Henry I granted the Bishop of Chichester the right to hold a fair in about 1107, and it is still held just outside the North Gate. It is named after a sloe tree that grew in the field where it began, and it now runs for one day, on 20 October unless that is a Sunday.
Sloe Fair
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Every year on 20 October, or the Monday after when that is a Sunday · 15:00 to 23:00
Next
Tuesday 20 October 2026, 15:00–23:00
Free, Rides are paid
Sets off from
Northgate car park
The fair fills the Northgate car park, just north of the city walls by the Northgate gyratory, from mid afternoon until late.
NorthgateChichester
West Sussex
PO19 1BJ
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- mlpleasurefairs.co.uk/chichester-sloe-fair
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