Christmas Markets UKThe 2026 season, market by market

Christmas markets in Yorkshire and the Humber

14 markets in the guide, 11 with dates this season still to come.

Yorkshire and the Humber 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 lit market stalls, candy-cane arches and a tall blue-and-red light-up tree in a cobbled York square at dusk, under the Shambles Market sign
Photo: Malcolmxl5, CC BY-SA 4.0

This season, by date

York Christmas Market

When: Thu 12 Nov – Mon 21 Dec 2026 Opens in 33 days

Closed Tuesdays; closes 5pm on 21 December

York, North Yorkshire

Big cityMakersFood & drink Free entry

The Piece Hall Christmas Market

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

Fridays to Sundays only (six weekends)

Halifax, West Yorkshire

MakersFood & drink Free entry

Whitby Christmas Festival

When: Fri 13 – Sun 15 Nov 2026 Opens in 34 days

Friday to Sunday

Whitby, North Yorkshire

MakersFood & drink Free entry

Leeds Christmas Market

When: Thu 19 Nov – Wed 23 Dec 2026 Opens in 40 days

Ice Cube at Christmas (rink and selected stalls) runs 19 November to 31 December

Leeds, West Yorkshire

Big cityMakersFood & drink

The Great Yorkshire Christmas Fair

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

Closes 4pm on Sunday

Harrogate, North Yorkshire

MakersFood & drinkIndoor

Grassington Christmas Markets

When: Sat 28 Nov 2026 (First Saturday) Opens in 49 days

Christmas lights switch-on Friday 27 November, 4pm

Grassington, North Yorkshire

MakersFood & drinkLive music Free entry

Grassington Christmas Markets

When: Sat 5 Dec 2026 (Second Saturday) Opens in 56 days

Grassington, North Yorkshire

MakersFood & drinkLive music Free entry

Knaresborough Christmas Market

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

10am–5pm

Knaresborough, North Yorkshire

MakersFood & drinkLive music Free entry

Otley Victorian Fayre

When: Sun 6 Dec 2026 Opens in 57 days

Sunday only

Otley, West Yorkshire

MakersFood & drinkVictorian Free entry

Skipton Christmas Market

When: Sun 6 Dec 2026 (First Sunday) Opens in 57 days

10am–4pm

Skipton, North Yorkshire

MakersFood & drinkLive music Free entry

Beverley Festival of Christmas

When: Sun 13 Dec 2026

Sunday only, 10am–4pm; 30th festival

Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire

MakersFood & drinkVictorian Free entry

Skipton Christmas Market

When: Sun 13 Dec 2026 (Second Sunday)

10am–4pm

Skipton, North Yorkshire

MakersFood & drinkLive music Free entry

Every market in Yorkshire and the Humber, A–Z

  • Beverley's market cross outlined in blue Christmas lights at night, with a lit tree beneath it and shops around the square

    Beverley Festival of Christmas

    Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire · Yorkshire and the Humber

    Sun 13 Dec 2026 — Sunday only, 10am–4pm; 30th festival

    10am–4pm (Sunday 13 December 2026)

  • Strings of warm festoon lights and a lit tree over Grassington's cobbled square at night, with stone cottages, a Christmas tree and a red phone box

    Grassington Christmas Markets

    Grassington, North Yorkshire · Yorkshire and the Humber

    Sat 28 Nov 2026 — Christmas lights switch-on Friday 27 November, 4pm

  • The pale stone south front of Harewood House above its formal terrace garden of clipped hedges and flower beds, under a blue sky

    Harewood Christmas Market in partnership with Little Bird Made

    Harewood (near Leeds), West Yorkshire · Yorkshire and the Humber

    Fri 6 – Sun 8 Nov 2026 — Over 100 makers

    10am–4pm, timed entry slots 10am–2pm (2026)

  • 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

  • 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

    Saturday 10am–4pm, Sunday 11am–4pm (2025)

  • Market stalls with pink and white canopies in Knaresborough Market Place under strings of colourful bunting, with old shopfronts around the square

    Knaresborough Christmas Market

    Knaresborough, North Yorkshire · Yorkshire and the Humber

    Sat 5 – Sun 6 Dec 2026 — 10am–5pm

    10am–5pm both days; firework finale over the viaduct at 4.30pm on Sunday (2026)

  • Wooden chalets, a light-up arch and a Christmas pyramid behind festive barriers in City Square, Leeds, with the white Queens Hotel behind

    Leeds Christmas Market

    Leeds, West Yorkshire · Yorkshire and the Humber

    Thu 19 Nov – Wed 23 Dec 2026 — Ice Cube at Christmas (rink and selected stalls) runs 19 November to 31 December

    City Square stalls and street food: Sunday–Thursday 10.30am–7pm, Friday–Saturday 10.30am–8pm; bars open later (2026)

  • Otley's Victorian clock tower with its green copper cupola in the Market Place, beside the old covered buttercross and stone shops, under a blue sky

    Otley Victorian Fayre

    Otley, West Yorkshire · Yorkshire and the Humber

    Sun 6 Dec 2026 — Sunday only

  • 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 tall Christmas tree strung with blue-white lights in front of Skipton Town Hall at night, with light decorations on the building and a dusting of snow

    Skipton Christmas Market

    Skipton, North Yorkshire · Yorkshire and the Humber

    Sun 6 Dec 2026 — 10am–4pm

    10am–4pm on both Sundays (2026)

  • The Great Yorkshire Christmas Fair

    Harrogate, North Yorkshire · Yorkshire and the Humber

    Thu 26 – Sun 29 Nov 2026 — Closes 4pm on Sunday

    9.30am–5pm Thursday to Saturday; 9.30am–4pm Sunday (2026)

  • Crowds of shoppers among white market gazebos in the sunlit stone courtyard of the Piece Hall, ringed by its two-storey colonnades under a blue sky

    The Piece Hall Christmas Market

    Halifax, West Yorkshire · Yorkshire and the Humber

    Fri 13 Nov – Sun 20 Dec 2026 — Fridays to Sundays only (six weekends)

    Fridays and Saturdays 10am–6pm; Sundays 10am–4pm (2026)

  • Yachts and motor boats moored in Whitby marina on the River Esk, with rows of red-roofed houses climbing the hillside behind under a blue sky

    Whitby Christmas Festival

    Whitby, North Yorkshire · Yorkshire and the Humber

    Fri 13 – Sun 15 Nov 2026 — Friday to Sunday

    2025: Friday 5pm–8pm, Saturday 10am–8pm, Sunday 10am–4pm (2026 hours not yet published)

  • Parliament Street in York at night, with market chalets under trees wrapped in white lights, a light decoration strung across the street and shoppers on the cobbles

    York Christmas Market

    York, North Yorkshire · Yorkshire and the Humber

    Thu 12 Nov – Mon 21 Dec 2026 — Closed Tuesdays; closes 5pm on 21 December

    10.30am–7pm Wednesday to Monday; closed Tuesdays; closes 5pm on Monday 21 December (2026)