Friday 20th – Saturday 21st November
Ascot Racecourse is delighted to announce that the Travelling Souk will be returning to the Allied Irish Bank Meeting in November for the third Christmas Shopping Village at the recourse.

The Travelling Souk displays a wide range of Christmas present ideas all available to browse in a unique setting and as the dates fall at the end of November it is the perfect chance to beat the Christmas rush.
Gates open at 10.45am and The Travelling Souk is open all day, set to the backdrop of Coro top London choir it really does create a truly festival atmosphere.

To make sure you don’t miss any of the unique treasures the Travelling Souk has on offer we have given you a sneak preview below.

African Butterfly
The African Butterfly hair clips are one of the most innovative products of its kind. Each and every hairclip is hand beaded in South Africa by their suppliers.

AP Horse Figures
AP Horse figures provide quality horse figures that would make a great Christmas gift or simply something to treat yourself with.

Anise Cashmere
Ageless and timeless Anise Cashmere versatile wraps simply slip over the head making an easy solution for any chilly occasion! Perfect for air travel, weekends away, watching matches, school run, barbeques, drinks parties the list is endless, even whilst pregnant! Made in the Lowlands of Scotland from the softest three ply cashmere the wraps come in a range of beautiful colours. Their cashmere wraps make a perfect gift as one size really does suit all women.

Arbonne
Arbonne is a Swiss formulated pure skin care range that has products for women, men, babies, young adults and those with problematic skin types. They carry skin care, hair care and now mineral make up. In addition they do a sun care range, including a self-tanner. Their products are botanically based, pH balanced, dermatologically tested, paediatrician approved and beneficial to all.

Bebooted
Bebooted have a wide collection of Cowboy boots that are sure to please. They offer the very classic Castano boot in a range of sizes as well as a very popular Chunky Castano in brown leather.
Their cowboy boots are ideal to wear with your favourite outfit - dress it up or down!

Blue Macaw
Blue Macaw offer handmade products from South America including clothes and accessories, lacework and embroideries.

Butterfly Blue
Butterfly Blue, design and produce belt buckles. Butterfly Blue buckles are teamed with beautifully soft, durable leather available in either black or brown in four differing sizes. They offer uniquely patterned buckles, providing a stylish solution to the current trend with bold, colourful patterns.

Chameleon Earth Chameleon Earth is a small, personal company offering world class items with an ethical background. They sell fair trade, luxury leather handbags, cowhide and springbok handbags, briefcases and environmentally friendly, handcrafted bags, baskets.

Daisy Cheer
Daisy Cheer is a fabulous, refreshing and exciting company, dedicated to providing their customers with wonderful products to either indulge in themselves or buy to give as a gift to their loved one’s or friends.  Their team of buyers have spent hundreds of hours scouring the market to ensure that they are able to provide the most luxurious, high end products at very affordable prices.

Design by C
Design by C supplies contemporary Lavender accessories for the home. Celia is English and has lived in the South of France for over 10 years. She started her design career over 20 years ago creating highly celebrated window displays for Tiffany & Co, YSL, Chanel, Alfred Dunhill, Rolls Royce, Joseph amongst many others.

Fort Rocks Ltd
Fort Rocks brings a no nonsense approach to the world of crystals, creating a range of energetic jewels that key into and assist the self healing processes that exist within us all.

Illumens
The Illumens range is made up of stunning fragranced candles, aromatic spills and room fragrances, beautifully presented in an attractive flocked gift boxes. Their highly-perfumed bath essences will complement any bathroom. These are perfect to give away and then covet, or just as good for a divine personal indulgence.

Jazzy Jewlz
Jazzy Jewlz sell necklaces, bracelets, earrings, freshwater pearls, crystal necklaces and bracelets at very affordable prices. They also have a fairly extensive children’s range priced from £1 to £4 which make great stocking fillers.

Jomanda Ltd
Jomanda are famous for our range of Spanish hand loomed rugs. We are now delighted to introduce our range of utterly gorgeous, irresistible, cuddly, soft sheep toys.  All of their toys are cheeky, and are made to a high quality with extra love, care and attention.

Kinmarlin
Kinmarlin is a company which provides silver and amber jewellery as well as unique gifts. The also offer mother of pearl items alongside framed scarves and eye-catching bags.

Kiwikate
KiwiKate brings possum to the UK, possum-merino, merino and sheepskin lovely insoles, warm, practical wear from The Land of the Long White Cloud, Aoteoroa, NZ.

Koata Limited (Bushwacker - clothing brand)
A collection of ladies suede coats in classic, timeless designs and in a range of colours. Products also include luxury luggage and candleholders.

