Summer Steampunk & Alternative Market

Name: Summer Steampunk & Alternative Market
Start: 2026-07-18T10:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-07-19T16:00:00+01:00
Location: Middleton Railway

Schedule

Sat, 18 Jul, 2026 at 10:00 am to Sun, 19 Jul, 2026 at 04:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Middleton Railway | Leeds, EN

WHERE: Middleton Railway, Moor Road, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS10 2JQ
WHEN: 18th and 19th July 2026, trading times 10-4 on both days.
ATTRACTIONS:
Leeds Steampunk Market's regular summer event will be held at the always popular Middleton Railway. This is 18th and 19th July 2026, trading times 10-4 on both days.
Address is Moor Road, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS10 2JQ
The Middleton Railway is the world’s oldest working railway running steam and diesel trains from Moor Road to Middleton Park.
An extensive museum collection is on display in the Engine House - some of these will be moved out onto the tracks for this event to make room for the traders. There will be some entertainment, static exhibits and quieter places to sit on the newly built mezzanine 1st floor, accessible by stairs and lifts.
The museum is run entirely by volunteers and entry to the museum where the market is held.
There is a shop that sells souvenirs, sweets and hot and cold drinks. This is going to be expanded into the seating area having a lot more cakes thus becoming a tearoom.
I hope to have a hot food trader outside and someone selling alcohol. (Please get in touch).
There will be coffee jousting on the Sunday, recruiting for an hour before the tournament with medals for gold, silver and the Coffee Bean (host) made by Captain Cumberpatch's Curious Creations. Free to take part!
The Flying Squadron with one of their owls demonstrating their charm and style will be in attendance there again on the Saturday.
.https://www.facebook.com/TheFlyingSquadron
Steam and diesel trains will be running all weekend.
Please note that there is easy disabled access to all of the building including the upstairs conference room and mezzanine 1st floor and public areas of the railway.
Please note that there is easy disabled access to all of the building including the upstairs conference room and public areas of the railway.

EVENT LAYOUT: Traders will be on the ground floor where the locos are.
Due to the layout of the building, there are exposed train tracks where the locos will have been moved out. There are only enough slats to cover these gaps for the deep pitches to safely allow public access so with the single pitches, the table covers the front gap and your stock goes over the gap closer to the back wall.
For this event, we are running the single pitches along the length of one side of the walkway with your chair/s to the side of it. This is because we are minimising the amount of locos being moved out into the other loco shed.
If you need to have space for two 6ft rails or a rail and a table, you will need a deep pitch to accommodate this. If you have your own tables, you do need to bring them as there are only a small amount supplied at the venue.
The deep pitches measure 6' wide x 11' deep and your two tables/rails must be placed in an inward facing L shape towards the front of your area allowing you to have a 3' gap between the rear table and the wall.
There are only two outward facing L shapes (going on corners) which are chargeable as a deep pitch.
I cannot guarantee any locations as everything will be dependent on the floor plan and ensuring that I don't have two similar traders too close to each other (such as jewellers or hats).

PITCH SIZES: All pitches are based on accommodating one supplied table.
Do not assume you can bring and fit in more than the stated amount of rail or tables that your paid for space allows. This will impact on the space next to you either needed for public access or used by another trader or could be in breach of H&S.

PITCH PRICES:
Pitch prices per day are as follows:
1 table: £40 per day
Corner 2 tables: £70
Straight 2 tables: £80
Single (1 table supplied, either 6'x2' or 5'3"x2'6", they give the same footprint) : £40 There are 20 available.
Corner (1 slightly bigger table supplied 6'x2'6" plus room for a 2nd table or rail, not supplied) :£70
I cannot specify which size table your single would be until I do the floor plan. I have the plan drawn up but the layout of who goes where will all depend on what folks are selling.
Everyone will be on the ground floor.
FURTHER INFORMATION:
Previous events at this location have had a lower attendance over the weekend compared to the bigger markets. However trader spots fill up quickly for both days because this place attracts a different audience with the trains. You also have a smaller amount of competition with there being less traders so are more likely to take relatively good sales. (A number of our traders actually find this is the event they do the best sales at...)
http://www.middletonrailway.org.uk/
http://www.leedssteampunkmarket.co.uk/