Vendor Information

The basics

The Woolly Good Gathering is taking place at Central Hall located, at 2 W Tollcross, Edinburgh EH3 9BP, on Friday 4 and Saturday 5 April 2025.

  • Thursday: loading in only.

    • Vendor access is from 12pm - 6pm

  • Friday 9:30am - 5pm: This is the festival’s Friday event. 

    • Vendor access is from 8:15am - 5:45pm

  • Friday 6-9pm: This is the Friday evening social. 

  • Saturday 9:30am - 5pm: This is the festival’s Saturday event. 

    • Vendor access is from 8:15am - 7pm

This year stands are either Size 1 which cost £200 and measure 2m x 2m, Size 2 which cost £450 and measure roughly 3m x 2m, or a larger space negotiated with us at £500-1200. The fee includes: 

  • A dedicated Vendor quiet room, stocked with drinks and snacks  

  • 2 x lunches on both Friday and Saturday (you will receive a load-in form to make your lunch order)

  • City of Edinburgh Market Trader event fee paid by us  

  • One or two tables size 1.8m x 60cm (you will need to let us know how many tables you need or if you do not need any in the 2025 Vendor Registration form) 

All vendors will receive 2 vendor passes on bright orange lanyards. If you need more than 2, please email us at woollygoodedinburgh@gmail.com. Vendor passes can be picked up before beginning unloading and will allow you access to the venue before opening times. Woolly Good staff and volunteers will also be wearing event lanyards. Ticket holders will have wristbands.

Wifi will be available and login details will be given to you on the day. 

Electrical points are available in each marketplace space. Occasional phone charging etc. is not a problem, but if you need a dedicated electrical point for your stand because you will be using sockets to run electrical items on your stall during the festival, this comes with a £10 charge requested by the venue. They will provide a dedicated surge protected cable for you. You will need to let us know if you need electrical access in your 2025 Vendor Registration form. 

Important documents and dates

4 February 2025: Final 50% of vendor fee due to Woolly Good LLP via bank transfer. 

21 March 2025: Public Liability Insurance (for at least £2 million) certificate due. If your PLI expires after 21 March, please send us whichever current certificate you have by 21 March. Then as soon as you have renewed your insurance, send us your new PLI certificate. Submit your PLI certificate via the documents submission form.

21 March 2025: Risk assessment due. For templates and help writing your risk assessment, HSE.gov.uk has good guidance. Submit your risk assessment via the documents submission form.

Loading and unloading

Unloading takes place on Dunbar Street, a narrow street with no permitted parking spaces. Access to the loading area is extremely limited. You may only park your vehicle there for the duration of your unloading process. Unloading will take place on the opposite side of the street from the entrance.

Volunteers will be available to assist you in transporting your items — please approach any of them for help. Once you have unloaded everything from your vehicle, your belongings will be carried to your stall. You will be allotted a 20-minute time slot for unloading.

A car park attendant will be on hand to manage traffic flow in and out of the loading area.

Right next to the entrance, there is a lift that can be used to get your wares upstairs. We ask for your patience, as you may need to queue to use the lift.

Please use this form to book an loading in time slot and also to order your lunch: Loading in and lunch form

Parking

Central Hall is centrally located in Edinburgh and parking can be a challenge. Central Hall is within the Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) and if you park on-street inside the CPZ, you will need to pay and display (cash at machine or with the RingGo app) to park on street. For more information about the Controlled Parking Zone, see the City of Edinburgh Council website. 

Central Hall is on the corner of West Tollcross and Earl Grey Street (A700) and is just outside of the Low Emission Zone (LEZ). However, note that some parts of the A700 are within the LEZ; you will need to approach from the south and west to avoid the LEZ. For more information about the LEZ, including a boundary map and , see the City of Edinburgh Council website. 

Multi-storey car parks

This information about nearby multi-storey car parks is a guide only, and we cannot guarantee all information is completely up to date.

Riego/Princes Exchange
2/9 Riego St, EH3 9BL

Walking to Central Hall: 3 mins
Walking to Edinburgh Printmakers: 11 mins
Max height: 1.9m
Within the LEZ: Yes

  • Up to 1 hour - £3

  • Up to 3 hours - £5

  • Up to 6 hours - £10

  • Up to 10 hours £12

  • Up to 24 hours - £18

* no public access Mon-Fri before 9.30am

Edinburgh Quay
Freer Street, EH3 9QG

Walking to Central Hall: 6 mins
Walking to Edinburgh Printmakers: 4 mins
Max height: 2m
Within the LEZ: No

  • Up to 2 hours - £4.50

  • Up to 4 hours - £7

  • Up to 6 hours - £11

  • Up to 10 hours - £15

  • Up to 24 hours - £22

Fountain Park
130 Dundee St, EH11 1AF

Walking to Central Hall: 13 mins
Walking to Edinburgh Printmakers: 4 mins
Max height: 1.88m from Dundee St entrance, 2.08m from Western Approach entrance
Within the LEZ: No

