Car Boot Sellers Information & Booking
Access
- Cars will be able to access the site between 8am and 8.45am, although queues may start earlier.
- We recommend approaching the school and Harthill Road via Allerton Road/Greenhill Road way (rather than Calderstones Road).
- Access to the site is via GATE 4 on Harthill Road. Please note, this is further down from our main entrance, just before you reach the staff car park. There will be signage and stewards on the day.
- Pedestrian walk-in sellers (no vehicles) access via the staff car park entrance between 8am and 12pm
- Toilets, food, drink and first aid are located on-site from 8am
Process
- There may be a queue depending on your arrival time
- We will start letting the seller vehicles in at 08:00 - possibly before depending on queues
- If you have pre-booked, we will have your car registration number on file, and our stewards will wave you straight in
- If turning up on the day, we will take payment via cash or card on your arrival
- Stewards will show you where to park. Please only park where directed
- No cars will be allowed to enter after 8.45am
- We will be open whatever the weather! Only in exceptional weather conditions would we cancel. Please follow our instagram @caldiescarboot for updates
The allocation of places is on a first-come, first served basis. All pre-booked vehicles are guaranteed a pitch.
Payment & Pre-booking
Payment is for the pitch only. Tables are not provided but a limited number are available to rent for £5 each.
Fees are below:
- £10 Car Pitch (Pre-booked)
- £15 Van Pitch (Pre-booked)
- £10 Walk-in (on the day)
- £15 Car Pitch (on the day)
- £25 Large vehicle/van (on the day)
Pre-booking is not essential but will guarantee you a space on the day and saves you £5 for cars and £10 for vans!
To pre-book, click the button below and please enter your vehicle's number plate and model in the notes box provided.
For vehicles who have not pre-booked, payment will be taken on your arrival on the day, by cash or card.
Exit
- Vehicles will not be allowed to leave before 12:30pm.
- Please start packing up at 12:30pm and vacate the site by 1pm.
- We kindly ask that all sellers take their rubbish and unsold objects away with them.
Click here for our main Car Boot page
Click here for our Shoppers page
Rules and Further Information – Please Read
- This is a completely open-air event, and there is no covered area available on site to shelter from the elements
- Toilets are located by the main car boot area
- Security: Please keep your valuables, mobile phones and cash takings on your person at all times
- Food and beverages are available
- There is No Smoking on site
- This is a dog-friendly event. We ask that dogs are kept on leads at all times.
- We don't accept £50 notes
- Sadly, no public event is immune to this, but we would like visitors to be aware that pickpockets may be in operation. Please keep your valuables safe.
- Please only park where directed
- Please be aware that it is illegal to let an engine idle whilst stationary on a public road. Please keep engines turned off once parked
- No priority or preferential parking
- You must take all your rubbish and any unsold objects away with you. Any sellers found leaving items or rubbish will have their registration number noted and may be excluded from future sales
- Please report any broken glass or other hazardous debris to one of the organisers, who will arrange safe disposal of the item
- No selling of food, alcohol, cigarettes, e-cigarettes, vapes/vape products, pornography or counterfeit audio/visual goods (including games and software). Any form of weapon, real or replica, kitchen knives, goods that cause offence or incite racial, sexual or religious hatred and Nazi memorabilia will be asked to leave and may be reported to the police
- No car radios or audio systems to be played
- Gazebos that do not extend beyond pitch boundaries are allowed. However, should stewards decide that a gazebo is too big you may be asked to take it down, or a charge may be payable. On busy days, we reserve the right to refuse gazebos
- You will not be allowed to leave before 12:30
- You must start packing up at 12:30pm and vacate the site by 1pm. Late leavers will have their registration number noted and may be excluded from future sales.
- Any sellers deliberately leaving items of rubbish will have their registration numbers noted and may be excluded from future sales
- The Car Boot Sale is organised by Friends of Calderstones Parent Teacher Association (PTA). Neither the PTA nor anybody acting on its behalf accepts any liability for loss or damage to any property (including but not limited to any vehicles or their contents) during the Car Boot Sale. By entering the Car Boot Sale you confirm your agreement to this and the terms and conditions above
Click here for our main Car Boot page
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