Car boot sales

Please note: We are currently taking applications for the 2025 car boot sale season. To enter your expression of interest please email a completed application form (below) to events@adur-worthing.gov.uk

Car boot sales are held regularly during the spring and summer (April to September) on council grounds.

See also:

Car boot sales applications - how to apply to hold a car boot sale

We take applications for the car boot sale season in January each year. Car boot sale dates will then be allocated by the Events Team in February and you will be contacted with regard to your application.

  • Adur Recreation Ground: In line with covenants placed on the site when it was originally gifted to Adur District Council, priority is given to charities registered at an address in Shoreham-by-Sea, then charities registered at an address within Adur District.
  • Broadwater Green: charities should be registered at an address in Worthing.

Car boot sales costs:

Prices for 2025. Prices are subject to an annual increase.

  • Adur Recreation Ground:
    • Hire fee: £590
    • Damage deposit: £300
  • Broadwater Green:
    • Hire fee: £425
    • Damage deposit: £300

Application form:

If you are a local charity and would like to hold a car boot at either Adur Recreation Ground or Broadwater Green please complete the application form below:

Completed application forms should then be emailed to:

For enquiries about organising a car boot sale contact:

Note - contacting car boot sale organisers:

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Where/when are the car boot sales held
(and how to contact the organisers)

Car boot sales are held on Saturday mornings at Adur Recreation Ground and Broadwater Green from April to September each year. We can allocate 14 dates at Adur Recreation Ground and 9 dates on Broadwater Green.

Dates of forthcoming events, and the relevant contact details for each one, are listed below:

Adur Recreation Ground car boot sales 2025:

Confirmed dates for this year:

  • 3rd May 2025:
    Adur East Lions
    Contact: Claudine Rogers - 07513 107 263
  • 28th June 2025:
    Nautical Training Corp/TS Intrepid and Davison Worthing Youth Concert Band
    Contacts: Donna Cronin - 07946 550 180
    and Jill Stedman - 07766 562 176
  • 12th July 2025:
    Angmering South Downs
  • 23rd August 2025:
    Shoreham Beach Scout Group
    Contact: fundraising@shorehambeachscouts.org

We have more weekends available to host a car boot sale on, if you're interested please apply. We are taking applications for the 2025 car boot sale season - to enter your expression of interest please email a completed application form (above).

See also: Adur Recreation Ground, Shoreham-by-Sea

Broadwater Green car boot sales 2025:

Confirmed dates for this year:

  • Monday 26th May 2025:
    Broadwater Community Association
    Contact: Margaret Howard
    broadwatercommunityassociation@gmail.com
  • 17th May 2025:
    West Sussex Mind
    Contact: Sue Smith - 07940 321 871
  • 2nd August 2025:
    Macmillan Cancer and Broadwater CofE School
    Contact: Diane Guest - 07759 262 581
  • Monday 25th August 2025:
    Broadwater Support Group CIC
    Contact: broadwaterhubdirectors@gmail.com
  • 6th September 2025:
    Worthing Lions
    Contact: Adrian - 07528 865 188

We have more weekends available to host a car boot sale on, if you're interested please apply. We are taking applications for the 2025 car boot sale season - to enter your expression of interest please email a completed application form (above).

See also: Broadwater Green, Worthing

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Information for sellers
(charges, when can you turn up, etc)

Charges are set by the host charity and pitches are not pre-bookable, just turn up on the day.

Sellers should arrive from approximately 7am on the day of the sale.

Note: to contact the organisers of a particular car boot sale please use the phone numbers in the lists above - see:

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Page last updated: 23 April 2025

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