Christmas Markets UKThe 2026 season, market by market

Christmas markets in North West England

10 markets in the guide, 9 with dates this season still to come.

North West England 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 among lit wooden Christmas market chalets, with a giant Santa figure, bare trees and the Gothic Manchester Town Hall behind
Photo: Ardfern, CC BY-SA 4.0

This season, by date

Manchester's Christmas Markets

When: Fri 6 Nov – Tue 22 Dec 2026 Opens in 27 days

Albert Square and Cathedral Gardens stay open until 3 January 2027 (closed Christmas Day)

Manchester, Greater Manchester

Big cityContinentalMakers

Chester Christmas Market

When: Wed 18 Nov – Tue 22 Dec 2026 Opens in 39 days

Chester, Cheshire

Big cityMakersFood & drink Free entry

Christmas Market at Skate St George's

When: Sat 21 Nov 2026 – Sun 3 Jan 2027 Opens in 42 days

Run as Skate St George's (ice rink plus Christmas market); closed Christmas Day

Liverpool, Merseyside

Big cityFood & drinkIce rink

Lancaster Christmas Market

When: Fri 27 – Sun 29 Nov 2026 Opens in 48 days

Lancaster, Lancashire

MakersFood & drinkLive music

Ulverston's Dickensian Christmas Festival

When: Sat 28 – Sun 29 Nov 2026 Opens in 49 days

Saturday and Sunday; 27th festival

Ulverston, Cumbria

MakersFood & drinkVictorian Free entry

Garstang Victorian Christmas Festival

When: Tue 1 – Wed 2 Dec 2026 Opens in 52 days

Evenings only, 6–9pm (Tuesday and Wednesday)

Garstang, Lancashire

Food & drinkVictorianLight trail Free entry

Kirkby Lonsdale Christmas Fair

When: Fri 4 – Sun 6 Dec 2026 Opens in 55 days

Friday evening (from 4pm) to Sunday

Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria

MakersFood & drinkLight trail Free entry

Knutsford Christmas Market

When: Sat 5 – Sun 6 Dec 2026 Opens in 56 days

Saturday and Sunday

Knutsford, Cheshire

MakersFood & drink Free entry

Keswick Victorian Fayre

When: Sun 6 Dec 2026 Opens in 57 days

Sunday only

Keswick, Cumbria

MakersFood & drinkVictorian Free entry

Every market in North West England, A–Z

  • Carlisle's pink-painted Old Town Hall with its small clock turret and the tall stone Market Cross in the paved Market Square, under a blue sky with clouds

    Carlisle Christmas Markets

    Carlisle, Cumbria · North West England

    2026 dates not announced yet — usually Saturdays in December

  • Shoppers walking between lit wooden chalets towards a tall Christmas tree covered in lights, with strings of festoon lights overhead at dusk

    Chester Christmas Market

    Chester, Cheshire · North West England

    Wed 18 Nov – Tue 22 Dec 2026

    Sunday–Wednesday 10.30am–6.30pm; Thursday–Saturday 10.30am–8pm (2026)

  • Market chalets, a tall wooden Christmas pyramid and a big wheel on St George's Plateau in front of the columned St George's Hall, with shoppers crossing the road

    Christmas Market at Skate St George's

    Liverpool, Merseyside · North West England

    Sat 21 Nov 2026 – Sun 3 Jan 2027 — Run as Skate St George's (ice rink plus Christmas market); closed Christmas Day

    10am–10pm daily; 24 Dec closes 6pm; 26 Dec and 1 Jan open noon–10pm; closed Christmas Day (2026)

  • Garstang's High Street lined with stone shops and pubs, strung with bunting, leading to the small town hall with its clock turret

    Garstang Victorian Christmas Festival

    Garstang, Lancashire · North West England

    Tue 1 – Wed 2 Dec 2026 — Evenings only, 6–9pm (Tuesday and Wednesday)

    6pm–9pm both evenings, opening parade at 6pm (2026)

  • Keswick's slate-built Moot Hall with its white-edged arched windows and small clock tower, in the Market Square under a deep blue sky

    Keswick Victorian Fayre

    Keswick, Cumbria · North West England

    Sun 6 Dec 2026 — Sunday only

    10.30am–4pm (2026, per the Fayre's official Facebook page)

  • Gazebo market stalls of fruit and vegetables in Kirkby Lonsdale's Market Square in low winter sun, with the ornate stone market cross shelter and clock-towered building behind

    Kirkby Lonsdale Christmas Fair

    Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria · North West England

    Fri 4 – Sun 6 Dec 2026 — Friday evening (from 4pm) to Sunday

    Chalet village: Fri 4–7pm, Sat 10am–7pm, Sun 10am–4pm; indoor markets Sat–Sun daytime (2026)

  • Knutsford's narrow King Street lined with brick and timber-framed shops under strings of bunting, with a tall stone tower at the far end

    Knutsford Christmas Market

    Knutsford, Cheshire · North West England

    Sat 5 – Sun 6 Dec 2026 — Saturday and Sunday

  • Lancaster Christmas Market

    Lancaster, Lancashire · North West England

    Fri 27 – Sun 29 Nov 2026

    Friday 3pm–9pm, Saturday 12pm–9pm, Sunday 12pm–6pm (times shown for 2026; same as 2025)

  • Rows of green-roofed wooden market chalets strung with lights fill Albert Square, seen from above, with shoppers walking between them

    Manchester's Christmas Markets

    Manchester, Greater Manchester · North West England

    Fri 6 Nov – Tue 22 Dec 2026 — Albert Square and Cathedral Gardens stay open until 3 January 2027 (closed Christmas Day)

    10am–9pm daily at most sites (2026); Albert Square and Cathedral Gardens 10am–5pm Christmas Eve, closed Christmas Day, 10am–6pm 26 Dec–3 Jan, late opening New Year's Eve

  • Snow falling at night in Ulverston town centre, with a lit Christmas tree, strings of white lights and old shopfronts

    Ulverston's Dickensian Christmas Festival

    Ulverston, Cumbria · North West England

    Sat 28 – Sun 29 Nov 2026 — Saturday and Sunday; 27th festival