Wellesbourne Market could close after 40 years if employment park plans go ahead

THE weekly market at Wellesbourne Airfield could close after more than 40 years as proposals move forward to create a new employment park on the site.

Gary Platt, owner of the company that runs Wellesbourne Market, told the Herald that if such a move went ahead it would provoke “outrage”.

But he stressed that he was currently in negotiations with the airfield owners to relocate the market – one of the largest outdoor enterprises of its kind in the country – to another part of the site.