Long Eaton Town Centre

LONG EATON will have an extra attraction for shoppers in the days leading up to the August Bank Holiday weekend.

For the second time this year an arts and craft fair will be held in the town centre supplementing the shops and market stalls and offering a wide range of products for sale.

The event, which is supported and promoted by regeneration agency Erewash Partnership and the borough council, will be held on Friday August 27 and Saturday August 28 ahead of Monday’s public holiday.

It will take place in High Street as an extension to the town’s popular traditional weekend market.

Up to 30 designers and makers will have stalls displaying their wares. These will include items such as paintings, photographic prints, books, candles, dried fruit wreaths, ceramics, jewellery, hand-made chocolates, metal castings, lavender and health products, children’s items and wooden toys.

Paul Calladine, Erewash market towns co-ordinator, said: “These colourful arts and crafts fairs are now well established among the attractions of Long Eaton’s vibrant town centre and have proved to be a hit with shoppers.

“They offer a varied selection of creative items for people who are looking for something different that they cannot usually find.

“They also bring people from other areas to the town to visit the traditional shops and market stalls, so everybody benefits.”

Admission is free to the fair which will take place between 11am-4.30pm on Friday, and from 10am-4pm on Saturday