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26/02/2026

📣💥CALLING ALL Traders, Makers, Historians, Craftspeople, Singers & Performers. 🇬🇧

To help us celebrate 175 years of Durham Markets, we’re calling on the very best of our County. 💪

🗺️ 📍If you bring history, heritage, creativity or character to Durham, we want you involved in our Across the Decades Anniversary Weekend this May 2026.

❤️This is more than an event. It’s a celebration of the people who make our city what it is. 🫶🏼

👉🏼Think you belong in the story? Please Email : [email protected]

26/02/2026

Ooooooeeee! 🎉 Bishop Auckland now is bidding to become Town of Culture 2028 🎉

We absolutely love seeing our town aim high, and your voice actually matters in this.

If you’ve ever:

• Shopped local
• Supported a business
• Been to an event

Now’s your moment! Take a few minutes to fill in the survey 👇
👉 https://tinyurl.com/38p4fb4j

Let’s back Bishop and show what this town is made of 💚

29/01/2026

29/01/2026

Latest new work …. Pladda and Ailsa Craig from the Isle of Arran.

12/12/2025

📢 Get ready for a double outdoor market weekend at Durham Markets! 📢

That's right - there's twice the opportunity for you to shop to your heart's content this weekend, as not only is the Market Hall also open on Sunday this week, but our popular outdoor market is taking over the Market Place both Saturday and Sunday! 🥳

🛍 We have street food (including, in our opinion, the best burgers 🍔 ever from Alpine 21), £15 Levi's 👖 from Durham Vintage, super-cute tweedychooks 🧶🐓, made by the fair hands of Mighty Mo from Need 4 Tweed, handcrafted wooden gifts 🪵 from HedKed Handicrafts, fab Lego sets 📦 from , and so much more! Whether you're looking for stocking fillers for the kids, Secret Santa 🎅 presents for workmates, a little something for the home, or simply want to treat yourself, there's so much to choose from at our markets.

🕘 The Market Hall is open this weekend:
Saturday - 9am - 4:30pm
Sunday - 10am - 4pm

🕘 The outdoor market is open this weekend:
Saturday - 9am - 4pm
Sunday - 10am - 4pm

Happy shopping!!!

05/12/2025