Christmas Markets UKThe 2026 season, market by market

Week by week

Christmas market dates 2026–27

When each market opens and closes, from late October to early January. Every week shows the markets opening and closing that week, with a bar for the days they’re open; the other markets open that week are listed underneath.

148 markets with dates this season · 27 still to announce

Week of 19 – 25 October

1 market open

Opening

Week of 26 October – 1 November

1 market open

Opening

  • Christmas in Leicester Square Opens Sat 31
    London, Greater London · London Open daily except Christmas Day (dates for the rink and its market stalls) — open this week: Sat & Sun

Week of 2 – 8 November

10 markets open

Opening

Also open this week: 1 more market

Week of 9 – 15 November

38 markets open

Opening

  • Mercatum Christmas Artisan Market Opens Wed 11
    Bakewell, Derbyshire · East Midlands Wednesdays to Sundays only (closed Mondays and Tuesdays); timed sessions — open this week: Wed–Sun
  • Brocksbushes Christmas Fayre Opens Thu 12
    Stocksfield (near Corbridge), Northumberland · North East England Thursday to Sunday; tickets on sale from early October — open this week: Thu–Sun
  • Cardiff Victorian Christmas Market Opens Thu 12
    Cardiff · Wales First edition — open this week: Thu–Sun
  • York Christmas Market Opens Thu 12
    York, North Yorkshire · Yorkshire and the Humber Closed Tuesdays; closes 5pm on 21 December — open this week: Thu–Sun
  • Cardiff Christmas Market Opens Thu 12
    Cardiff · Wales — open this week: Thu–Sun
  • Canterbury Christmas Market Opens Thu 12
    Canterbury, Kent · South East England Daily for 43 days; closes 4pm on Christmas Eve — open this week: Thu–Sun
  • Nottingham Winter Wonderland Opens Thu 12
    Nottingham, Nottinghamshire · East Midlands Market stalls until 24 Dec; attractions to 31 Dec, closed Christmas Day — open this week: Thu–Sun
  • Southampton Christmas Market Opens Thu 12
    Southampton, Hampshire · South East England Closed Christmas Day — open this week: Thu–Sun
  • Bournemouth Christmas Market Opens Thu 12
    Bournemouth, Dorset · South West England Festive Trail in the Lower Gardens runs 12 Nov 2026–3 Jan 2027 — open this week: Thu–Sun
  • Aberdeen Christmas Village Opens Thu 12
    Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen · Scotland Open daily except 25 Dec, 26 Dec and 1 Jan; Curated in the Square dates not yet published — open this week: Thu–Sun
  • Montalto Estate Twilight Market Opens Fri 13
    Ballynahinch, County Down · Northern Ireland Fri 13 Nov from 5.30pm (estate closes 4–5pm beforehand); Sat 14 Nov from 11am — open this week: Fri & Sat
  • Broadditch Authentic Christmas Market Opens Fri 13
    Southfleet, Kent · South East England — open this week: Fri–Sun
  • Crathes Christmas Fair Opens Fri 13
    Banchory, Aberdeenshire · Scotland Friday to Sunday, 10am–3pm — open this week: Fri–Sun
  • Essex County Christmas Fair Opens Fri 13
    Chelmsford, Essex · East of England New venue: Boreham House — open this week: Fri–Sun
  • Guildhall Craft Fair Opens Fri 13
    Derry~Londonderry, County Londonderry · Northern Ireland Friday to Sunday; listed start time 10am — open this week: Fri–Sun
  • Llandeilo Festival of Senses Opens Fri 13
    Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire · Wales — open this week: Fri–Sun
  • Norfolk Festive Gift & Food Show Opens Fri 13
    Norwich, Norfolk · East of England — open this week: Fri–Sun
  • Whitby Christmas Festival Opens Fri 13
    Whitby, North Yorkshire · Yorkshire and the Humber Friday to Sunday — open this week: Fri–Sun
  • Exeter Cathedral Christmas Market Opens Fri 13
    Exeter, Devon · South West England Opens 10am Friday 13 November; closes 5pm Sunday 13 December — open this week: Fri–Sun
  • Blenheim Palace Christmas Market Opens Fri 13
    Woodstock, Oxfordshire · South East England Wider Christmas at Blenheim season runs 13 Nov 2026 – 3 Jan 2027 — open this week: Fri–Sun
  • The Piece Hall Christmas Market Opens Fri 13
    Halifax, West Yorkshire · Yorkshire and the Humber Fridays to Sundays only (six weekends) — open this week: Fri–Sun
  • Folkestone Festive Marketplace Opens Fri 13
    Folkestone, Kent · South East England Fri–Sun only until 20 Dec (opening night 13 Nov 4–8pm), then daily 21–24 Dec — open this week: Fri–Sun
  • The Pantiles Boutique Christmas Market Opens Fri 13
    Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent · South East England Fri–Sun only on 13–15, 20–22, 27–29 Nov and 4–6, 11–13 Dec; then daily 18–24 Dec — open this week: Fri–Sun
  • Christmas in Cambridge Opens Fri 13
    Cambridge, Cambridgeshire · East of England — open this week: Fri–Sun
  • Oban Winter Festival Craft & Food Markets (First Saturday) One day: Sat 14
    Oban, Argyll and Bute · Scotland Corran Halls, Rockfield Centre and Perle Oban Hotel, 10am–4pm — open this week: Sat
  • Bakewell Christmas Market Weekend Opens Sat 14
    Bakewell, Derbyshire · East Midlands — open this week: Sat & Sun
  • Christmas Markets at Gloucester Quays (Weekend 2) Opens Sat 14
    Gloucester, Gloucestershire · South West England — open this week: Sat & Sun
  • Spetchley Artisan Christmas Market Opens Sat 14
    Worcester, Worcestershire · West Midlands Parking must be pre-booked — open this week: Sat & Sun
  • Belfast Christmas Market Opens Sat 14
    Belfast, County Antrim · Northern Ireland Opens 12 noon on 14 Nov; closes 6pm on 22 Dec — open this week: Sat & Sun
  • Flowerfield Christmas Craft Market Opens Sat 14
    Portstewart, County Londonderry · Northern Ireland 10.30am–4pm; launch day Sat 14 Nov; Twilight Market Thu 10 Dec 6.30–8.30pm; open days not stated (the arts centre is usually closed on Sundays) — open this week: Sat & Sun
  • Edinburgh's Christmas – Traditional Christmas Markets Opens Sat 14
    Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh · Scotland Daily except Christmas Day — open this week: Sat & Sun
  • Reading's Christmas Market on Broad Street Opens Sat 14
    Reading, Berkshire · South East England — open this week: Sat & Sun
Also open this week: 6 more markets

