Chale Recreation Ground hosts a Bank Holiday Monday car boot sale for anyone who wants a rummage, a cheap find and a village-field morning on the south Wight coast. Chale Recreation Ground sits on Military Road, so it works best if you allow time for traffic into the field and follow the volunteers once you arrive. The Chale setting makes this feel like a proper village-field sale rather than a town-centre queue, with the south Wight coast close enough for a walk afterwards.
Sellers should not arrive before 7:30am, with set-up from 7:30am. The seller entry fee is listed as £5 per car and £8 per van, and no pre-booking is needed. Buyers are expected from around 9:00am to 9:15am, although the organisers warn that entry times may shift if they need to manage the gate safely.
Refreshments are part of the morning, with burgers, The Plaza Ices and toilets on site. Dogs are welcome, which helps if you are folding this into a walk near Chale or Blackgang afterwards. The organisers expect the sale to wrap up around 1:00pm, depending on how many sellers and buyers turn out. It may get busy, and they ask visitors to be patient while traffic is brought into the field safely. More community events on the Isle of Wight are listed through the week.
