London's Best Christmas Markets
Christmas shopping to do? Check out these fabulously festive Christmas markets in London, some of which are open until Christmas Day and beyond!
1. Winter Wonderland Angel’s Market
It’s hard to beat Winter Wonderland. Celebrating its 12th year in 2018, this one has everything for the Christmas lover. It’s free to enter the Winter Wonderland site, so you can browse the 200 fairy-lit Bavarian style wooden chalets of the Angel’s Market and pick out gifts for friends and family from jewellery and clothing to handmade crafts and Christmas decorations. Open during the day, but far more impressive at night, you can also buy tickets to ice skate around the pavilion in Hyde Park, gaze upon and all the carnival lights from the giant observation wheel, or check out one of the many new shows, including the Magical Ice Kingdom, Peter Pan on Ice, The Snowman Experience and ice sculpting workshops. Open 10am-10pm from 22 November until 6 January 2019, except Christmas Day.
2 Christmas by the River at London Bridge City
London Bridge City welcomes back the iconic Christmas by the River, with 68 chalet-style stalls selling gifts, food and drink against the beautiful backdrop of Tower Bridge. Running between the Pier and Tower Bridge, it’s one of London’s most picturesque Christmas markets, with frosted cabins and twinkling fairy lights. As well as a great array of boutique vendors peddling artisan Christmas gifts, there will also be a mouth-watering assemblage of pop-up food and drink stalls to make for an unforgettable festive experience. Throughout December, the market will also host events and workshops to get you set for the holiday season, from food and drink tastings to glittery arts and crafts and storytelling. Running from 29 November to 2 January 2019 from 11am-10pm.
3. Christmas in Leicester Square
Leicester Square, London’s home of entertainment since 1670, will be buzzing this yuletide, with a sparkling programme of high energy entertainment and events, as well as a a buzzing European-style Christmas Market. Christmas in Leicester Square will see the central gardens transformed into a festive pop-up market with more than 25 stalls, plus an exhilarating line up of shows all performed in a beautiful 1920s Belgian Spiegeltent, including The Burlesque Carol Concert and a one-off Christmas show by cabaret comedy legends Frisky and Mannish. Running from 9 November to 5
January.
4. Southbank Centre Winter Festival and Christmas Market
Southbank Centre’s Winter Festival, running from 9 November until 27 December, is an all-out celebration of Christmas, with 29 traders from around the world offering an array of festive treats, gifts and street food from raclette to bratwurst, burgers and vegan specials. Two new pop-up bars, Bar Under the Bridge and The Circus Bar, will serve up cocktails and food in warm hideaways alongside the river, and Jimmy’s Lodge returns for the second year with Alpine-themed private igloos. Book yourself into a showing of Circus 1903, an internationally acclaimed turn-of-the-century circus spectacular featuring life-sized elephants created by War Horse puppeteers, acrobats, contortionists and high-wire performers (19 December-5 January).
5. Camden Market’s Christmas Take Over
London’s iconic Camden Market is set to experience a unique Christmas takeover as it welcomes Santa’s Gingerbread Workshop, hourly snow flurries, jazz carols and more than 1,000 vendors spanning food, drink, lifestyle and entertainment. Running from 24 November until 23 December, there will also be Christmas craft workshops, traditional fairground games and local choirs, brass bands and Roundhouse resident acts popping up around the market throughout the month. Gift options include byUnfold’s ethical handbags made from paper, customised trainers by Koko Art, and quirky homeware from the Moomin Shop. Festive food specials range from indulgent cheese fondues, to the Triple HoBurger from Rudy’s Dirty Vegan Diner, and La Churreria for their glitter churros. Santa’s Gingerbread Workshop (£15 per child) is an immersive Christmas Grotto experience where little ones can join the elves in the workshop making toys and preparing Santa’s favourite gingerbread, before meeting Father Christmas himself.
1. Winter Wonderland Angel’s Market
It’s hard to beat Winter Wonderland. Celebrating its 12th year in 2018, this one has everything for the Christmas lover. It’s free to enter the Winter Wonderland site, so you can browse the 200 fairy-lit Bavarian style wooden chalets of the Angel’s Market and pick out gifts for friends and family from jewellery and clothing to handmade crafts and Christmas decorations. Open during the day, but far more impressive at night, you can also buy tickets to ice skate around the pavilion in Hyde Park, gaze upon and all the carnival lights from the giant observation wheel, or check out one of the many new shows, including the Magical Ice Kingdom, Peter Pan on Ice, The Snowman Experience and ice sculpting workshops. Open 10am-10pm from 22 November until 6 January 2019, except Christmas Day.
2 Christmas by the River at London Bridge City
London Bridge City welcomes back the iconic Christmas by the River, with 68 chalet-style stalls selling gifts, food and drink against the beautiful backdrop of Tower Bridge. Running between the Pier and Tower Bridge, it’s one of London’s most picturesque Christmas markets, with frosted cabins and twinkling fairy lights. As well as a great array of boutique vendors peddling artisan Christmas gifts, there will also be a mouth-watering assemblage of pop-up food and drink stalls to make for an unforgettable festive experience. Throughout December, the market will also host events and workshops to get you set for the holiday season, from food and drink tastings to glittery arts and crafts and storytelling. Running from 29 November to 2 January 2019 from 11am-10pm.
3. Christmas in Leicester Square
Leicester Square, London’s home of entertainment since 1670, will be buzzing this yuletide, with a sparkling programme of high energy entertainment and events, as well as a a buzzing European-style Christmas Market. Christmas in Leicester Square will see the central gardens transformed into a festive pop-up market with more than 25 stalls, plus an exhilarating line up of shows all performed in a beautiful 1920s Belgian Spiegeltent, including The Burlesque Carol Concert and a one-off Christmas show by cabaret comedy legends Frisky and Mannish. Running from 9 November to 5
January.
4. Southbank Centre Winter Festival and Christmas Market
Southbank Centre’s Winter Festival, running from 9 November until 27 December, is an all-out celebration of Christmas, with 29 traders from around the world offering an array of festive treats, gifts and street food from raclette to bratwurst, burgers and vegan specials. Two new pop-up bars, Bar Under the Bridge and The Circus Bar, will serve up cocktails and food in warm hideaways alongside the river, and Jimmy’s Lodge returns for the second year with Alpine-themed private igloos. Book yourself into a showing of Circus 1903, an internationally acclaimed turn-of-the-century circus spectacular featuring life-sized elephants created by War Horse puppeteers, acrobats, contortionists and high-wire performers (19 December-5 January).
5. Camden Market’s Christmas Take Over
London’s iconic Camden Market is set to experience a unique Christmas takeover as it welcomes Santa’s Gingerbread Workshop, hourly snow flurries, jazz carols and more than 1,000 vendors spanning food, drink, lifestyle and entertainment. Running from 24 November until 23 December, there will also be Christmas craft workshops, traditional fairground games and local choirs, brass bands and Roundhouse resident acts popping up around the market throughout the month. Gift options include byUnfold’s ethical handbags made from paper, customised trainers by Koko Art, and quirky homeware from the Moomin Shop. Festive food specials range from indulgent cheese fondues, to the Triple HoBurger from Rudy’s Dirty Vegan Diner, and La Churreria for their glitter churros. Santa’s Gingerbread Workshop (£15 per child) is an immersive Christmas Grotto experience where little ones can join the elves in the workshop making toys and preparing Santa’s favourite gingerbread, before meeting Father Christmas himself.
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