Week of 16 – 22 November

56 markets open

Opening

Also open this week: 24 more markets

Week of 23 – 29 November

69 markets open

Opening

Also open this week: 35 more markets

Week of 30 November – 6 December

72 markets open

Opening

Also open this week: 38 more markets

Week of 7 – 13 December

59 markets open

Opening

  • Cheltenham Christmas Market (Christmas Market) Opens Thu 10
    Cheltenham, Gloucestershire · South West England 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). — open this week: Thu–Sun
  • Royal Hillsborough Christmas Market Opens Fri 11
    Hillsborough, County Down · Northern Ireland Fri 3pm–9pm; Saturday listed as 11am–6pm on the event page but 'times tbc' on the council's Christmas markets overview — open this week: Fri & Sat
  • Bowhouse December Market Weekend Opens Fri 11
    St Monans, Fife · Scotland Friday to Sunday, 10am–4pm, free entry — open this week: Fri–Sun
  • Hampton Court Palace Festive Fayre (Second weekend) Opens Fri 11
    East Molesey, Greater London · London — open this week: Fri–Sun
  • Holkham Christmas Market Opens Fri 11
    Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk · East of England — open this week: Fri–Sun
  • Rochester Christmas Market (Third weekend) Opens Fri 11
    Rochester, Kent · South East England — open this week: Fri–Sun
  • Sutton Coldfield Christmas Market Opens Fri 11
    Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands · West Midlands Fri–Sun — open this week: Fri–Sun
  • The Winter Market at The Bowes Museum Opens Fri 11
    Barnard Castle, County Durham · North East England — open this week: Fri–Sun
  • Wolverhampton Christmas Shopping Market Opens Fri 11
    Wolverhampton, West Midlands · West Midlands 10am–5pm daily — open this week: Fri–Sun
  • Christkindl Market Norwich Opens Fri 11
    Norwich, Norfolk · East of England — open this week: Fri–Sun
  • Hay Christmas Fayre One day: Sat 12
    Hay-on-Wye, Powys · Wales Saturday; Winter Weekend Market also on 28–29 Nov 2026 — open this week: Sat
  • Hexham Christmas Market One day: Sat 12
    Hexham, Northumberland · North East England Saturday only — open this week: Sat
  • Pitlochry Christmas Market One day: Sat 12
    Pitlochry, Perth and Kinross · Scotland Saturday, 10am–3pm — open this week: Sat
  • Christmas Markets at Gloucester Quays (Weekend 6) Opens Sat 12
    Gloucester, Gloucestershire · South West England — open this week: Sat & Sun
  • Falmouth's Festive Weekend Opens Sat 12
    Falmouth, Cornwall · South West England 11am–5pm — open this week: Sat & Sun
  • Wells Christmas Market Opens Sat 12
    Wells, Somerset · South West England Weekend; times not yet published — open this week: Sat & Sun
  • Beverley Festival of Christmas One day: Sun 13
    Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire · Yorkshire and the Humber Sunday only, 10am–4pm; 30th festival — open this week: Sun
  • Dorchester Christmas Cracker One day: Sun 13
    Dorchester, Dorset · South West England Sunday only, 11am–4pm — open this week: Sun
  • Farnham Christmas Market One day: Sun 13
    Farnham, Surrey · South East England Sunday only — open this week: Sun
  • Skipton Christmas Market (Second Sunday) One day: Sun 13
    Skipton, North Yorkshire · Yorkshire and the Humber 10am–4pm — open this week: Sun

