Sun 4 Oct expected Featured Large outdoorDunton Carboot Sale Verified
Basildon, East of England · CM12 9TZ
Essex has 12 car boot sales in the directory across 7 towns, the busiest being Chelmsford (3), Basildon (2) and Colchester (2), each with its day, opening times, entry fee, pitch price and a map. That includes 1 table top sale alongside the 11 regular car boot sales. 9 run on a Sunday, 4 on a Saturday and 4 during the week.
5 of the 12 sales listed publish no closed season; 6 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. 3 of the 12 sales listed in Essex are free for buyers. The 7 that charge ask 50p to £3 per adult, typically £1. Use the entry filter to show free sales only. Sellers typically pay £11 a pitch, more for a van or trailer; the exact price is on each listing. 6 of the sales run seasonally, typically March to November, and the rest are listed as year-round. The next confirmed date in Essex is Saturday 3 October.
Buyers are usually let in around 6am, 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.
Essex has an unusually strong midweek boot sale culture. Dunton Boot Sale at Billericay, family-run since 1993 and described by the Gazette as one of the largest in the county, trades on Wednesdays as well as Sundays and bank holidays. Marks Tey beside the A12 is a Wednesday sale, Lazybones at Barleylands adds Tuesdays, and Sadlers Farm by the A13 and A130 roundabout runs Saturdays and Sundays from March to October. Several sites sit on A-road junctions and are signposted from them, which makes them easy to find but busy at opening time.
Field sites generally run from March to October or November, with Dunton and Lazybones open all year, weather permitting. Buyer entry is mostly free (Carpenters at Rochford, Funday at Epping, Dunton), and Boreham charges £3 for early birds before 7am and 50p after. Car pitches range from £5 at Carpenters to £14 at Dunton on a Sunday. Local organisers say boot sale rather than boot fair, and most post cancellations on Facebook by the morning of a wet day.
Boot sale, boot fair and car boot sale all describe the same event; Essex organisers mostly say boot sale, while neighbouring Kent says boot fair. Our boot fairs page covers the difference in the name.
By the stall estimates on our listings, Carpenters Bootsale in Rochford is the largest car boot sale we list in Essex, at around 130 pitches. The others below are ranked the same way.
Our 12 sales in Essex are spread across these towns; each town page lists its sales with a map.
See which Essex sales are on this weekend or this Sunday, with any cancellations named.
11 sales in Essex 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.
5 of the 12 sales we list in Essex 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 Essex run on Saturday (4), Sunday (9), Tuesday (1) and Wednesday (3). The national day pages list every sale in the UK on that day of the week.
Sun 4 Oct expected Featured Large outdoorBasildon, East of England · CM12 9TZ
Tomorrow expected Large outdoorWeeley, East of England · CO16 9AG
Tomorrow expected Large outdoorClacton-on-Sea, East of England · CO16 9RA
Tomorrow expected Large outdoorBenfleet, East of England · SS13 2HD
Tomorrow Table top saleDanbury, East of England · CM3 4NQ
Sun 4 Oct expected Large outdoorChelmsford, East of England · CM3 3HN
Sun 4 Oct expected Large outdoorLeigh-on-Sea, East of England · SS9 2ET
Sun 4 Oct expected Large outdoorRochford, South East · SS6 9EY
Sun 4 Oct expected Large outdoorColchester, East of England · CO4 5YX
Sun 4 Oct expected Large outdoorChelmsford, East of England · CM2 7RU
Sun 4 Oct expected Large outdoorBillericay, East of England · CM11 2UD
Wed 7 Oct expected Large outdoorColchester, East of England · CO6 1FR
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We list 11 car boot sales in Essex, plus 1 table top sale, 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: 9 of the 12 sales listed in Essex run on a Sunday, 4 on a Saturday and 4 midweek. Check each listing for its exact day and any bank holiday extras.
Most Essex sales open to buyers between 6am and 8am and wind down by early afternoon. The earliest opens to buyers at 5am. Sellers usually arrive an hour earlier to set up. Every listing shows the opening times for buyers and sellers.
3 of the 12 sales listed in Essex are free for buyers. The 7 that charge ask 50p to £3 per adult, typically £1. Use the entry filter to show free sales only. Sellers typically pay £11 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 Essex is indoors or under cover and runs whatever the weather.
Essex organisers mostly say boot sale rather than boot fair, while neighbouring Kent says boot fair. 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.
9 car boot sales in Essex have a regular Sunday schedule, most opening to buyers around 6am. 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 12 sales listed in Essex 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 Essex are Dunton Carboot Sale, Boreham Car Boot Sale and Carpenters Bootsale. Size varies week to week, so check each listing's pitch count, photos and reviews before choosing.
Carpenters Bootsale in Rochford is the biggest car boot sale we list in Essex, at around 130 pitches on our estimate. Boreham Car Boot Sale are the next largest on the list.
5 of the 12 sales we list in Essex 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. 11 sales in Essex have a date this weekend (Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 October), including Danbury Village Hall Jumble Sales, Chelmsford (Sat 3 Oct), Late Riser Car Boot Sale, Tendring (Sat 3 Oct), Sadlers Farm Boot Sale, Benfleet (Sat 3 Oct), Weeley Car Boot Sale, Tendring (Sat 3 Oct) and Boreham Car Boot Sale, Chelmsford (Sun 4 Oct). See car boot sales this weekend in Essex for times and cancellations.