Christmas Markets UKThe 2026 season, market by market

Christmas markets in East Midlands

10 markets in the guide, 7 with dates this season still to come.

East Midlands week by week

Scotland — 27 marketsSCOTLAND27Northern Ireland — 15 marketsN IRELAND15North East England — 8 marketsNORTH EAST8North West England — 10 marketsNORTH WEST10Yorkshire and the Humber — 14 marketsYORKSHIRE14Wales — 12 marketsWALES12West Midlands — 12 marketsW MIDLANDS12East Midlands — 10 marketsE MIDLANDS10East of England — 11 marketsEAST11London — 9 marketsLONDON9South East England — 23 marketsSOUTH EAST23South West England — 23 marketsSOUTH WEST23
Crowds fill a lantern-lit street of white market stalls at night, with the floodlit towers of Lincoln Cathedral rising at the end
Photo: Virgin Trains East Coast, CC BY 3.0

This season, by date

Chatsworth Christmas Market

When: Sat 7 Nov – Sun 13 Dec 2026 Opens in 28 days

Parking must be pre-booked

Bakewell, Derbyshire

MakersFood & drinkCastle & estate Free entry

Mercatum Christmas Artisan Market

When: Wed 11 Nov – Sun 20 Dec 2026 Opens in 32 days

Wednesdays to Sundays only (closed Mondays and Tuesdays); timed sessions

Bakewell, Derbyshire

MakersFood & drinkCastle & estate

Nottingham Winter Wonderland

When: Thu 12 Nov – Thu 24 Dec 2026 Opens in 33 days

Market stalls until 24 Dec; attractions to 31 Dec, closed Christmas Day

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Big cityMakersFood & drink

Bakewell Christmas Market Weekend

When: Sat 14 – Sun 15 Nov 2026 Opens in 35 days

Bakewell, Derbyshire

MakersFood & drinkLive music Free entry

Chesterfield Christmas Market

When: Fri 20 – Sun 22 Nov 2026 Opens in 41 days

Sunday runs alongside the Christmas Lights Switch-On

Chesterfield, Derbyshire

MakersFood & drinkFunfair Free entry

Burghley Christmas Fair

When: Thu 26 – Sun 29 Nov 2026 Opens in 47 days

Pre-booked timed-arrival tickets only

Stamford, Lincolnshire

MakersFood & drinkCastle & estate

Lincoln Cathedral Christmas Market

When: Thu 3 – Sat 5 Dec 2026 Opens in 54 days

Timed ticketed sessions; Thursday evening only, Friday and Saturday daytime (plus Friday evening)

Lincoln, Lincolnshire

MakersFood & drinkCathedral

Every market in East Midlands, A–Z

  • A walk-through light sculpture of a giant blue gift box with a golden bow, beside stone shopfronts hung with icicle lights at dusk

    Bakewell Christmas Market Weekend

    Bakewell, Derbyshire · East Midlands

    Sat 14 – Sun 15 Nov 2026

    9am–5pm (2025)

  • The tall lantern tower of St Botolph's Church, 'The Stump', and its long nave glowing in low winter sun, seen across a green with bare trees

    Boston Christmas Festival

    Boston, Lincolnshire · East Midlands

    2026 dates not announced yet — usually three days (Friday to Sunday) in late November

    2025: from 2pm Friday to 4pm Sunday

  • The Elizabethan front of Burghley House, with its pepper-pot turrets and rows of tall windows, above a mown lawn under a blue sky

    Burghley Christmas Fair

    Stamford, Lincolnshire · East Midlands

    Thu 26 – Sun 29 Nov 2026 — Pre-booked timed-arrival tickets only

    9.30am–4pm Thu and Sun; 9.30am–7.30pm Fri and Sat (2026)

  • White marquees and blue-and-white market stalls with visitors at picnic tables, below the stone corner of Chatsworth House on a grey day

    Chatsworth Christmas Market

    Bakewell, Derbyshire · East Midlands

    Sat 7 Nov – Sun 13 Dec 2026 — Parking must be pre-booked

    Mon–Thu 10am–5.30pm; Fri–Sun 10am–6pm (2026)

  • Rows of empty canvas-roofed market stalls in Chesterfield's cobbled Market Place at dusk, with the clock tower of the Market Hall silhouetted against a pale sky

    Chesterfield Christmas Market

    Chesterfield, Derbyshire · East Midlands

    Fri 20 – Sun 22 Nov 2026 — Sunday runs alongside the Christmas Lights Switch-On

    Fri–Sat 10am–6pm; Sun 11am–7pm (2026)

  • Leicester's Gothic Haymarket Memorial Clock Tower at night, strung with coloured festoon lights beside a tall lit Christmas tree

    Leicester Christmas Market

    Leicester, Leicestershire · East Midlands

    2026 dates not announced yet — usually mid/late November to late December

  • The richly carved west front and twin towers of Lincoln Cathedral glowing gold in winter sunlight against a deep blue sky

    Lincoln Cathedral Christmas Market

    Lincoln, Lincolnshire · East Midlands

    Thu 3 – Sat 5 Dec 2026 — Timed ticketed sessions; Thursday evening only, Friday and Saturday daytime (plus Friday evening)

    2026 timed sessions: Thu 3 Dec twilight 7–10pm; Fri and Sat morning 9.30am–1pm, afternoon 2–5.30pm/5pm, Fri twilight 6.30–10pm

  • The pale stone medieval church of St Mary le Wigford behind iron railings and a bare tree, lit by low sun against a blue sky

    Lincoln Medieval Christmas Market

    Lincoln, Lincolnshire · East Midlands

    2026 dates not announced yet — usually four days in early December

  • The battlemented grey stone ranges of Haddon Hall, with a large Gothic chapel window, rising above terraced gardens under a blue sky

    Mercatum Christmas Artisan Market

    Bakewell, Derbyshire · East Midlands

    Wed 11 Nov – Sun 20 Dec 2026 — Wednesdays to Sundays only (closed Mondays and Tuesdays); timed sessions

    Wed–Sun (closed Mon–Tue): morning session 9.15am–12.45pm, afternoon 1–4.30pm, twilight 3–4.30pm (2026)

  • A brightly lit gallopers carousel behind a white picket fence, flanked by decorated market stalls, in front of the columned Council House

    Nottingham Winter Wonderland

    Nottingham, Nottinghamshire · East Midlands

    Thu 12 Nov – Thu 24 Dec 2026 — Market stalls until 24 Dec; attractions to 31 Dec, closed Christmas Day

    Market 2026: November Sun–Thu 10am–6pm, Fri–Sat 10am–8pm; December (to 24th) Sun–Thu 10am–8.30pm, Fri–Sat 10am–9pm