  • Up to 4 hours - £5

  • Up to 6 hours - £8

  • Up to 12 hours - £15

  • Up to 24 hours - £30

Q-Park Quartermile
Simpson Loan, EH3 9AU

Walking to Central Hall: 14 mins
Walking to Edinburgh Printmakers: 23 mins
Max height: 2.28m
Within the LEZ: Yes

  • Per hour depending on entry time: £2.50 to £3.90

  • Up to 24 hours - £27

Q-Park Semple Street
Semple Street, EH3 8BL

Walking to Central Hall: 4 mins
Walking to Edinburgh Printmakers: 9 mins
Max height: 2m
Within the LEZ: No

  • Up to 1 hour - £4.20

  • Up to 2 hours - £8.40

  • Up to 4 hours - £10

  • Up to 6 hours - £14

  • Up to 10 hours - £18

  • Up to 24 hours - £22

On-street parking and charges  

Please avoid any parking bays labelled ‘Permit Holders Only’.  

For more information visit Parking – The City of Edinburgh Council.

If you are a Blue Badge holder, please refer to the City of Edinburgh Council website, which lists where you can and cannot park with a Blue Badge. 

Travel to the venues

Accessibility — Central Venues 

Visit Edinburgh Printmakers 

Floorplans

There are four marketplace rooms across Level 2 and 3 of Central Hall. Floor 2 houses the Auditorium and Hall. Floor 3 houses the Skye and Islay rooms.

Hall Vendors

  1. Iolair Yarn

  2. Jenerates by Jen Hogg

  3. Kettle Yarn Co.

  4. Third Vault Yarns

  5. Ripples Crafts

  6. Midwinter Yarns

  7. Woolly Originals

  8. Wee County Yarns

Auditorium Vendors

  1. Di Gilpin

  2. Soft Accents

  3. Zakami Yarns

  4. YarnTings

  5. woollenflower

  6. Botanical Yarn

  7. Lynsey Walters

  8. Cookston Crafts

  9. toft

  10. Susan Crawford Vintage

  11. Langsoond Yarn

  12. Ginger Twist Studio

  13. Annfield Farm

  14. TJFrog

  15. Moorit

  16. Mamie and Florrie

  17. Black Isle Yarns and Wild Wood Stitches

  18. The Woolchemist

  19. Herbarium Dyeworks

  20. LoveLiveGiveArt

  21. Nervus Fibre

  22. RiverKnits

  23. Ballyhoura Fibres

Islay Vendors

  1. Jamieson’s of Shetland

  2. Journal of Scottish Yarns

  3. Beyond Measure

Skye Vendors

  1. Birlinn Yarn Co

  2. Uist Wool

  3. Garthenor Organic

Fire safety and emergencies

Central Hall has an Event Evacuation Policy which we encourage all vendors to familiarise themselves with.

Accessibility

Please note the Disabled Access for Central Hall, with lift to the reception area is on the lane leading to Edinburgh’s main Fire Station. This means that people can be dropped off but no-one can park here, even with a Blue Badge. This is for the safety of all, ensuring fire engines can exit at speed when needed.

Central Hall has lifts to all floors.

Central Halls has men’s, women’s, gender-neutral, disabled toilets and baby changing facilities.

Wellbeing

There is a dedicated vendor room where vendors can retreat from visitors. This is the Lewis room in Central Hall.

More information coming soon…

Downloads

Emails

  • Welcome to the Woolly Good Gathering 2025. We are very happy that you will join us! 

    This is a slightly long one - please take your time to read all the information given - thank you very much! 

    Please find attached your invoice and our updated Terms & Conditions. In order to reserve your stall, you will need to pay the deposit (50% of the total stall fee) within 14 days (23rd December) of receiving this email. We are very sorry that we could not send the invoices sooner, but with the change of venue, everything got slightly delayed. If, for any reason, you are not able to pay the invoice by the deadline, please contact us via email to discuss the delay.  

    Payment is via bank transfer and please use the reference given in the invoice.  

    Please register your confirmation of the stall here: https://mooritmag.typeform.com/to/WAvjgoVP. 

    The form will ask you for information such as: contact name, email, business name, confirmation that you read and understood the Terms and Conditions, and that you will provide documentation of Public Liability Insurance to the value of at least £2 million and a Risk Assessment to the Organisers by 21/03/25.  

    Once we have received your payment and your form, you have reserved your stall for The Woolly Good Gathering 2025. If you do not respond within the next 14 days, we assume that you are not interested anymore, and we will offer the stall to another applicant from our waiting list. 

    Thank you very much for your help! 

    We hope you have a wonderful and relaxing Christmas, and we cannot wait to see you in April 2025.