Aspal Antiques Fair – Stonham Barns Park, Suffolk

Aspal Antiques at Stonham Barns Park is preparing to stage its fourth antiques fair on 15 March to showcase antiques, collectables for the home and garden including retro, vintage and other historical items.

The Aspal Antiques Fair – which built on the success of its debut show three years ago – features a huge range of established and start up traders from the antiques sector in the region.  It’s free entry to the public and attracts hundreds of buyers from across Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and Essex.

Aspal Antiques – which also operates Aspal Emporium Antiques Centre as well as Aspal Reclamations – is run by two enterprising couples Alan Knight and Henrietta Lewis, and Wendy and Alf Faulkner who have developed the business because of the resurgence of interest in antique collecting. The business has played host to Drew Pritchard from the TV Series Salvage Hunters who described Aspal Antiques as a ‘real breath of fresh air with products of undeniable quality which are highly affordable’ and the retailer has also had two visits from presenters from the Antiques Road Trip.

Antique pieces are often re-used or up cycled to become a new item of furniture.  It might be that they are incorporated into a table or lampshade or simply painted in a new earthy or bold and vibrant colour.  Antiques are hugely flexible, and items made from oak, cotton, rattan, wicker and metal, sit comfortably side by side in many homes up and down the country.

A range of food and drink outlets will be available on the showground with outdoor and indoor seating.  There is also a restaurant located in the shopping village and a tearoom located in the Teapot Pottery.  Plenty activities for young children too including an Adventure Golf Course, Children’s Play Areas and Bloomfields Fun Fair.

For further info on Aspal Antiques call 01449 797175 or visit aspalantiques.co.uk