United Kingdom

Swanage Rotary Christmas Street Market

Swanage, United Kingdom

The Rotary Club’s one-day Christmas street market in Swanage.

Dec5to 6 Dec

Symondsbury Estate Christmas Market

Symondsbury, Bridport, United Kingdom

A curated market of South West makers and growers in a 14th-century tithe barn near Bridport.

Dec5to 6 Dec

Christmas Festival

Taste Cumbria Christmas

Cockermouth, United Kingdom

Cumbria’s Christmas food festival, with producer stalls and street food across Cockermouth.

Dec6Sun In 28 days

Colchester Christmas Market

Colchester, United Kingdom

A free one-day Christmas market of up to 80 stalls on Colchester’s pedestrianised High Street.

Checked 7 Nov

Dec6to 13 Dec

Skipton Christmas Market

Skipton, United Kingdom

Two Sundays in December, the length of the High Street, in the gateway to the Yorkshire Dales.

Checked 26 Sep

Dec8to 22 Dec

Totnes Christmas Markets

Totnes, United Kingdom

Three Tuesday evenings of Christmas markets and late-night shopping across Totnes town centre.

Dec10Thu In 32 days

Christmas Festival

Lostwithiel Dickensian Evening

Lostwithiel, United Kingdom

A one-night Dickensian Christmas evening of late shopping, choirs and street performers in Lostwithiel.

Dec11to 20 Dec

Christkindl Market Norwich

Norwich, United Kingdom

Ten days only: eighty alpine chalets in Chapelfield Gardens, weighted firmly towards Norfolk makers.

Checked 26 Sep

Dec11to 13 Dec

Christmas Markets at Audley End

Saffron Walden, United Kingdom

Over 40 stallholders in the historic service wing and kitchens of Audley End House.

Dec11to 13 Dec

Faversham Christmas Market Weekend

Faversham, United Kingdom

Three days of Christmas stalls in Faversham’s medieval market place and Court Street.

Dec11to 17 Dec

Wolverhampton Christmas Shopping Market

Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

A free week-long market of handmade gifts, artisan stalls and street food on Dudley Street.

Checked 7 Nov

Dec12to 13 Dec

Christmas Festival

The Big Christmas Weekend, Lyme Regis

Lyme Regis, United Kingdom

A Christmas Makers Market at the Town Mill, a Christmas Tree Festival and festive events across Lyme Regis.

Dec13Sun In 35 days

Petersfield Christmas Market

Petersfield, United Kingdom

A free one-day market of 100 stalls across the centre of Petersfield.

Dec18to 19 Dec Provisional dates

Shrewsbury Christmas Market

Shrewsbury, United Kingdom

A two-day market in Shrewsbury's historic Square, just before Christmas — dates reported, awaiting official confirmation.

Light Switch-On

Birmingham Christmas Lights Switch-On

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Birmingham city centre's lights switch-on — 2026 date not yet announced.

Truck Tour

Coca-Cola Christmas Truck Tour

United Kingdom

The tour that unofficially starts Christmas. Around 15 stops, mostly supermarket car parks, one or two days each.

Coventry Christmas Market

Coventry, United Kingdom

Coventry's market and big wheel in Broadgate — 2026 dates not yet announced; what's online is last season's.

Light Switch-On

Glasgow Christmas Lights Switch-On

Glasgow, United Kingdom

Glasgow's Christmas lighting trail along its main shopping streets — 2026 date not yet announced.

Greenwich Christmas Market

London, United Kingdom

Greenwich's covered market at Christmas — the switch-on is confirmed for 18 November; Christmas trading dates still to come.

Gunwharf Quays Christmas Market

Portsmouth, United Kingdom

Christmas on Portsmouth's waterfront — attractions announced, but no confirmed market dates yet.

Harrogate Christmas Market

Harrogate, United Kingdom

Christmas in the spa town of Harrogate — the main market's 2026 status is unclear, with conflicting reports.

Hull Christmas Market

Kingston upon Hull, United Kingdom

Hull's city-centre Christmas market and Christmas weekend — 2026 programme still to be announced.

Leicester Christmas Market

Leicester, United Kingdom

Leicester's city-centre Christmas market, lights and skating — 2026 dates not yet confirmed; several widely shared dates are from 2024.