We conduct regular livestock auctions at Hailsham Market on Mondays and Wednesdays,
for more details and to see auction times look on the Hailsham Market page.
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WEDNESDAY, 25th JANUARY 2012
Copy of press release sent to Farming and Local Press, Radio and TV

Campaigners are celebrating the news that an historic livestock market has finally been saved from all threats of development.
Hailsham Market, which traces its history to a Royal Charter of 1252, is on a town centre site in Hailsham, East Sussex. Since 1997, the market has faced repeated threats of closure from developers wishing to build a supermarket on its site.
But thankfully South East Marts, the operator of Hailsham Market, has finally been able to purchase the freehold of the market site in Market Street, Hailsham, ending more than 15 years of uncertainty over the market’s future.
South East Marts director and auctioneer Roger Waters, who has been among those fighting for the market’s future, is delighted. He says: “It’s great news that Hailsham Market is now on a firm footing, with the company that is operating the market also owning the market site. We want to improve the facilities here but the present market is functional, its future is secure and we can operate here very happily. We are still considering moving to a larger, more accessible site on the outskirts of Hailsham where we could create a new market and rural business centre, if it would be economically viable and the right consents could be gained.”
Hailsham Market Action Group chair Phil Hook, an organic dairy farmer from Hailsham and NFU member, says: “The dogged determination of all those campaigning to save Hailsham Market has really paid off. This is the best news that 2012 could bring the livestock farming community in and around East Sussex.”
Mr Hook pays tribute to the work of retired solicitor David White, now a Wealden District councillor, who has assisted the Hailsham Market Action Group at every step of the campaign.
David White says: “The past 15 years have been traumatic, to say the least, but thankfully all that uncertainty is now at an end! People have been so supportive – farmers pledged more than £400,000 for the campaign to save Hailsham Market and we won the backing of MPs, peers and all tiers of local government.”
East Sussex NFU chair Gillian Van der Meer, whose dairy farming family uses Hailsham Market, adds: “Livestock farming really does matter to this part of the South East and Hailsham Market is part of its vital infrastructure. Once lost, infrastructure is almost impossible to replace. The NFU was determined not to lose Hailsham Market which is one of only two livestock markets in the region. Farmers maintain high animal welfare standards and a livestock market within easy reach is an essential trading facility, keeping food miles in check.”
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Next Sale of
STORE CATTLE
now to be held on
MONDAY, 20th FEBRUARY
(Please note no sale on Monday, 6th February as advertised on the calendar)
Entries now being taken for this sale and already include:-
40 Friesian steers, 14/18 mos from M Peters and WD Carr Partnership,
34 Aberdeen Angus cross steers, 9/11 mos from Mrs E Robins, 26 Friesian and Swedish Red steers, 14/17 mos from K Axell, 20 Simmental cross steers, 9/10 mos from New House Farm Twineham Ltd., 19 Limousin cross steers and heifers, 15/16 mos from AA & M and D Woolgar,
plus many more good entries coming forward

Please let us have your entries for inclusion in the catalogue
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