The office above Harper’s Bookshop, Seabrook

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The Seabrook town crest: a shield edged with rope, showing a gold lighthouse, a sailing boat and an anchor, the date 1324, and the motto on a ribbon beneath.

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Market Square

Market day is Thursday.

Market Square is where Seabrook holds its market. It lies west of the river, a short walk from the bridge.

Market day is Thursday, from eight in the morning until two. Pitches are let by the Council. On other days the square is quiet.

In December the square is given over to the Christmas market, which has been held since 1957. The Mayor opens it, and the lights on the big tree are switched on. The date is announced in the Chronicle.

Those eating in the open on any day are advised that the gulls are bold and, in the opinion of several residents, getting larger.

Details

Address
West of the river, a short walk from the bridge
Hours
  • Market day: Thursday, 8 to 2

On the map

Marked on the town map.

Find it on the map of Seabrook

What the locals say

“You go on a Thursday for vegetables and come home with the news.”

Streets and squares

Elsewhere in Seabrook

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    The High Street

    From the Old Stone Bridge to the pier. It has looked roughly the same for a hundred years.

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    Church Row

    Two terraces of pale stone, up the hill from the High Street. Residential.

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    Harbour Lane

    Terraced cottages facing the water across a strip of pavement.

The map of Seabrook, with every place marked

Holmes once ate three tins of tuna in an afternoon. Penrose counted.