Second Sunday Market

The Second Sunday Market returns to St Albans Market on Sunday 10 January, bringing the city's regular trading ground back to life for a single day. It's a monthly street-market day that the market adds to its usual Wednesday and Saturday sessions, alongside the antiques and specialist dates that run throughout the year. This one takes over St Peter's Street, and the whole thing is themed around Valentine's Day.

What you'll find is a mix of local food and drink, sustainable arts and crafts, and independent traders. It's the kind of day that works as well for a proper shop as it does for just a wander through the stalls. Because it's a street market, it's easy to drop in and out of whenever you fancy, rather than committing to a whole afternoon. The food and drink stalls are there for a bit of grazing while you look, and the arts and crafts side gives you a chance to pick up something made locally.

Browsing is free, so there's no entry fee to pay. If you're driving in, Adelaide Street and Drovers Way are both about a two-minute walk from the market, and Clarence Park is around twelve minutes on foot. It's a good spot for a Sunday morning in the city centre, and since it's a monthly thing, it's worth keeping on your radar for the times you're around on a second Sunday.