Welcome to Kington upon Thames

Market Place

The use of the Market Place dates back to around 1170 and the reign of Henry II. Over the years, it has been used not just for markets, but also as a place of celebration and of punishment (it was home to Kingston’s stocks for many years).

Today, the Ancient Market Place is the hub of outdoor entertainment and activities in Kingston. It has hosted music concerts, carnivals, car displays, promotional events, fun days, face-painting, ten pin bowling, cookery demonstrations, health checks, parades, stilt-walkers, birds of prey displays, and more!!

In addition to Kingston’s permanent markets, the Ancient Market Place regularly hosts visiting markets, including the popular Christmas Market, regular Continental Markets, and for arts and craft lovers the popular Thames Markets.

Come and soak up the atmosphere, grab a coffee and sit and watch the world go by.

If you would like to hire the Ancient Market Place for an event or market, please see our 'Visiting Markets' page for more information.

Ancient Market

Kingston’s Ancient Market is located in the Ancient Market Place, surrounding the Market House. Renowned for its fantastic displays of fresh fruit and vegetables, the market also sells a variety of other produce and is open six days a week, Monday- Saturday, from 9am – 5pm.

Webster’s Fishmongers is one of the longest established stalls on the market, and has been trading in Kingston since 1866.

In contrast, one of the newest stalls is the butchers, run by Jim Curran. Jim began trading in July 2010, and stocks a range of fresh meat products.

If you need your food ready to eat, then visit the stalls along the back of the market, opposite the entrance to All Saints Church.

• Exotic Tagine sell the finest in Moroccan food. Owner Mohammed is a Kingston favourite and has represented the town around the UK and at competitions overseas.
• Namu are a modern Japanese café. They’re here to prove that not all Japanese food is about sushi.
• Knot Pretzels sells a range of unique London pretzels with innovative flavours – including the popular cinnamon or the roasted hazelnut pretzels.

Kingston’s Ancient Market also offers a range of non-food goods- including handmade jewellery, vintage clothing, second hand videos and DVDs, cards, party accessories, and general household goods.

For more information on renting a stall at the Ancient Market, please visit our 'For Business' section.

Monday Market

A traditional general goods market with more than 50 traders, Kingston’s Monday Market is held in the Cattle Market Surface Car Park (next to Kingfisher Leisure Centre) every Monday from 9am – 1.30pm. This is your chance to grab a bargain from the wide range of goods on offer, with new stalls arriving every week.

Regular traders include:

• Plants
• Fruit and vegetables
• Butchers
• Food
• Clothing- new and second hand
• Shoes
• Socks
• Make Up
• Watch repair
• Mobile phone accessories
• Bric-a-Brac
• Vacuum Cleaner Accessories
• General household goods
• Key cutter
• Fabric
• Haberdashery
• Foam cushions- cut to order
• Net curtains- cut to order
• Rugs
• Cards
• Books

For more information on holding a stall at the Monday Market, please visit our 'For Business' section.

Market House

Kingston’s Market House is a Grade 2* listed building located in the centre of Kingston’s Ancient Market Place. The ground floor houses the Tourist Information Centre and a gallery space. The gallery hosts a range of exhibitions, markets and fairs throughout the year– including the popular Thames Markets, Kingston Artists Open Studios and Vintage Fairs.

With exhibitions changing regularly there is always something interesting to see within the Market House.

For more information on What’s On in the Market House, visit the Kingstonfirst calendar.

For more information on booking rooms in the Market House, visit our 'For Business' section.