A week after the Michaelmas Fair the rides come back to the Market Place for one more day. Tradition says that workers hired to a cruel master at the first fair could run away and find a new place at this one.
Abingdon Runaway Fair
Every year on the first Monday on or after 10 October · All day
Next
Monday 12 October 2026, All day
Free — Rides are paid
Sets off from
Market Place
The Runaway Fair is smaller than the Michaelmas Fair and is held in the Market Place only, on the Monday a week later.
AbingdonOxfordshire
OX14 3HG
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- abingdon.gov.uk/discover-abingdon/witness-a-living-tradition/runaway-fair
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