LEEDS INDUSTRIAL MUSEUM AT ARMLEY MILL.
We are back here for 4th & 5th October 2025.
Update on the entertainment for the weekend:
Indoor entertainment of acoustic music on the Sunday in the tearoom, followed by recruiting for the Coffee Jousting (that's right, we do things different at LSM!) commences from 2pm for the tournament to take place at 3pm on the Sunday only.
There will be a flying display from one of Amy Jo Lawrance's owls from her Flying Squadron on Saturday.
This is planned to be in the picnic grounds which is immediately behind the museum as the new flood defence work will be completed.
https://www.facebook.com/TheFlyingSquadron
Captain Cumberpatch's Curious Creations will be donating medals for the prizewinners (silver, gold and two bronze) and one also for the Coffee Jousting Beanmaster (the host).
Feel free to share!
This is going to be emailed out later today :)
As a welcome back to Armley treat, I’m doing 10% off if you do both days.
This is the information for the next Leeds Steampunk Market. If you have already been in touch, this is to double check you are still available so a reply is essential so I can get invoices sent out. (Don’t just say “yes count me in”, I need to know what size pitch, which day/s – use the checklist!)
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EVENT DETAILS
The dates are Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th October 2025, and the location is Leeds Industrial Museum at Armley Mill, Canal Lane, Leeds, LS12 2QF. The trading times are 10 - 4 Saturday, 11 – 5 Sunday so you must be fully loaded in by that time and ready to trade for those early visitors. This location is already proving to be a popular choice because we’ve not had a market here for 6 years, so a prompt reply is appreciated as I need to get other invitations sent out.
Load in and setting up details will be sent closer to the event.
Full details on the event and trader info can be found on our website and we recommend you read all information fully as it covers absolutely everything traders need to know. Bear with me as I’m still finding parts I need to update!
http://www.leedssteampunkmarket.co.uk/trader-information.php
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TRADER INFO
Although the label says "steampunk" I still want the range to cover steampunk, Victorian, military, gothic, dark and spooky, vintage, faery, pagan, LARP, roleplaying, historical, heritage crafts, Sci-Fi, Harry Potter, Alice in Wonderland, geeky, nerdy, comics, gaming, modelling (railway and dolls house), a bit of Boardwalk Empire/Game of Thrones thrown in, alternative (but NOT in a fetish/burlesque way) - different and unusual works!
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PITCH SIZES & PRICES
Tables can be supplied but if you have your own tables, you do need to bring them as there are only a small amount at the venue.
If you need to have space for two 6ft rails, two 6ft tables or a rail and a table, you will need a double pitch to accommodate this. It might be side by side which will be along the side of the walkway or in an L shape. I cannot guarantee any shape, positions or locations as everything will be dependent on so many factors. I have the basic plan drawn up but the layout of who goes where will all depend on what folks are selling, ensuring that I don't have two similar traders too close to each other, whether they need access to power and any health problems.
As a welcome back to Armley treat, I’m doing 10% off if you do both days.
Single = £40 for 1 day, £72 for both days
Double = £70 for 1 day, £126 for both days
Anything bigger, please contact me to see if I can accommodate you, price negotiable based on above.
Once I have sent the invoice, payment must be received as soon as possible to secure your pitch – the final cut-off date is Fri 27/9/24.
Everyone will be on two floors which will be the 3rd floor (where the entrance is) and the 2nd floor.
You are not expected to do both days, just do one day if you like. However, if you book in for both days but then leave after just one day for whatever reason, there are no refunds. You’re likely to not be invited back again in a hurry though!
If you get booked in and paid up, then need to cancel, please give me as much notice as possible. If I can refill that pitch, I’ll refund your money back to you.
