Antiques Centres

Aspal Antiques launched at the 140-acre Stonham Barns Park near Stowmarket in Suffolk in 2021.

Antiques on High on the hunt for more dealers

The Scottish Borders region welcomes a new fair in the summer at Paxton House, less than a 10-minute drive from the coastal town of Berwick-upon-Tweed.

A 20-minute drive from NAEC Stoneleigh takes you to the town of Warwick, dominated by its castle originally built by William the Conqueror. Hunters and gatherers at IACF’s antiques event at Stoneleigh may well take in what the city has to offer antiques-wise. Here are two businesses to visit.

The small town of Gainsborough in Lincolnshire is the perfect pitstop for antiques and vintage buyers, particularly the trade.

Young businessman who opened antiques centre and salvage yard launches a second venture

More businesses housed in historic and spacious former churches and chapels come under the spotlight

Huge Lincolnshire business is among the firms that are confident for the future after a buzzing year

The repurposing of buildings for use as antiques centres and sometimes fairs has seen a revitalisation of historic buidings.

The Times recently ran a feature on seven of the most atmospheric towns in the UK in which to do your Christmas shopping for one-off gifts, maybe combining this joysome activity with a weekend break. Here are some art and antiques options in two of them, Ludlow in Shropshire and Frome in Somerset.

Owners of a rapidly expanding chain of shops turn their attention to opening a saleroom in Somerset town

Two popular fairs are running in November and December in the Suffolk village of Long Melford which also offers three antiques businesses as an extra draw for buyers to part with their cash in a pre-Christmas splash.

Another business launches near Stratford-upon-Avon offering 45 traders

Here we take a look at markets in south London, Brighton and Cardiff

The owners of an antiques centre in a large leisure and shopping village near Stowmarket in Suffolk are opening a second branch nearby just two years after the first one welcomed its first buyers.

A new antiques centre has opened in a former Baptist chapel in Newark.

A tribal art specialist, who started his career as a schoolboy, is one of 38 dealers at this thriving Dorset centre.

An addition to the businesses on the Ashburton Antiques Trail is Reuben Lenkiewicz Fine Art & Antiques Gallery, which is run by the son of the charismatic, renowned and prolific artist Robert Lenkiewicz who died in 2002.