Love Southsea Market

Love Southsea Market is back in the Palmerston Road precinct this autumn and winter, with a run of dates that takes it right through to the end of the year. It's a Portsmouth City-backed market that's been running since 2010, and it's part of the wider Love Southsea Markets network. The whole thing is built around showcasing the city's creative talent, bringing together independent traders, local makers and small businesses. It's known for helping them grow from the kitchen table to their own high street stores, so when you're browsing, you're seeing people who actually make the things they sell.

What you'll find there is a real mix. Street-food traders serve up food from around the world, and alongside them are handmade gifts, artwork, vintage clothing, candles, screen-printed T-shirts and bags, photography of Portsmouth and Southsea, homewares and jewellery. The 2026 dates are framed around Portsmouth's 100 years of City status, and the high street trading sessions include the festive Christmas lights being switched on in Palmerston Road.

The dates are spread across November and December. There's a weekend on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 November, both 10:00am to 4:00pm. Then it shifts into the Christmas Market, which runs on Saturday 5, Sunday 6, Saturday 12, Sunday 13, Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 December, all 10:00am to 4:00pm. There's also a separate session on Thursday 19 November, 12:00 to 19:30, for the Christmas lights switch-on.

If you're thinking of trading, pitches for the Christmas Market start from £40.00, and the Thursday 19 November session starts from £30.00. All the dates are in the Palmerston Road precinct in Southsea.