Christmas markets with light trails

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 · South West England

Big cityFood & drinkIce rink

Southampton Christmas Market

When: Thu 12 Nov – Sun 27 Dec 2026 Opens in 33 days

Closed Christmas Day

Southampton, Hampshire · South East England

Big cityContinentalFood & drink

Blenheim Palace Christmas Market

When: Fri 13 Nov – Sun 20 Dec 2026 Opens in 34 days

Wider Christmas at Blenheim season runs 13 Nov 2026 – 3 Jan 2027

Woodstock, Oxfordshire · South East England

MakersFood & drinkCastle & estate

Folkestone Festive Marketplace

When: Fri 13 Nov – Thu 24 Dec 2026 Opens in 34 days

Fri–Sun only until 20 Dec (opening night 13 Nov 4–8pm), then daily 21–24 Dec

Folkestone, Kent · South East England

MakersFood & drinkLight trail Free entry

The Pantiles Boutique Christmas Market

When: Fri 13 Nov – Thu 24 Dec 2026 Opens in 34 days

Fri–Sun only on 13–15, 20–22, 27–29 Nov and 4–6, 11–13 Dec; then daily 18–24 Dec

Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent · South East England

MakersFood & drinkLight trail 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 · East Midlands

MakersFood & drinkFunfair Free entry

Great Yarmouth Christmas Fayre

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

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk · East of England

MakersFood & drinkCathedral Free entry

Perth Festive Market (Christmas Lights Switch-On Weekend)

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

Friday to Sunday; lights switch-on on the Saturday

Perth, Perth and Kinross · Scotland

Big cityMakersFood & drink Free entry

Tewkesbury Christmas Market & Lights Switch-On

When: Sun 22 Nov 2026 Opens in 43 days

Sunday only, 12 noon–6pm

Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire · South West England

MakersFood & drinkFunfair

Festive Artisan Market (Armagh Georgian Festival)

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

Fri 27 Nov evening (limited stalls, Market Street); Sat 28 Nov Georgian Day (100+ stalls); Sun 29 Nov afternoon (limited stalls). Georgian Festival runs 26–29 Nov 2026

Armagh, County Armagh · Northern Ireland

Big cityMakersFood & drink Free entry

Pershore Georgian Christmas Fayre

When: Fri 27 – Sat 28 Nov 2026 Opens in 48 days

Friday evening and Saturday daytime

Pershore, Worcestershire · West Midlands

MakersFood & drinkFunfair Free entry

Glastonbury Frost Fayre

When: Sat 28 Nov 2026 Opens in 49 days

Saturday only

Glastonbury, Somerset · South West England

MakersFood & drinkFunfair

Garstang Victorian Christmas Festival

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

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

Garstang, Lancashire · North West England

Food & drinkVictorianLight trail Free entry

Padstow Christmas Fayre

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

Padstow, Cornwall · South West England

MakersFood & drinkLight trail Free entry

Worcester Victorian Christmas Fayre

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

Worcester, Worcestershire · West Midlands

Big cityMakersFood & drink 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 · North West England

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 · South West England

MakersFood & drinkVictorian

Sherborne Festive Shopping Day

When: Sun 6 Dec 2026 Opens in 57 days

Sunday only, 10am–4pm

Sherborne, Dorset · South West England

MakersFood & drinkLight trail Free entry

Falmouth's Festive Weekend

When: Sat 12 – Sun 13 Dec 2026

11am–5pm

Falmouth, Cornwall · South West England

MakersFood & drinkIce rink