# Credits

> Who took the photos on Best Christmas Markets, the licences they are shared under, and where the site's data comes from.

Source: https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/credits/

## Photos

Photos on this site are by photographers who share their work under open licences (Wikimedia Commons and Geograph). We never use organisers' own photos or logos.

- [Edinburgh Christmas Market](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/edinburgh/): Stalls at Edinburgh's Christmas market beside the Royal Scottish Academy, December 2018. Photo by [Jim Barton](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Christmas_Market,_Princes_Street_Gardens_Edinburgh_-_geograph.org.uk_-_5995165.jpg), CC BY-SA 2.0.
- [Manchester Christmas Markets](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/manchester/): Food and drink chalets at Manchester Christmas Markets, December 2025. Photo by [Stephen McKay](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Manchester_Christmas_Market_-_geograph.org.uk_-_8211900.jpg), CC BY-SA 2.0.
- [York Christmas Market (St Nicholas Fair)](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/york/): Stalls on Parliament Street during York Christmas Market (St Nicholas Fair), November 2023. Photo by [Malcolmxl5](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:York_Christmas_Market_2023_01.jpg), CC BY-SA 4.0.
- [Bath Christmas Market](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/bath/): Chalets on Kingston Parade beside Bath Abbey during Bath Christmas Market, December 2022. Photo by [OrangeStarling1997](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kingston_Parade,_Bath_Christmas_market_2022.jpg), CC BY-SA 4.0.
- [Covent Garden Christmas Market](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/covent-garden/): Christmas bells and baubles in the Market Building at Covent Garden, November 2025. Photo by [Matt Brown](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Covent_Garden,_Christmas_decorations_2025-11-16.jpg), CC BY 4.0.
- [Winchester Cathedral Christmas Market](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/winchester/): Chalets lit after dark at Winchester Cathedral Christmas Market, December 2014. Photo by [Fernweh](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:After_dark_scene_at_Winchester_Cathedral_Christmas_Market_(geograph_4278751).jpg), CC BY-SA 2.0.
- [Birmingham's Frankfurt Christmas Market](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/birmingham/): Stalls of the Frankfurt Christmas Market in Victoria Square, Birmingham, December 2008. Photo by [Anneli Salo](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frankfurt_Christmas_Market_IM1343_C.JPG), CC BY-SA 3.0.
- [Belfast Christmas Market](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/belfast/): Chalets at the Christmas market in the grounds of Belfast City Hall, December 2009. Photo by [Ardfern](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Belfast_Christmas_Continental_Market_(08),_December_2009.JPG), CC BY-SA 3.0.
- [Liverpool Christmas Market at Skate St George's](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/liverpool/): The Christmas market on St George's Plateau in front of St George's Hall, Liverpool, November 2017. Photo by [Matt Harrop](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Christmas_Market,_St_George%27s_Hall,_Liverpool_-_geograph.org.uk_-_5613083.jpg), CC BY-SA 2.0.
- [Chester Christmas Market](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/chester/): Chalets and the Christmas tree at Chester Christmas Market, December 2019. Photo by [Jeff Buck](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chester_Christmas_Market_2019_-_geograph.org.uk_-_6347612.jpg), CC BY-SA 2.0.
- [Nottingham Winter Wonderland](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/nottingham/): Decorated food cabins at Nottingham Winter Wonderland, November 2025. Photo by [Stephen McKay](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nottingham_Winter_Wonderland_-_geograph.org.uk_-_8203457.jpg), CC BY-SA 2.0.
- [Rochester Christmas Market](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/rochester/): Stalls in the castle gardens during Rochester Christmas Market, in snow, December 2017. Photo by [Chris Whippet](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Christmas_Market,_Castle_Gardens,_Rochester_-_geograph.org.uk_-_5624941.jpg), CC BY-SA 2.0.
- [Southbank Centre Winter Market](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/southbank/): Market chalets on the riverside by the Royal Festival Hall on the South Bank, December 2012. Photo by [Fæ](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Riverside_market_at_the_Royal_Festival_Hall.JPG), CC BY-SA 3.0.
- [Christmas in Cambridge](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/cambridge/): Fairground rides at The North Pole on Parker's Piece, Cambridge, December 2015. Photo by [Hugh Venables](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:North_Pole_fun_fair,_Parker%27s_Piece_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4806701.jpg), CC BY-SA 2.0.
- [Exeter Cathedral Christmas Market](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/exeter/): Chalets on Cathedral Green at Exeter Christmas Market, December 2016. Photo by [Smalljim](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Xmas_market,_Exeter_01.jpg), CC BY-SA 4.0.
- [Leeds Christmas Markets](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/leeds/): Leeds Christmas Market in City Square, December 2024. Photo by [Stephen Craven](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leeds_Christmas_Market_2024_(1)_-_geograph.org.uk_-_7945896.jpg), CC BY-SA 2.0.
- [Skate Leicester Square and Christmas Market](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/leicester-square/): The entrance to Christmas in Leicester Square, November 2019. Photo by [Daniel](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leicester_Square_(49070856026).jpg), CC BY 2.0.
- [Winter Wonderland at St Enoch](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/glasgow-st-enoch/): Chalets at the Glasgow Christmas market in St Enoch Square, November 2022. Photo by [Daniel](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Christmas_market_in_Glasgow_(52519855318).jpg), CC BY 2.0.
- [Bristol Christmas Market](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/bristol/): The Jäger Bar at Bristol Christmas Market in Broadmead, December 2024. Photo by [Anthony O'Neil](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Christmas_Market,_Broadmead_(geograph_7945797).jpg), CC BY-SA 2.0.
- [Christmas in Oxford](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/oxford/): A queue at a food chalet at the Oxford Christmas Market on Broad Street, December 2019. Photo by [-wuppertaler](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ENG_Oxford_Broad_Street_078.jpg), CC BY-SA 4.0.
- [Kingston Christmas Market](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/kingston/): Chalets and the Christmas pyramid at Kingston Christmas Market in the Market Place, December 2023. Photo by [Colin Smith](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kingston-upon-Thames_-_Christmas_Market_-_geograph.org.uk_-_7671737.jpg), CC BY-SA 2.0.
- [Cardiff Christmas Market](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/cardiff/): Cardiff Christmas Market on Working Street beside St John's Church, December 2024. Photo by [Seth Whales](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cardiff_Christmas_Market_2024_(1).jpg), CC BY-SA 4.0.
- [Bournemouth Christmas Market](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/bournemouth/): Chalets and illuminated trees at Bournemouth's Christmas market, November 2019. Photo by [Menacinghat](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bournemouth_Christmas_Market.jpg), CC BY-SA 4.0.
- [Southampton Christmas Market](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/southampton/): A German food chalet at Southampton's Christmas market, November 2019. Photo by [Hugh Venables](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:German_market,_Southampton_-_geograph.org.uk_-_6742070.jpg), CC BY-SA 2.0.
- [Hyde Park Winter Wonderland](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/hyde-park-winter-wonderland/): Stalls, rides and the observation wheel at Hyde Park Winter Wonderland, November 2015. Photo by [Christine Matthews](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Winter_Wonderland,_Hyde_Park,_London_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4749324.jpg), CC BY-SA 2.0.

## Data

- **Dates, opening times and entry costs** come from each market's organiser, venue, council or official tourism board. Every market page links to the page we read and shows the date we read it.
- **Popularity rankings** use Google search volumes for each market's name in the UK, read in October 2026.
- **Postcode positions** in the market finder come from [Postcodes.io](https://postcodes.io), which uses open data from the Office for National Statistics and Ordnance Survey. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right. Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right.

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