Clare Priory Craft Fair

01/06/2026

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20/05/2026

Join us for our annual craft fair on 11–12 July

Over 150 stalls and all money goes towards charity
Come and browse beautiful handmade crafts, gifts, cakes, refreshments, and more while supporting our local community. Everyone is welcome — we’d love to see you there! 💛

21/04/2026

✨Our Annual Craft Fair is almost here ✨. Over 140 stalls filled with handmade treasures, local makers and community spirit. We look forward to seeing you there

31/03/2026

Happy Easter to all our exhibitors and visitors.

Flyers are going out to all confirmed exhibitors in the next day or so. If you need any more please let us know how many and we’ll get them to you.

For prospective exhibitors we have a small number of spaces still available. Please apply via the website

23/02/2026

We’re pleased to announce that we’re now able to invite applications for the 2026 Clare Priory Craft Fair for 11-12th July.

Previously-registered crafters can apply online at https://craftfair.clarepriory.org.uk/entrance.php?page=login

(If you haven’t already registered please do so at https://craftfair.clarepriory.org.uk/entrance.php?page=register)

Please note: we can only accept applications from crafters whose work is their own.

09/12/2025

Thank you to everyone who came to our charity presentation evening last month. It was truly an amazing night. All the money raised from the craft fair is going to charities who do amazing work.

03/09/2025

Although the craft season is coming to an end we're still busy behind the scenes. We recently presented our champagne winners with their prizes (see photos attached), and we've been reading all the feedback that crafters and visitors have kindly taken the time to give. We've been humbled by comments such as "by far the best craft fair I've been to", "as a first time exhibitor at Clare Priory I was so impressed with the organisation, friendliness of stewards & stallholders, everything was just right", "beautiful location", "brilliant as usual", "toilets very clean!", "come every year, always enjoy". At the same time we are also aware that we could improve some aspects so we will be addressing those as we plan for next year. We'll shortly be agreeing the distribution of this year's proceeds, with a Presentation Evening for the beneficiaries later in the year. We are extremely grateful for the support given by all exhibitors and visitors.

18/07/2025

18/07/2025

18/07/2025

Thank you to everyone who helped make the 2025 Craft Fair such a success, the 150+ craftspeople, the thousands of visitors who came in spite of the heat, the support organisations and the many helpers who gave their time fully and freely. THANK YOU! ❤️

A special thank you to Ian Bates for shooting and compiling this amazing video ❤️