Derby Markets

Markets In City Of Derby

Within the City of Derby there are three Retail Markets (Allenton, Eagle Market and the Market Hall) a Livestock Market, and a Wholesale Market. These Markets ensure that Derby can provide fresh local grown fruit, vegetables, poultry, meat, fish, and other produce together with imported fruit and vegetables that can be enjoyed by its multi-cultured citizens.

Derby Market has offered produce from local farmers that has been a mainstay of the diet enjoyed by Derby people for centuries and in recent years this has been supplemented by the introduction of Farmers Markets, who grow and sell specialist foods within a 40 miles radius of Derby, including both organic and rare breed foods. These have been welcomed by the public who are ever more conscious of the distances food has to travel to reach the table. With locally grown food people know their weekly shopping is fresh.

Not only do the markets provide quality fruit and vegetables, but the shopping public can purchase anything from toys to a three piece suit. Recent years have seen the rise of specialist market shops dealing with items from all over the world to meet the shopping needs of the community and the range of goods available increases from year to year.

In addition to the goods sold on the market stalls, the benefits for the city are twofold.

The Markets employ some 800 full time and 200 part time people. Stallholders, traders, shop assistants, drivers, drovers and many more people rely on market for lively hood.

Derby Markets contribute some £100m to the local economy, and create an environment where people can gather socially. Many of the traders are third and fourth generation market traders whose family ties stretch back many years, some more than a century. The traditions of shopping goes back to Medieval Markets that were held in Derby before King Henry granted them a Royal Charter in 1154, and since that time they have been an important focal point in the development of Derby as a City. Over the years Derby has grown and with it the Markets.

The Eagle Market
Market Monday to Saturday 9am to 5.30pm

Market Hall
Monday to Saturday 9am to 5.30pm

Allenton Market
Friday 9am to 4.30pm Saturday 9am to 5pm

Allenton Flea/Craft
Market Tuesday 4pm to 7.30pm

Cattle Market
Thursday from 10.00am

Farmers Market
Every third Thursday of the month

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