Car Boot Sales in Kent

We list 7 car boot sales in Kent, plus 3 markets and 3 table top sales, 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: 8 of the 13 sales listed in Kent run on a Sunday, 8 on a Saturday and 2 midweek. Check each listing for its exact day and any bank holiday extras.

Most Kent sales open to buyers between 9am and 11am and wind down by early afternoon. The earliest opens to buyers at 6am. Sellers usually arrive an hour earlier to set up. Every listing shows the opening times for buyers and sellers.

9 of the 13 sales listed in Kent are free for buyers. The 4 that charge ask 50p to £2.50 per adult, typically £1. 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.

Outdoor sales may cancel if the ground is waterlogged, so check the organiser's website or social media on the morning. 3 of the sales in Kent are indoors or under cover and run whatever the weather.

In Kent and the Medway towns almost everyone says boot fair, and the organisers name their sales that way: Hop Farm Boot Fair, Brenzett Boot Fair, Tilmanstone 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.

8 car boot sales in Kent have a regular Sunday schedule, most opening to buyers around 9am. The this Sunday page lists only those with a confirmed date this coming Sunday, sorted by distance once you add a postcode.

Yes. 3 of the 13 sales listed in Kent are indoors or under cover, so they 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 Kent are Ashford Bootfair and Market, Ashford Town Market and Brenzett Boot Fair Carboot Sale. Size varies week to week, so check each listing's pitch count, photos and reviews before choosing.

Ashford Bootfair and Market in Ashford is the biggest car boot sale we list in Kent, at around 250 pitches on our estimate. K&T Bootfair Carboot Sale are the next largest on the list.

7 of the 13 sales we list in Kent 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. 3 are indoors or under cover. For every sale in the UK that keeps going through the winter, see winter car boot sales.

Yes. 10 sales in Kent have a date this weekend (Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 October), including Ashford Bootfair and Market (Sat 17 Oct), Ashford Town Market (Sat 17 Oct), Brenzett Boot Fair Carboot Sale, Folkestone and Hythe (Sat 17 Oct), Faversham Market, Swale (Sat 17 Oct) and Hop Farm Boot Fair, Maidstone (Sat 17 Oct). See car boot sales this weekend in Kent for times and cancellations.