Tilloloy Flea Market

Bargain hunting in Picardy's Santerre

Tilloloy is a rural community of 300 inhabitants located in the Santerre plain, in the southeast of the Somme, near Roye and the border with the Oise. The village organizes its annual flea market every year on Rue de Flandre, one of the main arteries of the town. The event is part of the rich Picardy tradition of village flea markets, which animate rural communities of the department every spring and summer.

The charm of a village flea market

Rue de Flandre in Tilloloy is the scene of a peaceful bargain hunt, far from the crowds of large urban réderies. The exhibitors, mostly residents of the village and neighboring communities, offer the classic Picardy flea market assortment: dishware, household linen, books, comics, records, clothes for the whole family, old toys, small furniture, tools, various trinkets. Conviviality is the order of the day, with that warm atmosphere specific to events led by volunteers from a small village.

Tilloloy and the Santerre plain

Tilloloy is located in the Santerre plain, this vast agricultural region in the southeast of the Somme. The landscapes are those of large cereal crops that extend as far as the eye can see, punctuated by villages with flint and brick characteristic of Picardy. The Tilloloy castle, a historic 17th century residence remodeled in the 19th, is one of the heritage points of interest of the community, although not open to the public. Visitors can appreciate its park visible from the surroundings.

A stop on the bargain hunter's route

Tilloloy, by its location at the intersection of the roads connecting Roye, Montdidier and Noyon, constitutes a practical stop for bargain hunters traveling through the south of the Somme. Lovers of village flea markets will appreciate the authenticity of this event, where you take the time to chat with exhibitors who are often longtime residents of the village. This human proximity, increasingly rare in large commercial events, remains the hallmark of Picardy rural flea markets like that of Tilloloy.