Mold Market
The market today
Mold market runs every Wednesday and Saturday throughout the year.
Stalls cover the length of High Street and spread through to Daniel Owen Square behind it.
It is among the largest outdoor street markets in north Wales, drawing traders and shoppers from across Flintshire and over the border.
There is also an indoor market, which opens Monday to Saturday, with a separate range of stalls in a permanent covered space.
A monthly food, craft, and artisan market runs on Sundays between March and October, also in Daniel Owen Square.
What you’ll find
The Wednesday and Saturday outdoor markets have the widest range.
Food stalls are the anchor – fish, meat, cheese, bread, and fruit and vegetables from traders who have often been at the same pitch for years.
Welsh cakes are a fixture.
The range of non-food stalls covers clothing, plants, hardware, household goods, tools, and fabric.
Prices tend to be higher than those in the town centre shops.
The indoor market runs a different rhythm: regular unit traders rather than weekly stall-holders, and a mix of food, clothing, pet supplies, and general goods.
The history
People have traded on the streets of Mold since the medieval period.
The modern legal basis for the market comes from a Royal Charter granted on 14 December 1732, in the sixth year of George II, conveying on Anthony Langley Swymer the right to hold a market in Mold on Wednesday each week and four annual fairs.
That charter is the oldest documented market grant for the town, though trading here predates it.
The charter specified Wednesday as the market day.
Saturday was added later and is now the busier of the two.
Medieval market trading here served the lead mining and farming communities spread across the Flintshire hinterland, who needed a fixed point to sell surplus goods and buy what they could not produce themselves.
That function has not changed much in three centuries, even if the goods on the stalls have.
The market survived foot-and-mouth restrictions in 2001, when livestock movement was curtailed across the country, and reduced through the COVID lockdown periods of 2020 and 2021 before returning fully.
The Christmas market
Mold also hosts a separate Christmas market, usually running through December in the town centre.
It draws stalls beyond the regular weekly traders, with crafts, seasonal food, and gifts.
The dates change year to year.
Check the Mold Town Council website or the market’s own social media for the current year’s programme.
Practical information
Market days: Wednesday and Saturday, outdoor stalls on High Street and Daniel Owen Square.
Indoor market: Monday to Saturday.
Sunday artisan market: March to October, Daniel Owen Square.
Car Parking: Mold has several town centre car parks within a short walk of the market. The main options include King Street and Raikes Lane car parks, both Flintshire County Council-operated. They fill quickly on Wednesday and Saturday mornings. Arrive before 9am for the best chance of a space near the High Street, or use the further car parks and walk in.
Weather: It is an outdoor market. Many traders pack up early in heavy rain. Saturday tends to see a fuller complement of stalls than Wednesday.
Accessibility: The market spreads across a largely flat town centre. Some sections of the High Street have gentle gradients. Daniel Owen Square is level and accessible.
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