March Village Market

Held on the first Saturday of each month, Ruddington Village Market is a super shopping experience – and its opening hours have been extended this year.

There’s a huge variety of stalls on The Green plus you’ll see the new ‘Market Bar’ run by The Bottle Top. Market day is also a great chance to wander around and visit Ruddington’s many local shops, too.

On Saturday 4th March you can expect over seventy traders from 9am until 2pm on the village green.  The full list of this month’s visiting retailers – with their corresponding stall numbers on the map – is shown below:

The monthly market is a project of the award winning Ruddington Village Community Partnership (RVCP). The market has grown in many ways: initiatives include a Young Entrepreneurs’ Programme (to mentor 16 to 30 year olds into market stall businesses) a partnership with the Trent Bridge Trust’s YouNG Project (to offer under 16s the chance to trade), an electrical repair service in tandem with Illumination Repairs CIC – and locals can ask about the village by visiting Ruddington Parish Council‘s tent. Councillors welcome your ideas or concerns for the local area, and can tell you more about what’s coming up in Ruddington.

‘Live’ music comes from Tash Bird and Myld Stallyns, with guest vocals from Stephanie Barlow and there’ll also be Morris Dancing from The Lady Bay Revellers.

Charity of the month is The Wee Donkey Company. It provides a mini donkey adoption scheme, you can be a member of the farm and meet your animal.

This is a photograph of ‘Ginger’ who is small in size, but has a big personality! “She has a wonderful temperament, she loves a fuss and is always interested in what you are doing” says the charity.

The White Horse on Church Street – the Village Market’s original venue – is also staging its usual smaller market on the same date – running from 9am to 2pm.

Market days are very busy in Ruddington, and parking spaces are rather limited in the village centre, so residents are encouraged to walk there, if they can. Organisers say there are new arrangements about parking:

“For those travelling from A60, Notts, Loughborough & the east, it’s best to park on Rushcliffe Country Park & Mere Way (head to NG11 6JS), available from 8am-6pm. The price is £1 for the Country Park or free street parking.”

“For those travelling from Clifton Lane, Wilford Road, West Bridgford via Wilford Road direction, we have parking available on Sellors Field between 9am-2.30pm. This is free.”

For visitors from further afield, there’s also an NCT discounted Market Day travel ticket if you come to Ruddington by bus. Village Market organisers say: “We’re super excited to be partnering with Nottingham City Transport to offer 15% off adult and Grouprider tickets on Market Days. All people need to do is scroll down to the NCT Partners category in the Mobile Tickets section of the NCTX Buses app, choose your ticket, enter discount code RUDDMARKET, and you’re good to go!”

Disclaimer: RUDDINGTON.info publish all diary events in good faith and can’t be held responsible for any changes or cancellations of the activity. We run our calendar as a community service and details were correct at the time we promoted them, so advise you to contact the organiser before attending. Thanks.