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Jun
Harrogate to get new monthly market
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A new market is to be held in Harrogate on the third Sunday of every month between June and September this year.
Harrogate Business Improvement District said today the ‘makers' market’ would showcase local independent traders on Cambridge Street.
Open between 10am and 4pm, it will feature traders selling items ranging from crafts and jewellers to homeware and clothing.
The BID, which is funded by town centre traders to increase the number of visitors, said it would fund and deliver the project.
Bethany Allen, operations and projects executive at Harrogate BID, said:
We’re always keen to drive both footfall and spend into our town’s business community, so we feel this project will help to do so on what is typically known as a quieter day of the week in our town centre.
For now, the markets will be in place on the third Sunday of every month from June to September – but we’re hoping to expand and build on this in the future.
The BID added it would work alongside Real Markets Yorkshire to stage the market. Real Markets is the operator behind the monthly Harrogate Farmers Market, which has been held on Cambridge Street, on the second Thursday of the month for the last 20 years.
Lucy Allen, of Real Markets Yorkshire, said:
Harrogate Makers' Market is a great opportunity for our local independent makers and creators to have a presence in central Harrogate.
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