Christmas Markets UKThe 2026 season, market by market

Christmas markets in South West England

23 markets in the guide, 21 with dates this season still to come.

South 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
Brightly painted Christmas market chalets with festive decorations and a Santa figure on Cathedral Green, with the towers and west front of Exeter Cathedral behind
Photo: Smalljim, CC BY-SA 4.0

This season, by date

Bournemouth Christmas Market

When: Thu 12 Nov – Thu 31 Dec 2026 Opens in 33 days

Festive Trail in the Lower Gardens runs 12 Nov 2026–3 Jan 2027

Bournemouth, Dorset

Big cityFood & drinkIce rink

Exeter Cathedral Christmas Market

When: Fri 13 Nov – Sun 13 Dec 2026 Opens in 34 days

Opens 10am Friday 13 November; closes 5pm Sunday 13 December

Exeter, Devon

Big cityContinentalMakers Free entry

Christmas Markets at Gloucester Quays

When: Sat 14 – Sun 15 Nov 2026 (Weekend 2) Opens in 35 days

Gloucester, Gloucestershire

MakersFood & drinkIce rink Free entry

Christmas on the Square & Sunday Festive Markets

When: Fri 20 Nov – Thu 24 Dec 2026 Opens in 41 days

Retail chalets and barrows on Guildhall Square 20 Nov–24 Dec, 11am–6pm; Christmas Begins on Fri 20 Nov (1pm–8.30pm). Sunday Festive Market dates for 2026 not yet published.

Salisbury, Wiltshire

MakersFood & drinkSanta’s grotto Free entry

Christmas Markets at Gloucester Quays

When: Sat 21 – Sun 22 Nov 2026 (Weekend 3) Opens in 42 days

Gloucester, Gloucestershire

MakersFood & drinkIce rink Free entry

Truro Christmas Market

When: Sat 21 Nov – Thu 24 Dec 2026 Opens in 42 days

Boscawen Street Christmas Markets on Wednesdays and Saturdays 21 Nov–23 Dec; late-night shopping Wednesdays 2, 9, 16 and 23 Dec

Truro, Cornwall

Big cityMakersFood & drink

Bath Christmas Market

When: Thu 26 Nov – Sun 13 Dec 2026 Opens in 47 days

Bath, Somerset

Big cityMakersFood & drink Free entry

Buckfast Abbey Christmas Market

When: Thu 26 – Sat 28 Nov 2026 Opens in 47 days

Thursday to Saturday, 10am–5pm

Buckfastleigh, Devon

MakersFood & drinkCathedral Free entry

Plymouth Christmas Market

When: Thu 26 Nov – Sun 20 Dec 2026 Opens in 47 days

Plymouth, Devon

Big cityContinentalMakers Free entry

Christmas Markets at Gloucester Quays

When: Sat 28 – Sun 29 Nov 2026 (Weekend 4) Opens in 49 days

Gloucester, Gloucestershire

MakersFood & drinkIce rink Free entry

Glastonbury Frost Fayre

When: Sat 28 Nov 2026 Opens in 49 days

Saturday only

Glastonbury, Somerset

MakersFood & drinkFunfair

Padstow Christmas Fayre

When: Thu 3 – Sun 6 Dec 2026 Opens in 54 days

Padstow, Cornwall

MakersFood & drinkLight trail Free entry

Tavistock Dickensian Evening

When: Fri 4 Dec 2026 Opens in 55 days

Friday 5.30pm–9pm; lantern parade 5.30pm, lights switch-on 5.45pm

Tavistock, Devon

MakersFood & drinkVictorian

North Devon Christmas Market

When: Sat 5 Dec 2026 Opens in 56 days

Saturday 12pm–8pm

Braunton, Devon

MakersFood & drinkFunfair Free entry

Sherborne Festive Shopping Day

When: Sun 6 Dec 2026 Opens in 57 days

Sunday only, 10am–4pm

Sherborne, Dorset

MakersFood & drinkLight trail Free entry

Cheltenham Christmas Market

When: Thu 10 – Wed 23 Dec 2026 (Christmas Market)

40 chalets planned. Organiser page gives '10th–23rd December' without a year, but it was updated after the 2025 version (which said 11–23 Dec).

