The Great British Market Awards 2026, proudly sponsored by Market Place, are now officially live!
Organised by NABMA – The Voice of Markets, these nationally recognised and prestigious awards honour the very best of Britain’s markets, celebrating excellence, innovation and community spirit across indoor, outdoor, food, speciality, community and wholesale markets.
At the heart of the campaign is the much-loved “Britain’s Favourite Market” public vote, giving market visitors, traders and operators the opportunity to showcase their favourite local market.
Get involved
- Vote now for Britain’s Favourite Market 2026: https://nabma.com/MyFavouriteMarket2026/
- Enter your market into the awards: https://nabma.com/gbma2026/
- Voting closes midnight on Friday 12 December 2025.
Important information:
Let’s play fair! Individuals are allowed to vote once per day. NABMA reserves the right to remove votes received in rapid succession from the same IP address or other non-genuine / block votes at our own discretion, so please respect the “one a day rule.” We may contact a market if we identify unusual voting patterns. Online voting will be the major contributor in deciding the winner, but other checks may take place to ensure credibility.
A large market is considered to have 50+ stalls, and a small market has fewer than 50 stalls.
Category winners from 2025 are not eligible to enter the same category for 2026.
Nominations must be for the correct category, and incomplete or miscategorised entries will not be considered.
The judges’ decision is final, and no correspondence or discussions will be entered into.
We are proud to acknowledge and thank Market Place for their generous sponsorship and continued support of the Great British Market Awards.
Let’s celebrate the best of British markets, and find out who will be crowned Britain’s Favourite Market 2026!
Download: Intro Leaflet 2026 (PDF)
Update to the Great British Market Awards
NABMA has introduced a small but important change to the Great British Market Awards to ensure the competition continues to celebrate the widest possible range of market achievements across the UK.
From 2026, previous overall winners will take a one-year break from entering the same category. This change brings the Awards in line with other national recognition schemes — for example, Britain in Bloom and the Great British High Street Awards — where overall winners step back for a year to encourage fresh participation and ensure a broader spread of recognition across the country.
This new approach is designed to encourage opportunity, diversity, and new success stories. By giving other markets the chance to take centre stage, we can showcase more of the incredible work being done across the sector and continue to raise the profile of markets nationwide.
We’re immensely proud of past winners such as Shrewsbury Market Hall, whose success has been highlighted to government and high street partners as an example of what thriving markets can deliver for their communities. Shrewsbury remains a fantastic ambassador for the markets industry, and we hope to see them — and many others — entering other award categories this year.
The Awards continue to celebrate the creativity, resilience, and community spirit that make UK markets so special.
