Danny Kruger said Wiltshire’s Marlborough Market is shrinking on the High Street in Marlborough, and he tied that decline to roadworks and traffic jams. The MP for East Wiltshire made the appeal on Saturday, August 15 while he was at the market and asked residents to keep supporting it.
Kruger posted: "Marlborough market is a gem - but a shrinking one." He added: "But stallholders say the roadworks and traffic jams are killing the market."
Wednesdays and Saturdays in Marlborough
The market has run on Wednesdays and Saturdays for decades on the High Street in Marlborough, giving stallholders a regular trading pattern and local shoppers a fixed place to buy. Kruger’s warning was that the offer is now getting smaller, not through a formal closure, but through the pressure created by blocked or slowed access.
That matters for readers who use the market or depend on it for trade: a shrinking offering means fewer stalls visible to customers and less reason for repeat visits. Kruger’s call was direct: "Do support it - and let’s fix the traffic crisis."
Sean Oates at Marlborough Market
The market visit also put a named local trader in view. Sean Oates was identified in relation to a family brand sold at the market, placing the issue in the day-to-day trade that keeps the market going.
Kruger’s message left one clear next step for residents: use the market. The open question is the cause he did not spell out — which roadworks or traffic measures are feeding the crisis on the High Street in Marlborough.
