Final arrangements are being put in place for Neath’s historic Great September Fair – one of the oldest chartered fairs in Europe.
The iconic fair is made up of two main events, the Fun Fair at Milland Road Car Park and the Street Fair which takes place in the streets in the centre of Neath.
The 2024 Street Fair, featuring around 80 stalls, runs this year from Wednesday, September 11th to Saturday, September 14th and the Fun Fair, run as usual by the Showmen’s Guild of Great Britain, runs from Tuesday, September 10th to Saturday, September 14th.
Traders from all around the UK are expected to flock to Neath for this year’s Street Fair with products on offer ranging from textiles and furniture to artisan food and drinks, household products and ornaments and many more.
The Fun Fair will feature a mixture of thrill rides and children’s rides, dodgems, a helter skelter, a big wheel, a fun house, ghost rides and waltzers.
The Leader of Neath Port Talbot Council, Cllr Steve Hunt, said: “It is with delight that we are once again hosting one of Europe’s oldest chartered fairs with Neath Fair’s original charter going back more than 700 years to 1280.”
Cllr Cen Phillips, the council’s Cabinet Member for Nature, Tourism and Wellbeing, added: “This is one of the most iconic events of its kind in the UK and Europe. Every year it leads to the streets of Neath thronging with excited visitors from all over the country.”
