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Best Christmas markets in the UK 2026 — wooden chalets and festive lights in front of Bath Abbey at dusk

Best Christmas Markets in the UK 2026: 12 Markets Worth the Trip

The UK starts Christmas earlier than almost anywhere in Europe, Birmingham opens on November 5, Manchester follows the next day, and by mid-November there are markets running from Edinburgh to Exeter. The best of them are not copies of the German originals. Birmingham is the exception, a genuine Frankfurt market transplanted to the Midlands, but […]

Christmas in Edinburgh 2026 — the market in East Princes Street Gardens at dusk beneath Edinburgh Castle, with festive lights and the Big Wheel

Christmas in Edinburgh 2026: Markets, Lights, Ice & Hogmanay

Edinburgh is the one European Christmas city where the season does not end at Christmas. It runs for seven weeks, from mid-November into early January, and then it changes gear entirely: the market crowds give way to the Torchlight Procession, the Night Afore Party, and the world-famous Hogmanay Street Party under the castle fireworks. Few […]