Marlborough will be closed to traffic this weekend and next when Little Mop and Big Mop take over the High Street.

The Showmen’s Guild of Great Britain will be back in town on Saturday and the following weekend. Roads will be closed from noon on Friday and motorists are warned their cars could be towed away.

Marlborough is host to Wiltshire’s last remaining Mop Fairs. They are always held on the closest Saturdays to Old Michaelmas Day, on October 11. If Old Michaelmas Day falls on a Saturday, the fairs are held two weeks apart. Marlborough’s Mops are thought to date back more than 250 year