# Leicester Christmas Market 2026

> Leicester Christmas Market has not announced its 2026 dates yet (checked 14 October 2026). Where it is held, last year's dates as a guide, and markets nearby with confirmed dates.

Source: https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/leicester/

Leicester, [Leicestershire](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/areas/leicestershire/)

### 2026 Dates Not Yet Announced

When we checked on 14 October 2026, the official tourism board had not published dates for 2026. We check again regularly and add them as soon as they are out. Please don't plan a trip around last year's dates.

| Last Year (2025) | 19 November to 28 December 2025. Last year's dates, shown only as a guide to the usual time of year. |
| --- | --- |
| Where | Gallowtree Gate in the city centre, near the Clock Tower, where the 2025 market stood [Open in Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=52.636,-1.1318) |
| Entry | Free to enter |
| Organiser | Leicester City Council. [Official page](https://visitleicester.info/christmas/) |

## Checked Against the Source

This comes from the official tourism board's own page, not from another guide.

- [Visit Leicester (Leicester City Council)](https://visitleicester.info/christmas/), checked 14 October 2026
- [Leicester City Council](https://news.leicester.gov.uk/news-articles/2025/october/christmas-light-switch-on-marks-start-of-fantastic-festive-programme-2), checked 14 October 2026

Organisers sometimes change hours or close early in bad weather. On the day, check the [official page](https://visitleicester.info/christmas/). Spotted something out of date? [Tell us](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/contact/).

## Leicester Christmas Market: Quick Answers

### When is Leicester Christmas Market in 2026?

The 2026 dates had not been announced when we checked on 14 October 2026. In 2025 it ran 19 November to 28 December 2025, which is a guide to the time of year and nothing more.

### Where is Leicester Christmas Market?

Gallowtree Gate in the city centre, near the Clock Tower, where the 2025 market stood, Leicester.

## About Leicester Christmas Market

The city council's Christmas market of wooden stalls selling gifts, seasonal goods and food along Gallowtree Gate in the city centre, which in 2025 ran from the lights switch-on in mid November until just after Christmas. The 2026 switch-on is set for Wednesday 18 November, but the market's own 2026 dates had not been published when checked.

## Where Is Leicester Christmas Market?

Gallowtree Gate in the city centre, near the Clock Tower, where the 2025 market stood, Leicester. The other dots are nearby markets.

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## Other Christmas Markets Nearby

[Leicester Cathedral Christmas Market  Leicester, Leicestershire  5 Dec 2026  Under a mile away](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/leicester-cathedral/) [Love Loughborough Festive Fair  Loughborough, Leicestershire  29 Nov 2026  10 miles away](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/loughborough/) [Melton Mowbray Christmas Market  Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire  27 to 29 Nov 2026  14 miles away](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/melton-mowbray/) [Lamport Hall Christmas Market  Lamport, Northamptonshire  5 to 13 Dec 2026  Open Saturdays and Sundays only  21 miles away](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/lamport-hall/) [Nottingham Winter Wonderland  Nottingham, Nottinghamshire  12 Nov to 24 Dec 2026  22 miles away](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/nottingham/)

See all [Christmas markets near Leicester](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/near/leicester/). More in [East Midlands](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/regions/east-midlands/), or see [every market's 2026 dates](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/dates/).