Markets and Street Trading

The primary purpose of the Council is to serve those who use the Markets of the Royal Borough and improve the quality of service. Councillors and officers are charged with ensuring that traders and members of the public in the Royal Borough have the best services Local Government can offer, at a price that is reasonable. For further details of what the Royal Boroughs street trading section provides, what traders and customers are entitled to expect and what to do if you are dissatisfied with any of the street trading services see the Street Trading Charter.

 

Registering as a street trader

We can only register traders selling the following items:
  • second hand goods
  • arts and crafts: goods must be handmade by the trader and the trader must take a pitch on the Arts and Crafts market on Tavistock Piazza
  • very unusual goods not being sold by any other trader: this will only be the case once approved by officers at the street trading office

 

Getting started

For the latest list of what commodities we will register traders to sell in Portobello and Golborne Market, you can download and print the street trading Getting Started Leaflet.

 

Street trading application form

Please note that no cash will be accepted at the market office. We will only accept postal orders or cheques with a valid guarantee card. No third party cheques will accepted.

 

Street trading markets

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea has two markets under its control. These are Portobello Road and Golborne Road.

 

Current Waste Repayment to Traders

All traders who have traded between April 2003 and March 2008 are invited to claim against any fees paid for the over charge of waste disposal.

Please print and complete the claim form, highlighting the years that you traded, and send to the Street Trading Office where your claim will be processed.

You will then be invited to attend the office to produce identification to validate your claim.

 

Portobello Antiques Market

The antiques market is open on Fridays and Saturdays.

 

Markets not under the Council's control

  • Notting Hill Gate Farmers Market - interested parties should contact 020 7704 9659
  • The market under the canopy and on Acklam Road, below the A40 Westway flyover. Contact Westway Development Trust on 020 8962 5720