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TERMS & CONDITIONS
PLI is essential for all our events along with any other certification if you are doing anything that warrants it (such as food, alcohol, soaps) plus PAT certificates for all mains electrical items you plan to use (if they are over a year old). Ensure you have this attached to your reply on EVERY event. This is to make sure it is still in date or due to run out before the event – do please check it! You don’t need to send me everything from your insurers - it will be called either Statement of Insurance or Certificate of Insurance. If you're with A&N, Axisweb, NMTF or anywhere that does PLI as part of a membership, I just need proof of your membership as I know their certificates are made out to “Members” and run for the duration of the tax year. (If you’re not sure which bit I need, forward me their email with a covering note and I’ll identify it for you!)
LSM terms and conditions of trading prevail. These can be found in full on the website (http://www.leedssteampunkmarket.co.uk/terms-of-trading.php) and MUST be read as they are regularly updated.
By accepting this invitation to trade you are thus deemed to have agreed to have read, accepted, and complied with the T&Cs.
If you breach any of our terms during trading, you risk not being invited to trade at the next event or being removed from the trader list entirely.
Standards must be maintained to keep all our traders, customers and visitors interested and returning time after time.
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WHAT YOU NEED TO DO!
Don’t just say “yes count me in”, I need to know what size pitch, which day/s etc!
So, info I need from you please:
Your name
Brand name
Up to date phone number
Up to date email, preferably with a backup
Which day/s you want to trade
What size pitch – single or double
Do you have your own table/s
Do you need access to power
Do you have any health problems (there are working looms in the building which create dust as well as being noisy!)
Have you attached your up to date PLI certificate
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I'm also in need of at least one outdoor hot food trader, an alcohol trader for either indoors or outdoors and someone to run the tearoom.
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Email leedssteampunkmarket@gmail.com
HOW TO GET HERE
(Please check on these before travelling in case timetables are changed by WYMetro)
Bus
The number 15 bus operates between Leeds train station and Leeds Industrial Museum. There is a bus stop just outside the main doors of the train station in Leeds centre and the number 15 bus drops you off opposite the carpark of Armley Mill on Canal Road.
Bus numbers 33, 34, 35, 60, 508 and 757 travel from the city centre to the Vue Cinema complex on Kirkstall Road. Access is available behind the complex over the footbridge.
Rail
The nearest train station is Burley Park which is a 1 mile walk from the museum. Leeds train station is 1.6 miles away.
Parking
Leeds Industrial Museum is located just two miles out of the city centre on Canal Road, off the main A65 road to Kirkstall. Free on-site parking is available and is a 1 minute walk from the entrance.
*FURTHER NOTE REGARDING ARMLEY
The museum staff are trying to persuade them to include a pathway for the public to exit the building and walk around the outside of the building, but it is looking doubtful if this can be arranged. It will mean that when the public leave the final gallery, they will have to come up the far stairs to the second floor, come along the gallery and exit through the Cinema fire exit. If there are people that are unable to negotiate stairs, then they will be brought up in the lift.
The route around the building is one way at the moment with the stairs to the cinema (on the corner where Si used to have his stand when it was a smaller setup) closed off to the public. All of the stairs are down only (this may change due to the work) and you have to walk around in a loop and back to the start if you want to see anything again.
What the staff are proposing to do to make it easier for people, on my market days, is open the cinema fire exit door and let people go out of that and back in the entrance door to rejoin the loop of top floor south to north and second floor north to south. I would have traders on the two floors as usual.
I should be able to use the Conference Room so would add traders back up there if need be and have the café area. We don’t know what restrictions will be for the café - at the moment they are not selling refreshments and have closed that area off. (We assume that by October the most stringent of restrictions would be table service only but who knows.) The stairs to the Conference room are open and airy and they have signs up asking people to be mindful of others. The toilets are there so they can’t do any other. They don’t know about the number allowed in or if they can allow people to sit in the cinema.
This is something that they will hopefully know now (I need to get an update). The work is expected to go on for more than a year and was due to start in the last week of July 2021. At the moment the ground floor area that will definitely be closed to the public is the area outside of the locomotive gallery.
