Car boot sales & locations

• This site lists over 2000 different car boot locations around the UK and Ireland plus many more car boot sales world-wide.
• Click on interactive map opposite to find a local car boot sale.
• Most have a link to a Google map to show the exact location of the carboot.My son has done some more coding so you click on 'Map' button of a car boot and its infoWindow pops up on map at an increased scale to show its location.
• Stolen Goods. Unfortunately, stolen goods are often sold at car boots. I've been notified by a carbooter that this week this week a Stihl MS 260 chain saw and Alpina Chain saw were stolen. Kent police can be contacted on 01732 379 170 crime reference BY/8342/09.
• BEWARE when searching the internet. Many links apparently to sites about car boots in Google are bogus. They usually include random letters and numbers in the address eg im2zd9 plus several hyphenated words taken from a genuine website and are not .com or .co.uk addresses (see address in green at bottom of Google listing / in status bar). They lead to sites which download viruses, trojans and other types of malware. carbootsRus does not try to download any malware. All links to external sites in it have been tested and were ok when tested.

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She said: ‘Where a property is used as a car boot sale site its rateable value for the 2010 revaluation should reflect any rental enhancement attributable to that use.’

Her officials said this had always been the case when assessing rates and claimed most business would see their bills reduce next year.

But Tory Shadow Secretary for Local Government Caroline Spelman said that since the number of sales had soared, many more people would be affected, adding: ‘In the depths of a recession, car boot sales are more important than ever. They also help the environment by reducing the amount of unwanted items thrown into landfill.’

A spokesman for Ms Follett said last night: ‘The five-yearly revaluations make sure each business pays its fair contribution and no more.’

VOA sources said charity events would be unaffected.

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• Increase Numbers of Car Boot Days
  At the moment only 14 car boot sales a year can be held on any field in Green Belt land. The organisers of "Warrington's Favourite Car Boot" are petitioning to allow them for 28 days. They state "We go on about recycling, please tell me what is more efficient than recycling your unwanted items than burying that in land fill sites. A good day out for people and if run properly, a safe and clean way of raising extra cash and emptying your garage."
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