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 are currently accepting new registrations for trading at Golborne Road on Monday to Saturday only.

We are looking for traders selling the following items:

  • antiques (goods over fifty years old)
  • new goods (including clothing, accessories and goods not being sold by any other trader
  • second hand goods

We are currently looking for traders for Portobello Road to sell:

  • antiques (goods over fifty years old) on Fridays and possibly Saturdays depending on availability
  • very unusual goods, not being sold by any other trader (subject to approval by officers at the street trading office)

Arts and Crafts Market update

The renovation works have now commenced on the Tavistock Piazza. There will not be a market here now until the works are completed. The works are planned to be completed by October 2011. Once the works have been completed we will look at registering traders for the market

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.

Markets not under the Council's control