Lacorine Ltd
Lacorine's Alpaca garments are unique handmade or hand finished items . There will be a range of stylish and unique cardigans, jumpers, ponches, shawls and coats available at the racecourse.

Manijeh
Manijeh has been hand-dying natural textiles since 1980 in her workshop in rural Cheshire, England. The hand dyed cloth is made into a variety of unique garments, mostly jackets & tops, which are:
Comfortable, easy-to-wear styles, Ideal for special occasions, casual wear and travelling, In a wide range of mouth-watering colours. Machine washable and easy to care for.

Marlene Rodin (M.A.R.) 
M.A.R. London sell quality writing instruments all made in Italy. They offer a set which is made in Italy, and comprises of a fountain pen, with indestructible nib, a ballpoint and rollerball.

Minispeakers Ltd
"Our passion is music – and in particular 'Music on the move'. Minispeakers Ltd pride themselves in designing top quality speakers to suit everyone’s mood, location and wallet. Furthermore, they focus on small items ensuring good quality with loud sound, hence Minispeakers! They sell a range of accessories which, leading the race when it comes to phone/iPod/MP3 chargers.

morForm Ltd
MorForm Ltd provide an array of stylish and carefully chosen products from shell napkin rings to Indian rosewood coasters.  An emporium of contemporary classic furnishings and very special somethings for every room in your home.

Ocabini
Their luxurious cashmere designs are both traditional and contemporary and each garment is individually made to our specifications. Ocabini cashmere is soft, weightless, durable and warm. Their cashmere fibres come from the fine undercoat of goats in the mountains of Tibet and Nepal where they thrive in the harsh, dry mountainous climate, producing the highest quality of wool.

Oleander Trading
Oleander is a company whose core aim is to help you find that ever-elusive gift solution for men, women and children. They offer a stunning range of jewellery, accessories and small house gifts.

P J Pan
Beautiful cotton pyjamas, pyjama bottoms and pyjamas shorts for girls (teenagers and upwards). Made from the finest quality long staple combed cotton, the PJ Pan ladies collection has been designed with both comfort and style in mind. They have over 20 beautiful fabrics, ranging from pretty stripes to intricately woven flowers.

Peachytarte
Peachytarte, based in Wiltshire, was founded in December 2007 by Nicola Fellowes and Kate Grant – both busy mothers of three with families and friends to feed. The company exists to inspire people to cook. Peachytarte is a menu club which send 12 wonderful recipes organized into menus each month, so you don't even have to decide what goes with what.

Rose Black Accessories
Rose Black is a small exclusive British company who specialise in silk velvet accessories. Established by Rhona Cabburn and Lindsay Dyson in 2004, they have grown from supplying 20 shops with our own designed accessories, to approximately 200 boutiques, galleries and top gift outlets within the UK, Austria, Italy, Spain and Southern Ireland.

Silver and Sand
Silver and Sand are a small company based in North Devon which works with traditional silversmiths based in Bali and Thailand, creating fine handmade jewellery.

Souk Designs
Souk Designs brings beautiful, handmade handbags, silk jewellery and decorative textile accessories to a wider audience in the UK. Made from the finest suede’s and silks in a palette of stunning jewel colours and earthy tones, Souk's products are beautiful to look at and touch. Their gifts range in price from keyrings at £4 to their largest suede bags at £99

Stitch Designworks
Stitch designworks inspires your personal home and lifestyle look with unique, totally individual modern products. Textile-based, their ranges span from bathroom to living rooms with bright cotton knit blankets to hip table linen.

The Book People/Book Events
The Book People are one of the nation’s largest (and fast becoming the nation's favourite) supplier of top quality books. There's no obligation to buy, with great value prices and a service that is second to none!

The Rose...
The Rose... is a new British label based in West Sussex targeted at busy women who sometimes have the quandary as to what to wear when on a school run but still having to make an office dash putting ‘smart but casual’ into a whole new meaning.

Trade Routes
Trade Routes Ltd stocks an exciting range of decorative accessories such as buffalo horn bowls, palm tree table lamps, jewel coloured teaspoons and also the Raj Collection of cut gem and silver jewellery.

Thwaytes and Jones
Thwaytes and Jones have earned an excellent reputation for creating distinctive and high quality residential and commercial interiors, from classically period to state-of-the-art. They will be bringing a selection of lighting, rugs and accessories with them to the racecourse. All their creations are based on a strong underlying idea, developed with the client, which informs every detail from the arrangement of space to materials and mood. 

Washfield Pottery
Washfield Pottery make all sorts of delights for cooking and eating including:  plates, bowls and basins, mugs, cups, teapots and dishes of all sizes. Established in 1988 their work is now sold all over the UK, as well as in France and Boston, USA.