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

Big cityMakers

Falmouth's Festive Weekend

When: Sat 12 – Sun 13 Dec 2026

11am–5pm

Falmouth, Cornwall

MakersFood & drinkIce rink

Wells Christmas Market

When: Sat 12 – Sun 13 Dec 2026

Weekend; times not yet published

Wells, Somerset

MakersFood & drinkCathedral

Every market in South West England, A–Z

  • Crowds among market chalets and food stalls in front of Bath Abbey and Georgian buildings, under a clear blue sky

    Bath Christmas Market

    Bath, Somerset · South West England

    Thu 26 Nov – Sun 13 Dec 2026

    Mon–Wed 10am–7pm; Thu–Sat 10am–8pm; Sun 10am–6pm

  • Crowds walking between lit wooden market chalets at night in Bournemouth, beneath cone-shaped Christmas light trees and a light-wrapped tower

    Bournemouth Christmas Market

    Bournemouth, Dorset · South West England

    Thu 12 Nov – Thu 31 Dec 2026 — Festive Trail in the Lower Gardens runs 12 Nov 2026–3 Jan 2027

    Daily from 11am; market stalls close 8pm (7pm Sundays); food stalls open until 10pm

  • Wooden market huts, picnic benches, clear dining domes, a lit Christmas pyramid and a giant golden bauble on a paved shopping street at dusk

    Bristol Christmas Market

    Bristol · South West England

    2026 dates not announced yet — usually Early November to 23 December

    Festive stalls 10am–7pm; food stalls and bars 10am–10pm; closes 6pm on 23 December (2025)

  • The pale stone abbey church at Buckfast, with its tall square tower and green copper roofs, behind lawns and a flower bed

    Buckfast Abbey Christmas Market

    Buckfastleigh, Devon · South West England

    Thu 26 – Sat 28 Nov 2026 — Thursday to Saturday, 10am–5pm

    10am–5pm

  • Red-roofed Christmas market chalets selling knitwear and gifts line a wet paved promenade, with shoppers walking between them under bare trees

    Cheltenham Christmas Market

    Cheltenham, Gloucestershire · South West England

    Thu 10 – Wed 23 Dec 2026 — 40 chalets planned. Organiser page gives '10th–23rd December' without a year, but it was updated after the 2025 version (which said 11–23 Dec).

  • A small ice rink behind a white picket fence lined with frosted mini Christmas trees, with festoon lights, white marquees and a tall brick warehouse behind

    Christmas Markets at Gloucester Quays

    Gloucester, Gloucestershire · South West England

    Sat 7 – Sun 8 Nov 2026

    Saturdays 10am–6pm; Sundays 10am–5pm

  • A row of wooden Christmas market chalets trimmed with garlands and coloured lights in Salisbury's Market Place at dusk, with shoppers browsing

    Christmas on the Square & Sunday Festive Markets

    Salisbury, Wiltshire · South West England

    Fri 20 Nov – Thu 24 Dec 2026 — Retail chalets and barrows on Guildhall Square 20 Nov–24 Dec, 11am–6pm; Christmas Begins on Fri 20 Nov (1pm–8.30pm). Sunday Festive Market dates for 2026 not yet published.

    Retail chalets and barrows 11am–6pm (2026); Sunday Festive Markets 10am–4pm (2025)

  • Christmas Shopping Fayre at Westpoint Exeter

    Exeter, Devon · South West England

    Fri 27 – Sun 29 Nov 2026 — 30th fayre

    Fri and Sat 10am–5pm; Sun 10am–4pm

  • The pale stone Gothic-style Highcliffe Castle with tall pinnacled windows, behind formal box-hedge parterres and lawns under a blue sky

    Creatives at the Castle (Highcliffe Castle Christmas Market)

    Highcliffe, Dorset · South West England

    Sat 21 – Sun 22 Nov 2026 — Sat 10am–5pm, Sun 10am–4pm

    Sat 10am–5pm; Sun 10am–4pm (2026)

  • A crowd in Santa hats lines a wet town-centre street as Father Christmas and a polar-bear mascot pass, with gazebo stalls and shopfronts behind

    Dorchester Christmas Cracker

    Dorchester, Dorset · South West England

    Sun 13 Dec 2026 — Sunday only, 11am–4pm

    11am–4pm

  • Rows of wooden Christmas market stalls on Cathedral Green, with the ornate west front of Exeter Cathedral behind and a lawn in the foreground

    Exeter Cathedral Christmas Market

    Exeter, Devon · South West England

    Fri 13 Nov – Sun 13 Dec 2026 — Opens 10am Friday 13 November; closes 5pm Sunday 13 December

