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Monday, 21 November 2022
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Enjoy a King's Cross Christmas this year
Because King’s Cross is packed with festive fun this season. There will be Christmas markets to stroll around, laden with lots of food, drink, handmade gifts and cool designer pieces, too.
You can indulge in a spot of curling, treat your family to an exciting Christmas show, plus and eat, drink and be merry in the many great bars and restaurants that makes King's Cross something of a foodie's paradise.
See the mighty 47ft tall Nordmann fir which is an absolute beauty, festooned with festive lights and adorned with neon ski accessories in keeping with their apres ski theme.
What’s more, once the tree has finished bringing joy to visitors, its needles will be ground down and used to make pine essence for candles that will be sold in Coal Drops Yard!
And there's much, much more besides!
To learn more please visit https://www.kingscross.co.uk/event/christmas-has-arrived-at-kings-cross'
Ideal Home Show Christmas
Visitors will be able to learn about inspiring ideas, purchase amazing gifts and see the latest festive solutions for your home.
The Ideal Home Show Christmas brings together in excess of 600 companies. There will be tons of free talks and great ideas from their team of experts for your home this Christmas.
Enjoy fantastic Christmas Workshops. There's everything from learning how to make beautiful Christmas wreaths and Christmas decorations to an essential oil masterclass.
There will be a host of celebrities and top experts who will be taking part in live Q&As and on stage demos to help you create a truly wonderful Christmas at home.
There'll also be hundreds and hundreds of fantastic festive gift ideas from a huge range of festive products from an unrivalled collection of independent retailers, plus plenty of your favourite brands, all under one roof!
Want a Christmas makeover? There'll be inspiration a-plenty, with Good Homes Roomsets for colours, decorating trends and festive interiors, galore.
If you're keen on festive music, listen out for the Christmas Bandstand with its special Christmas musical offerings.
Check out the chefs who will be cooking live, enjoy drinks masterclasses and shop from a selection of street food vendors, drinks brands and artisanal food producers.
You'll also be able to indulge in a special two-course Christmas carvery for a modest £24.95, with the menu carefully created by celebrity chef and Masterchef judge Greg Wallace, you just know you will be in for a culinary treat! Places are limited, however.
To book tickets to the event visit https://www.idealhomeshowchristmas.co.uk.
To enquire about booking the carvery please visit https://www.idealhomeshowchristmas.co.uk/whats-at-the-show/gregg-wallace-christmas-carvery.
Christmas Market at Goodsheds in Barry
Their fabulous street food vendors will be running as normal for you to enjoy some good food.
On top of all of that their lovely independent shops, along their Urban High Street, will be open for you to pick up beautiful and unique gifts for everyone, they've got you covered this Christmas!
What is Goodsheds in Barry?
They say: "Situated in the centre of Barry, South Wales, Goodsheds is the first new sustainable urban high street in the UK where people can work, eat, live and play. Goodsheds is a mixture of the best independent food & drink, boutique retail & lifestyle outlets. We also boast a cutting edge outdoor gym facility and independent coffee drive thru for all your coffee needs!"
Healeys Christmas Markets in Cornwall are back
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Everyone is invited to join them for family festivities full of flavour as the Healeys Christmas Market weekends return for their 6th year!
Across the six weekends available, they transform the farm into a fairy tale world of mulled cyder and hearty foods, Christmas songs, and crafts. Bring family, friends, and a healthy appetite, for a taste of authentic Healeys Christmas spirit.
Christmas Market Weekend Schedule
11:00 - Family Cydermaster Experience
11.30 - Children's juice blending in the press house
12:00 - Story time with cookies and apple juice by the animal area
12:00 - Full Healeys Experience (Adult-only)
13:30 - Exclusive Tresor tasting – in the tasting room
14:00 - Family Cydermaster Experience
14:30 - Children's juice blending in the press house
15:00 - Story time with cookies and apple juice by the animal area
15:00 - Gin Experience (Adult-only)
15:30 - The perfect Healeys Christmas cocktail in the Healeys Distillery
Some are optional paid experiences, please check for details.
For existing members, entry is completely free of charge, non-members, can pick up an adult entry ticket for just £6.40 online and they'll give you unlimited free entry for 12 months!
Plymouth Christmas Market
With a special dedicated open-air festive bar, an abundance of food and drink offerings, loads of great artisanal stalls and live music and entertainment, it really is the perfect place to pick up some Christmas gifts and get into the Christmas spirit.
There'll also be plenty of parking options available throughout the month of December to help people nip in to pick up their shopping, including late night shopping opportunities which have already begun.
https://www.visitplymouth.co.uk/whats-on/major-events/plymouth-christmas-market.
Cirencester 2022 Christmas Markets
The Advent Market and Light Switch-On event has been expanded this year to include a 2-day street market on the 26th and 27th November with over 200 stalls across the two days, music, live performances, street entertainment, activities, big screen and much more, besides!
The town centre will be closed to traffic and stalls will extend from Castle Street to the top of Cricklade Street and throughout the length of Market Place, as far as the Fleece Hotel. The market will run from 10am-6pm on Saturday 26th and 10am-4pm on Sunday 27th.
The Town Council has partnered with Keystone Conference & Event Management Ltd to put together a fantastic programme of festive performances inside the Parish Church on the 26th November, featuring local dance and theatre groups, choirs and musicians. This will also be live streamed onto the big screen in the Market Place.
Building on the success of the Health and Wellbeing Week earlier in the year, the Parish Church has kindly allocated space for charities and community organisations to raise funds and offer information and support.
