually all year round. Use the venue filter above, or see every UK indoor car boot sale on one page.
Going by visitor reviews on this site, the best-known sales in East Sussex are Bramley Farm Bootfairs, Brighton Racecourse Car Boot Sale and Elm Tree Bootsale, Icklesham. Size varies week to week, so check each listing's pitch count, photos and reviews before choosing.
Halland Carboot Sale in Wealden is the biggest car boot sale we list in East Sussex, at around 50 pitches on our estimate. Uckfield Nearly New Sale are the next largest on the list.
3 of the 8 sales we list in East Sussex run all year with no closed season; the rest take a winter break. Outdoor sales can still cancel on a waterlogged morning, so check the listing before you set off. 1 is indoors or under cover. For every sale in the UK that keeps going through the winter, see winter car boot sales.
Yes. 4 sales in East Sussex have a date this weekend (Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 October), including Halland Carboot Sale, Wealden (Sat 3 Oct), Bramley Farm Bootfairs, Wealden (Sun 4 Oct), Brighton Racecourse Car Boot Sale (Sun 4 Oct) and Hove Carboot, Brighton (Sun 4 Oct). See car boot sales this weekend in East Sussex for times and cancellations.