Closing

  • Bath Christmas Market Last day Sun 13
    Bath, Somerset · South West England — open this week: Mon–Sun
  • Chatsworth Christmas Market Last day Sun 13
    Bakewell, Derbyshire · East Midlands Parking must be pre-booked — open this week: Mon–Sun
  • Exeter Cathedral Christmas Market Last day Sun 13
    Exeter, Devon · South West England Opens 10am Friday 13 November; closes 5pm Sunday 13 December — open this week: Mon–Sun
Also open this week: 36 more markets

Week of 14 – 20 December

41 markets open

Opening

Closing

  • Wolverhampton Christmas Shopping Market Last day Thu 17
    Wolverhampton, West Midlands · West Midlands 10am–5pm daily — open this week: Mon–Thu
  • Blenheim Palace Christmas Market Last day Sun 20
    Woodstock, Oxfordshire · South East England Wider Christmas at Blenheim season runs 13 Nov 2026 – 3 Jan 2027 — open this week: Mon–Sun
  • Christkindl Market Norwich Last day Sun 20
    Norwich, Norfolk · East of England — open this week: Mon–Sun
  • Mercatum Christmas Artisan Market Last day Sun 20
    Bakewell, Derbyshire · East Midlands Wednesdays to Sundays only (closed Mondays and Tuesdays); timed sessions — open this week: Wed–Sun
  • Newry Christmas Markets Last day Sun 20
    Newry, County Down · Northern Ireland Thursdays to Sundays only — open this week: Thu–Sun
  • Plymouth Christmas Market Last day Sun 20
    Plymouth, Devon · South West England — open this week: Mon–Sun
  • The Piece Hall Christmas Market Last day Sun 20
    Halifax, West Yorkshire · Yorkshire and the Humber Fridays to Sundays only (six weekends) — open this week: Fri–Sun
  • Victorian Christmas at Milton Keynes Museum Last day Sun 20
    Wolverton, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire · South East England Fridays to Sundays only; craft market and bar Saturdays and Sundays only — open this week: Fri–Sun
Also open this week: 31 more markets