    Mon–Wed 10am–7pm; Thu–Sat 10am–9pm; Sun 11am–5pm

  • A canopy of white Christmas lights strung above a street of lit shopfronts in Falmouth town centre at dusk

    Falmouth's Festive Weekend

    Falmouth, Cornwall · South West England

    Sat 12 – Sun 13 Dec 2026 — 11am–5pm

    Attractions 11am–5pm both days

  • Fowey's Town Quay beside the harbour wall, with a red-brick Victorian building, painted houses and busy waterside tables

    Fowey Christmas Market

    Fowey, Cornwall · South West England

    2026 dates not announced yet — usually One weekend (Friday evening to Sunday) in November or early December

    Fri 5.30pm–8.30pm; Sat 10am–5.30pm; Sun 10am–4pm (provisional 2026)

  • Glastonbury's tall Gothic market cross in the Market Place, surrounded by shops, cafe tables and people out in spring sunshine

    Glastonbury Frost Fayre

    Glastonbury, Somerset · South West England

    Sat 28 Nov 2026 — Saturday only

    From 10am; Christmas lights switch-on 5pm; closes around 6pm

  • The old stone Bakehouse Centre in Braunton, with an outside staircase, a red postbox and a Victorian lamp post, under a bright cloudy sky

    North Devon Christmas Market

    Braunton, Devon · South West England

    Sat 5 Dec 2026 — Saturday 12pm–8pm

    12pm–8pm

  • Boats moored in Padstow's inner harbour in front of a row of stone and pastel-painted houses and shops, with wooded hills behind

    Padstow Christmas Fayre

    Padstow, Cornwall · South West England

    Thu 3 – Sun 6 Dec 2026

  • Wooden Christmas market chalets, a lit carousel and a big wheel on a Plymouth city-centre street at dusk, with shoppers passing

    Plymouth Christmas Market

    Plymouth, Devon · South West England

    Thu 26 Nov – Sun 20 Dec 2026

    Mon–Wed 10am–6pm; Thu 10am–9pm; Fri 10am–6pm; Sat 10am–7pm; Sun 10am–4pm

  • Sherborne's Cheap Street sloping downhill between golden-stone and timber-framed buildings, with a white van and a car parked by the kerb

    Sherborne Festive Shopping Day

    Sherborne, Dorset · South West England

    Sun 6 Dec 2026 — Sunday only, 10am–4pm

    10am–4pm; parade and tree lighting at 4pm

  • Market stalls with yellow awnings and buckets of flowers in a narrow stone-built lane in Stroud, under the hanging sign of the Swan Inn

    Stroud Christmas Markets (Goodwill Evening and 'Finish your Christmas shopping in Stroud')

    Stroud, Gloucestershire · South West England

    Fri 4 Dec 2026 — Friday 4pm–9pm

    Goodwill Evening 4pm–9pm; pre-Christmas markets 9am–4pm (2026)

  • Tavistock's grey stone Gothic-style Town Hall with tall chimneys and pointed windows on Bedford Square, under a bright blue sky

    Tavistock Dickensian Evening

    Tavistock, Devon · South West England

    Fri 4 Dec 2026 — Friday 5.30pm–9pm; lantern parade 5.30pm, lights switch-on 5.45pm

    5.30pm–9pm (2026); Butchers' Hall Dickensian Market open longer on the day

  • Tewkesbury High Street in low sunshine, a row of Georgian, brick and timber-framed buildings including the Britannia Inn, with cars parked outside

    Tewkesbury Christmas Market & Lights Switch-On

    Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire · South West England

    Sun 22 Nov 2026 — Sunday only, 12 noon–6pm

    12 noon–6pm; lights switch-on 5pm

  • Wooden chalets with red-tiled roofs, garlands and wreaths line Lemon Quay in Truro, with shoppers in winter coats walking between them on a grey day

    Truro Christmas Market

    Truro, Cornwall · South West England

    Sat 21 Nov – Thu 24 Dec 2026 — Boscawen Street Christmas Markets on Wednesdays and Saturdays 21 Nov–23 Dec; late-night shopping Wednesdays 2, 9, 16 and 23 Dec

  • Food vans, a wooden chalet and gazebo stalls on the wet grass of Cathedral Green, with the twin-towered west front of Wells Cathedral behind under a grey sky

    Wells Christmas Market

    Wells, Somerset · South West England

    Sat 12 – Sun 13 Dec 2026 — Weekend; times not yet published