Christmas Markets UKThe 2026 season, market by market

Christmas markets with an ice rink

17 markets in the UK guide, 15 with dates this season still to come.

Markets with an ice rink on site or right alongside. Skating is usually booked and paid for separately.

This season, by date

Christmas in Leicester Square

When: Sat 31 Oct 2026 – Sun 3 Jan 2027 Opens in 21 days

Open daily except Christmas Day (dates for the rink and its market stalls)

London, Greater London · London

Big cityFood & drinkIce rink

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 · North West England

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Christmas Markets at Gloucester Quays

When: Sat 7 – Sun 8 Nov 2026 (Weekend 1) Opens in 28 days

Gloucester, Gloucestershire · South West England

MakersFood & drinkIce rink Free entry

Aberdeen Christmas Village

When: Thu 12 Nov 2026 – Sun 3 Jan 2027 Opens in 33 days

Open daily except 25 Dec, 26 Dec and 1 Jan; Curated in the Square dates not yet published

Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen · Scotland

Big cityMakersFood & drink

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

Nottingham Winter Wonderland

When: Thu 12 Nov – Thu 24 Dec 2026 Opens in 33 days

Market stalls until 24 Dec; attractions to 31 Dec, closed Christmas Day

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire · East Midlands

Big cityMakersFood & 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

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Christmas in Cambridge

When: Fri 13 Nov 2026 – Sun 3 Jan 2027 Opens in 34 days

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire · East of England

Big cityFood & drinkIce rink

Christmas Markets at Gloucester Quays

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

Gloucester, Gloucestershire · South West England

MakersFood & drinkIce rink Free entry

Hyde Park Winter Wonderland

When: Thu 19 Nov 2026 – Sun 3 Jan 2027 Opens in 40 days

Closed Christmas Day

London, Greater London · London

Big cityFood & drinkIce rink

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 · Yorkshire and the Humber

Big cityMakersFood & drink

Glasgow's Winter Wonderland on the Green

When: Fri 20 Nov 2026 – Sun 3 Jan 2027 Opens in 41 days

Weekdays from 3pm until 20 Dec; closed Christmas Day

Glasgow, City of Glasgow · Scotland

MakersFood & drinkIce rink

Ardingly Winter Fair

When: Sat 21 – Sun 22 Nov 2026 Opens in 42 days

Ardingly, West Sussex · South East England

MakersFood & drinkIndoor

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 · North West England

Big cityFood & drinkIce rink

Christmas Markets at Gloucester Quays

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

Gloucester, Gloucestershire · South West England

MakersFood & drinkIce rink Free entry

Christmas Markets at Gloucester Quays

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

Gloucester, Gloucestershire · South West England

MakersFood & drinkIce rink Free entry

Christmas Markets at Gloucester Quays

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

Gloucester, Gloucestershire · South West England

MakersFood & drinkIce rink Free entry

Christmas Markets at Gloucester Quays

When: Sat 12 – Sun 13 Dec 2026 (Weekend 6)

Gloucester, Gloucestershire · South West England

MakersFood & drinkIce rink Free entry

Falmouth's Festive Weekend

When: Sat 12 – Sun 13 Dec 2026

11am–5pm

Falmouth, Cornwall · South West England

MakersFood & drinkIce rink

Christmas Markets at Gloucester Quays

When: Sat 19 – Sun 20 Dec 2026 (Weekend 7)

Gloucester, Gloucestershire · South West England

MakersFood & drinkIce rink Free entry

All, A–Z

  • Two decorated Christmas trees and a lit-up fairground ride on Broad Street, with the granite spires of Marischal College behind

    Aberdeen Christmas Village

    Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen · Scotland

    Thu 12 Nov 2026 – Sun 3 Jan 2027 — Open daily except 25 Dec, 26 Dec and 1 Jan; Curated in the Square dates not yet published

  • Ardingly Winter Fair

    Ardingly, West Sussex · South East England

    Sat 21 – Sun 22 Nov 2026

  • A brightly painted carousel with gilded horses beneath the stone clock tower and archway of Blenheim Palace's courtyard

    Blenheim Palace Christmas Market

    Woodstock, Oxfordshire · South East England

    Fri 13 Nov – Sun 20 Dec 2026 — Wider Christmas at Blenheim season runs 13 Nov 2026 – 3 Jan 2027

  • 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

  • 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

  • A path across the wide lawn of Parker's Piece towards a big wheel and a helter-skelter behind wooden hoardings, with a large Victorian building to the right

    Christmas in Cambridge

    Cambridge, Cambridgeshire · East of England

    Fri 13 Nov 2026 – Sun 3 Jan 2027

  • Wooden market chalets strung with warm lights around a large plane tree in Leicester Square, with shoppers on the wet paving

    Christmas in Leicester Square

    London, Greater London · London

    Sat 31 Oct 2026 – Sun 3 Jan 2027 — Open daily except Christmas Day (dates for the rink and its market stalls)

  • 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

  • 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

  • East Princes Street Gardens at night, with fairground rides and market stalls among trees wrapped in coloured lights, below floodlit city buildings

    Edinburgh's Christmas – Traditional Christmas Markets

    Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh · Scotland

    Sat 14 Nov 2026 – Sun 3 Jan 2027 — Daily except Christmas Day

  • 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

  • The weathered sandstone McLennan Arch framed by spring trees, with a columned court building seen through the arch

    Glasgow's Winter Wonderland on the Green

    Glasgow, City of Glasgow · Scotland

    Fri 20 Nov 2026 – Sun 3 Jan 2027 — Weekdays from 3pm until 20 Dec; closed Christmas Day

  • Visitors stroll past lit fairground rides, a Christmas tree of lights, a wooden Christmas pyramid and a big wheel glowing against an evening sky

    Hyde Park Winter Wonderland

    London, Greater London · London

    Thu 19 Nov 2026 – Sun 3 Jan 2027 — Closed Christmas Day

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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)

  • A brightly lit gallopers carousel behind a white picket fence, flanked by decorated market stalls, in front of the columned Council House

    Nottingham Winter Wonderland

    Nottingham, Nottinghamshire · East Midlands

    Thu 12 Nov – Thu 24 Dec 2026 — Market stalls until 24 Dec; attractions to 31 Dec, closed Christmas Day