Hobbycraft will be running free crafting activities and there will be ‘Stories with Lisa’ for the younger visitors. And please keep an eye out for Santa in the Market Place, as he will also make an appearance with his sleigh there.
At approximately 4pm on 26th November, the town’s Christmas lights will be switched on by the lead sponsor, Sewell Mullings Logie, accompanied by the Mayor of Cirencester Councillor Sabrina Dixon, Cannon Graham Morris and Cirencester’s very own ‘Mr. Christmas’, Vernon Harwood, who'll be comparing the event. Enjoy snowfall, special street entertainers and quiet fireworks, all courtesy of the sponsors, plus special light projections in the Market Place will enhance the festive atmosphere.
Said Councillor Gary Selwyn, who is Lead Member for Community Services: “With lots of exciting things to make it a really memorable occasion for all the family, we hope local people and visitors to Cirencester will embrace the opportunity to support the town’s local businesses and our unique traders. We’re really looking forward to the Christmas celebrations in Cirencester this year and we're excited to be able to deliver such a full programme after a two-year break.”
The special festive programme continues with a special weekend Christmas Market on Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th December with live music and dedicated street entertainment.
And don't forget, the following weekends also include a festive Farmers’ Market, General Market and Christmas Gift Markets, and from Tuesday 20th December Christmas Markets will be held daily until Thursday 22nd December. For those last minute supplies, there'll also be a festive Farmers’ Market on Christmas Eve, too! Plus the traditional Charter Markets will be held as normal throughout the month of December.
A spokesman added: "These events couldn't happen without the generous support and sponsorship of local businesses."
Lead sponsor, Sam McEwan said “Sewell Mullings Logie solicitors are delighted to support the Advent Festival again this year,”
The Town Council would also like to thank Watermoor Point, Cain & Fuller, Wenn Townsend, Rangeford Villages and Alison Fielden & Co. for their generous sponsorship, which has enabled the 2022 Christmas events to be enhanced even more than ever.
A team of fantastic volunteers selflessly give their time to help make the day go smoothly by marshalling crowds, directing and supporting market traders, and answering queries from members of the public. If you are interested in getting involved, please contact markets@cirencester.gov.uk.
Road closures, managed by the AA, will be in place in the town centre from Midnight Friday 25 November to Midnight Sunday 27 November. The event will take place across the Town Centre including the whole of the Market Place, Castle Street and Cricklade Street.
The following roads will be subject to closures with signed diversions in place. There will be access for residents affected but deliveries and contractors must be arranged outside the closure times.
Dollar Street - access only
Gosditch Street - closed from Loveday Mews
Cricklade Street - closed at Castle Street Junction
Castle Street - closed at Silver Street Junction
Dyer Street - closed at North Way Junction
Black Jack Street - closed at Park Street Junction
Further information about the event and the road closures can be found on the Town Council’s website https://cirencester.gov.uk/whats-on/2022/11/26/advent-market
Blenheim Palace Christmas Market 2022
It's one of the highlights of the UK festive calendar, wander the Palace’s picture-perfect gardens filled with Christmas cheer as well over a million lights and seasonal sounds fill the air.
Look forward to some wonderful time together with family and friends as you discover glittering tunnels of light, dancing lakeside reflections and trees drenched in jewel-like colour. For a moment of reflection, pause at mesmerising flickering flames in the fire garden, enjoy awe-inspiring larger-than-life illuminations and don’t forget to glimpse Father Christmas along the way, too.
Their crew of talented independent street food vendors bring a delicious twist to tempting treats. To make it properly festive, complete your walk under the stars with a spiced winter warmer or hot chocolate shared with someone special.
The Kingdom of the Snow Queen re-imagined within Britain’s Greatest Palace
New for 2022, you'll be able to explore the Palace rooms, each one exquisitely and vibrantly transformed and filled with hidden surprises. You'll discover the glistening Land of Snowflakes filled with a silvery frost-covered forest and venture into the wintery Kingdom of Ice adorned with larger-than-life shimmering crystals. It’s a fairy-tale world where we really want a happy-ever-after.
Will the ice-cold Snow Queen change her ways? Perhaps the kind reindeer will save the day and help reunite the two young friends. This fantastical winter wonderland is where the magic really begins.
Entry to the Kingdom of the Snow Queen within the Palace is free to Annual Pass holders before 15.45.
The Christmas Market
The Christmas Market is returning, with many designer/maker craft traders who'll be housed in special dedicated festive wooden chalets in the Great Court. Their distinctive range of artisanal products will make perfect treats and gifts for this Christmas.
The Christmas Market will be open at 10.30 every day from now until each day between 18th December 2022, except for 5th December when it will open at 11.30, instead.
On nights the illuminated trail is taking place, the market will close at 20.30 and on non-illuminated trail nights, the market will close at 17.30.
Christmas Afternoon Tea
Their magical Ice Kingdom Themed Afternoon Tea will run until 2nd January 2023 at the Orangery. Afternoon tea can be added at the end of the Christmas booking process, however, you'll be required to have a valid Christmas at Blenheim Palace ticket to experience the Afternoon Tea.
There is a limited capacity with timed entry. Plan now to secure the date and time of your choice.
If donated, tickets for the Kingdom of the Snow Queen can be converted to an Annual Pass during your Christmas visit or on the next visit (pass will be valid from date of ticket purchase).
Visit the See Tickets FAQs for more information. Read our FAQs.
Separate charges apply to some events. Please check for details.
https://www.blenheimpalace.com/whats-on/events/christmas.
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