In brief
- Autumn Long Point ran from 14 to 16 September 2026, with 30 furniture brands across 15 showrooms.
- The Long Eaton Guild of Furniture Manufacturers reports registrations up 40 per cent on the spring event.
- HTL showed in its new Long Eaton showroom, and The English Chesterfield Company exhibited for the first time.
Autumn Long Point, the trade exhibition hosted twice a year by the Long Eaton Guild of Furniture Manufacturers, ran from 14 to 16 September. Thirty leading and emerging furniture brands opened 15 showrooms, fourteen of them within a few minutes of one another in and around Long Eaton, the town recognised as the UK Centre of Quality Upholstery Manufacture, and one, Sofa Brands International, a short drive away in Sutton-in-Ashfield.
+40%
registrations for Autumn Long Point, compared with the spring event.
Source: Long Eaton Guild of Furniture Manufacturers, September 2026
New faces
HTL used the autumn edition to open its new Long Eaton showroom on Wilsthorpe Road, showing its latest upholstery collections and leather work. The English Chesterfield Company, which makes every piece to order in its UK workshop, joined the exhibition for the first time, exhibiting on the first two days.
Other exhibitors included Parker Knoll, G Plan, Duresta, Buoyant, Tetrad, Wallace and Howe, Gascoigne Designs, Siren Furniture and Iain James Furniture.
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Subscribe freeNew this year was a Chairman's networking reception at the close of the first day, open to exhibitors and invited guests. David Gascoigne, Chairman of the Guild, said:
“We were delighted with Autumn Long Point this year. One of the most encouraging things for us is seeing the audience continue to broaden, with the event now attracting visitors from across the wider interiors and furniture industry, rather than predominantly furniture retailers. The reception on the first evening was a real success. It was very well attended and created a great opportunity for exhibitors and visitors to come together in a more informal setting, catch up with existing contacts and make new connections. Long Point has always been about bringing the industry together in Long Eaton, and it was fantastic to see that happening across the three days.”
— David Gascoigne, Chairman, Long Eaton Guild of Furniture Manufacturers
Long Point will have a standing place in The Furniture Magazine's events diary, and the spring 2027 dates will be listed as soon as the Guild announces them.
In the showrooms
The Long Eaton Guild of Furniture Manufacturers
Built from the Guild's Autumn Long Point 2026 exhibition brochure and from information and a quote supplied for publication by Catseye Marketing on behalf of the Long Eaton Guild of Furniture Manufacturers, 17 to 24 September 2026. This round-up is editorial and was not paid for.
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