How We Verify Listings
Where the facts on a listing come from, what is checked before it is published, and what we have not done.
A market directory is only useful if the day and the place are right. This page sets out where the facts on a listing come from, what gets checked before it is published, and what we have not done.
Where the facts come from
A listing starts as a public record: a name, an address and, where one exists, a set of trading hours. That is a lead, not a listing. Before anything is written, the market is researched against sources that can be named:
the market's own website and social media pages
the local council's events and markets pages
state and regional tourism listings
local news coverage, for history, changes of operator and closures
Every specific claim on a listing, such as a founding year, a stall count or a stall fee, has to trace to one of those. A market that cannot be sourced is left unpublished until it can be.
What is checked before a listing goes live
That it is still trading. Markets that have closed, or that a current source no longer supports, are taken down.
That it is a market. A single shop, a farm gate with one seller, or an operator's head office is not a market, however it is named. Those are removed.
That it is not a duplicate. Many markets trade under two or three names. Each one gets a single listing.
How often it runs. "Sunday" is not enough when the market only trades on the second Sunday. The pattern is checked against the market's own calendar, not assumed from opening hours.
That its links are its own. A website or social link is kept only when the page it leads to names that market.
Why some markets are missing from the weekend pages
The today and this weekend pages only show a market when we are confident of its trading pattern. Where the pattern is unclear, the market keeps its listing but stays off those pages. Leaving a market out costs you a click. Listing one that is closed costs you a morning.
What we have not done
We have not visited every market. Listings are researched from published sources, and we say so.
We do not collect reviews. A star rating on a listing is Google's and is labelled that way.
We cannot see a cancellation on the day. Weather and public holidays move markets, and December moves a lot of them. Confirm with the organiser before a long drive.
Photos and logos
Where a listing shows a logo or photos, they come from the market's own public pages or from the organiser, and the source is credited under the images. We remove any image on request. See Corrections and removals.
Keeping it current
The most reliable source for any market is the people who run it. Organisers can claim their listing for free and correct it. Everyone else can report an error from the corrections page.