Large ticketed festive events with rides, shows and attractions alongside the stalls.
17 markets
Nov12to 24 Dec
Nottingham, United Kingdom
An ice rink, a skating path, an observation wheel and a market, all in front of the Council House — and free to walk into.
Checked 26 Sep
Nov13to 3 Jan
Cambridge, United Kingdom
An ice rink, a big wheel and a Christmas market on Parker's Piece — free to walk in, and running into January.
Checked 3 Oct
Nov19to 3 Jan
London, United Kingdom
The biggest festive event in the UK — a full theme park bolted onto a Christmas market, in the middle of London.
Checked 3 OctBlackpool, United Kingdom
A festive village of log cabins, skating and light installations on Blackpool’s Tower Festival Headland.
Checked 7 NovLancaster, United Kingdom
An ice rink, Christmas market stalls and a giant tipi bar in Dalton Square, from late November into the new year.
Checked 7 NovNorthampton, United Kingdom
Six weeks of gingerbread-themed huts, local stalls and fairground rides on Northampton’s Market Square.
Checked 7 NovWarwick, United Kingdom
A Victorian market, themed rides and the Christmas lights switch-on in Warwick’s Market Place.
Checked 8 NovMelton Mowbray, United Kingdom
Three days of festive market stalls and the Christmas lights switch-on in Melton Mowbray town centre.
Checked 8 Nov
Nov28to 7 Jan
Zagreb, Croatia
A city-wide Advent festival through Zagreb's Upper and Lower Towns — running past Christmas to 7 January.
Checked 3 OctTadcaster, United Kingdom
Tadcaster’s first-Sunday-of-Advent market, with street stalls, a craft fayre and a Santa’s Grotto.
Checked 8 NovBishop Auckland, United Kingdom
A free four-day Christmas festival in Bishop Auckland Market Place, with a market, funfair rides, giant tipis and Santa’s Grotto.
Checked 7 Nov
Dec4to 6 Dec
Durham, United Kingdom
A three-day festival rather than a month-long market — and all the better for it, packed into the peninsula below the cathedral.
Checked 27 AugLong Melford, United Kingdom
Kentwell Hall turns the clock back to 1869 for a Dickensian Christmas over two weekends.
Checked 8 NovChalfont St Giles, United Kingdom
Victorian Christmas demonstrations, artisan stalls and decorated historic buildings at Chiltern Open Air Museum.
Checked 8 NovCockermouth, United Kingdom
Cumbria’s Christmas food festival, with producer stalls and street food across Cockermouth.
Checked 8 NovLostwithiel, United Kingdom
A one-night Dickensian Christmas evening of late shopping, choirs and street performers in Lostwithiel.
Checked 8 NovLyme Regis, United Kingdom
A Christmas Makers Market at the Town Mill, a Christmas Tree Festival and festive events across Lyme Regis.
Checked 8 Nov