Warwick’s Mop is held under a charter from Edward III and was a hiring fair where workers were taken on for a trial week. The Runaway Mop a week later let either side back out, and both still fill the town centre, opened by the Mayor with the Town Crier and the Court Leet.
Warwick Mop
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Every year on the first Friday on or after 13 October, for 2 days · 17:00 to 22:00
Next
Friday 15 to Saturday 16 October 2027, 17:00–22:00
Free, Rides are paid
Sets off from
Market Place
The rides fill the Market Place and the town centre streets around it. It opens at 17:00 on the Friday and at noon on the Saturday, and the Runaway Mop returns on the following Friday and Saturday.
WarwickWarwickshire
CV34 4SL
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- warwickmopfair.co.uk
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