Week of 21 – 27 December

31 markets open

Closing

  • York Christmas Market Last day Mon 21
    York, North Yorkshire · Yorkshire and the Humber Closed Tuesdays; closes 5pm on 21 December — open this week: Mon
  • Belfast Christmas Market Last day Tue 22
    Belfast, County Antrim · Northern Ireland Opens 12 noon on 14 Nov; closes 6pm on 22 Dec — open this week: Mon & Tue
  • Chester Christmas Market Last day Tue 22
    Chester, Cheshire · North West England — open this week: Mon & Tue
  • Manchester's Christmas Markets Last day Tue 22
    Manchester, Greater Manchester · North West England Albert Square and Cathedral Gardens stay open until 3 January 2027 (closed Christmas Day) — open this week: Mon & Tue
  • Winchester Cathedral Christmas Market Last day Tue 22
    Winchester, Hampshire · South East England Open daily for 33 days — open this week: Mon & Tue
  • Cardiff Christmas Market Last day Wed 23
    Cardiff · Wales — open this week: Mon–Wed
  • Cheltenham Christmas Market (Christmas Market) Last day Wed 23
    Cheltenham, Gloucestershire · South West England 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). — open this week: Mon–Wed
  • Flowerfield Christmas Craft Market Last day Wed 23
    Portstewart, County Londonderry · Northern Ireland 10.30am–4pm; launch day Sat 14 Nov; Twilight Market Thu 10 Dec 6.30–8.30pm; open days not stated (the arts centre is usually closed on Sundays) — open this week: Mon–Wed
  • Leeds Christmas Market Last day Wed 23
    Leeds, West Yorkshire · Yorkshire and the Humber Ice Cube at Christmas (rink and selected stalls) runs 19 November to 31 December — open this week: Mon–Wed
  • Newcastle's Christmas Market Last day Wed 23
    Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear · North East England — open this week: Mon–Wed
  • Birmingham's Frankfurt Christmas Market Last day Thu 24
    Birmingham, West Midlands · West Midlands Open daily; opens at 1pm on Remembrance Sunday (8 Nov) — open this week: Mon–Thu
  • Canterbury Christmas Market Last day Thu 24
    Canterbury, Kent · South East England Daily for 43 days; closes 4pm on Christmas Eve — open this week: Mon–Thu
  • Christmas on the Square & Sunday Festive Markets Last day Thu 24
    Salisbury, Wiltshire · South West England 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. — open this week: Mon–Thu
  • Folkestone Festive Marketplace Last day Thu 24
    Folkestone, Kent · South East England Fri–Sun only until 20 Dec (opening night 13 Nov 4–8pm), then daily 21–24 Dec — open this week: Mon–Thu
  • Nottingham Winter Wonderland Last day Thu 24
    Nottingham, Nottinghamshire · East Midlands Market stalls until 24 Dec; attractions to 31 Dec, closed Christmas Day — open this week: Mon–Thu
  • The Pantiles Boutique Christmas Market Last day Thu 24
    Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent · South East England Fri–Sun only on 13–15, 20–22, 27–29 Nov and 4–6, 11–13 Dec; then daily 18–24 Dec — open this week: Mon–Thu
  • Truro Christmas Market Last day Thu 24
    Truro, Cornwall · South West England Boscawen Street Christmas Markets on Wednesdays and Saturdays 21 Nov–23 Dec; late-night shopping Wednesdays 2, 9, 16 and 23 Dec — open this week: Mon–Thu
  • Glasgow's Winter Wonderland at St Enoch Last day Sun 27
    Glasgow, City of Glasgow · Scotland Closed Christmas Day — open this week: Mon–Sun
  • Southampton Christmas Market Last day Sun 27
    Southampton, Hampshire · South East England Closed Christmas Day — open this week: Mon–Sun
Also open this week: 12 more markets

Week of 28 December – 3 January 2027

12 markets open

Closing

Also open this week: 1 more market

Week of 4 – 10 January 2027

1 market open

Closing

Dates not announced yet

These markets usually run in the 2026–27 season but haven’t published their dates yet. We add them as soon as the organisers do.

  • 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

  • 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

  • The tall glass-and-iron roof of the West Handyside Canopy at King's Cross over a paved open space, with table-tennis tables and brick buildings beyond

    Christmas under the Canopy

    London, Greater London · London

    2026 dates not announced yet — usually late November to just before Christmas, Tuesday to Sunday

  • Coventry Christmas Market

    Coventry, West Midlands · West Midlands

    2026 dates not announced yet — usually late November to early January

  • 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

  • Hull's floodlit Maritime Museum and domed City Hall at night, with a lit Christmas tree and light decorations around Queen Victoria Square

    Hull Christmas Weekend and Christmas Market

    Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire · Yorkshire and the Humber

    2026 dates not announced yet — usually a weekend in late November

  • Wooden market chalets trimmed with garlands and lights, with a lit Christmas pyramid and the towers of the old Market House behind

    Kingston Christmas Market

    Kingston upon Thames, Greater London · London

    2026 dates not announced yet — usually mid-November to the end of December (closed Christmas Day)

  • 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 round, domed Sheldonian Theatre behind railings topped with carved stone heads, on Broad Street under a blue sky

