Christmas markets in December

ENGLAND

Victorian Christmas Market
12-14 December 2008, Fri & Sat 10am-7pm, Sun 10am-5pm
Harpur Square, Town Centre, Bedford

Buckinghamshire
Christmas Food Market
6-14 December 2008 (ex. 7 & 8 December), 11am-4pm
Coach House at the Stables, Waddesdon Manor, Waddesdon, Nr Aylesbury

Chester
Continental Christmas Market
6-21 December 2008, Mon-Sat 10am-8pm, Sun 10am-6pm
Town Hall Square, Chester,

Cornwall
Trereife Christmas Fair
20-23 November 2008, 10am-5pm
Trereife House, Penzance

Made in Cornwall Christmas Fair
6–7 December 2008, 10am-4pm
The Piazza, Lemon Quay, Truro

Trelissick Christmas Market
13-14 December 2008, 10am-4pm
Trelissick Gardens, Trelissick, Truro

Devon
Cloyton Christmas Fayre
5 December 2008, 3.30pm-8.30pm
Cloyton, Devon

Dorset
Bournemouth Traditional Christmas Market
28 November-21 December 2008, 10am-6pm, Sun 11am-5pm
The Square, Bournemouth

Essex
German Christmas Market
8 December 2008, 3.30pm-7pm
Witham, Essex

Gloucestershire
Christmas Made in Gloucestershire
Thursdays throughout November and December 2008, 8.30am-1pm
Northgate Hall, St. Johns Lane, Gloucester

Hampshire
Christmas Market
27 November-14 December 2008, Sun-Wed 10am-6pm, Thurs-Sat 10am-8pm
By Winchester Cathedral, Winchester

Kent
Canterbury Traditional Christmas Market
28 November-21 December 2008, week days 10am-6pm, Sat 9am-6pm, 11am-5pm
White Friars Square, Cantebury

London

Cologne Christmas Market
21 November-23 December 2008, 10am-10pm
Southbank Centre/London Eye, London, SE1

Hyde Park's Winter Wonderland
22 November 2008-4 January 2009, 10am-10pm
Hyde Park, London, W1

Tower Bridge European Christmas Market
29 November-22 December 2008, 10am-8pm
Potter’s Field Park, London, SE1

Whitecross Cross St. Christmas Food Festival
4-5 December 2008, 12pm-7pm
Whitecross Cross St., London, EC1

Spirit of Christmas Fair
5-9 December 2008, Wed-Sat 10am-6pm, Sun 10am-5pm
Olympia Grand Hall, London, W14

Slow Food Christmas Market
20-23 December 2008, 12pm-9pm
Southbank Centre Square, London, SE1

Manchester
Manchester Christmas Markets
18 November-22 December 2008, see website for times
Various venues in the City Centre, Manchester

Midlands
Birmingham Frankfurt Christmas Market & Birmingham's Christmas Craft Fair
13 November-23 December 2008, 10am-9pm
Victoria Square and New Street & Chamberlain Square and Centenary Way, Birmingham

Somerset
Bath Christmas Market
27 November-7 December 2008, see the website for times
Area between Bath Abbey and the Roman Baths, Bath

Yorkshire
Leeds Christkindelmarkt Traditional German Christmas Market
14 November-21 December 2008, 10.30am-9pm, Sun 10.30am-8pm
Millennium Square, Leeds

Made in Yorkshire Christmas Market
4-14 December 2008, time TBC
Parliament Street, York

Knaresborough Edwardian Christmas Market
6-7 December 2008, 10am-5pm, time TBC
Town centre, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire

SCOTLAND

Edinburgh
Traditional German Christmas Market
27 November-24 December 2008, 10am-8pm
The Mound Precinct, Edinburgh

Glasgow
Traditional Christmas Market
21 November-21 December 2008, week days 10am-7pm, Sat 9am-5pm, Sun 11am-5pm
Argyll Street or St. Enoch's Square, Glasgow

Perth
Farmers' Market
6 & 20 December 2008, 9am-2pm
King Edward Street, Perth

WALES

Aberystwyth
Christmas Farmers Market
20 December 2008,10am-3pm
North Parade, Aberystwyth

Caerphilly
Medieval Christmas Market
13-14 December, Sat 9am-5pm, Sun 10am-4pm
Caerphilly Castle, Caerphilly Town Centre

Swansea
Swansea Christmas Market
28 November-14 December 2008, time TBC
Oxford St., Swansea

IRELAND
Christmas Food and Craft Fair
7 December 2008, 11am-6pm
Great Northern Hotel, Bundoran, Donegal

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