    Oxford Victorian Christmas Market

    Oxford, Oxfordshire · South East England

    2026 dates not announced yet — usually four days (Thu–Sun) in mid-November

  • A big wheel lit in blue and pink above a crowd and a brightly lit ride on The Moor in Sheffield at night, with the paving reflecting the colours

    Sheffield Christmas Markets

    Sheffield, South Yorkshire · Yorkshire and the Humber

    2026 dates not announced yet — usually mid-November to Christmas or early January

  • A hillside view over Lerwick, with the red-roofed Clickimin Leisure Complex and its running track among houses, and the sea and low hills beyond

    Shetland Arts & Crafts Christmas Craft Fair

    Lerwick, Shetland Islands · Scotland

    2026 dates not announced yet — usually the first weekend of November (Friday evening to Sunday)

  • Swansea's pedestrianised Oxford Street on a sunny day, with shops on both corners, a flowering tree and shoppers in the distance

    Swansea Christmas Market

    Swansea · Wales

    2026 dates not announced yet — usually Late November to just before Christmas

  • TedBerry Christmas Market

    Lisburn, County Antrim · Northern Ireland

    2026 dates not announced yet — usually a weekend in late November or at the start of December

  • Two Christmas trees covered in warm lights in front of the ornate French-château-style facade of Waddesdon Manor, with visitors crossing the forecourt

    Waddesdon Christmas Fair

    Waddesdon, Buckinghamshire · South East England

    2026 dates not announced yet — usually late November to mid-December, as part of 'Christmas at Waddesdon'

  • A busy junction in Wimbledon town centre, with a turreted brick-and-stone corner building, modern glass offices and a red London bus

    Wimbledon Christmas Market

    Wimbledon, Greater London · London

    2026 dates not announced yet — usually long weekends (Thu–Sun) from late November to mid-December

  • The arched glass roof of Hay's Galleria between two restored brick wharf buildings on the south bank of the Thames, seen from the river

    Winter by the River

    London, Greater London · London

    2026 dates not announced yet — usually mid-November to early January (closed Christmas Day)

  • Ballymena Christmas Artisan Market

    Ballymena, County Antrim · Northern Ireland

    2026 dates not announced yet — usually about a week in early December (closed Sunday)

  • 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

  • The stone towers and gabled ranges of Cawdor Castle behind flowering shrubs and a lawn under a blue sky with white clouds

    Cawdor Castle Christmas Market

    Cawdor, near Nairn, Highland · Scotland

    2026 dates not announced yet — usually one weekend (Saturday and Sunday) in mid-December

  • 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).

  • The pale stone classical front of Castle Ward house, with a central pediment and rows of sash windows, behind a lawn

    Christmas Artisan Market at Castle Ward

    Strangford, County Down · Northern Ireland

    2026 dates not announced yet — usually one Friday-to-Sunday weekend in early December

  • Olney's Market Place lined with Georgian stone and red-brick buildings and a large tree, under a blue sky with white clouds

    Dickens of a Christmas

    Olney, Buckinghamshire · South East England

    2026 dates not announced yet — usually first Sunday in December, 10am–4pm

  • James Street in Harrogate on a wet night, with a shopfront draped in fairy lights, glass canopies, a lit Christmas tree and light garlands across the street

    Harrogate Christmas Fayre

    Harrogate, North Yorkshire · Yorkshire and the Humber

    2026 dates not announced yet — usually about ten days in early-to-mid December

  • Larne Christmas Artisan Market

    Larne, County Antrim · Northern Ireland

    2026 dates not announced yet — usually about a week in mid-December (closed Sunday)

  • Lichfield's paved Market Square with the spired St Mary's Church, a statue and red-brick buildings around it under a cloudy sky

    Lichfield Victorian Christmas Market

    Lichfield, Staffordshire · West Midlands

    2026 dates not announced yet — usually four days (Thursday to Sunday) in early December

  • 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

  • Old stone outbuildings with green doors along a gravel yard at Rowallane Garden, with a small clock tower beyond and leafy shrubs

    Yuletide Christmas Market at Rowallane Garden

    Saintfield, County Down · Northern Ireland

    2026 dates not announced yet — usually one weekend in mid-December

Dates come from each market’s own website or official announcements and were correct when we checked them. Dates and opening hours can change — always check with the organiser before you travel. Bars show the market’s date range; where the organiser says it only opens on certain days we grey out the others, but always check the opening times. What’s open on a particular day · Add every confirmed market to your calendar