# Christmas Fairs and Fayres 2026

> 78 Christmas fairs and fayres in the UK with their 2026 dates, closed days, entry cost and a map, each checked against the organiser's own page.

Source: https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/types/fairs-and-fayres/

78 Christmas fairs and fayres in the UK, 75 with 2026 dates confirmed by their organisers. The first to open is Living North Christmas Fair North East, on Thursday 22 October.

A fair or fayre is usually shorter than a Christmas market: most run for a day or a weekend, many are indoors or in the grounds of a house, and some charge for entry. This is every event in the guide that its organiser calls a fair or a fayre.

**None open this weekend** (17 and 18 October 2026). Next to open: [Living North Christmas Fair North East](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/living-north-christmas-fair/), on Thursday 22 October 2026.

## 2026 Dates, in the Order They Open

| Market | Dates | Days Closed | Entry |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Living North Christmas Fair North East](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/living-north-christmas-fair/) Newcastle upon Tyne, North East | 22 to 25 Oct 2026 | Open every day of its run | Ticket |
| [Spirit of Christmas Fair](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/spirit-of-christmas-olympia/) London, London | 2 to 8 Nov 2026 | Open every day of its run | Ticket |
| [Hever Christmas Fair](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/hever-castle/) Hever, South East | 6 Nov 2026 | One day only | Ticket |
| [East Neuk Open Studios Christmas Art and Craft Fair](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/east-neuk-open-studios/) St Monans, Scotland | 7 to 8 Nov 2026 | Open every day of its run |  |
| [Haddo's Christmas Craft Fair](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/haddo-house/) Methlick, Scotland | 7 to 8 Nov 2026 | Open every day of its run | Ticket |
| [Brocksbushes Christmas Fayre](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/brocksbushes/) Corbridge, North East | 12 to 15 Nov 2026 | Open every day of its run |  |
| [York Christmas Market (St Nicholas Fair)](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/york/) York, Yorkshire | 12 Nov to 21 Dec 2026 | Closed Tuesdays | Free |
| [Crathes Christmas Fair](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/crathes-castle/) Banchory, Scotland | 13 to 15 Nov 2026 | Open every day of its run | Ticket |
| [Essex County Christmas Fair at Boreham House](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/boreham-house/) Boreham, East of England | 13 to 15 Nov 2026 | Open every day of its run | Ticket |
| [Guildhall Craft Fair](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/derry-guildhall-craft-fair/) Derry / Londonderry, Northern Ireland | 13 to 15 Nov 2026 | Open every day of its run |  |
| [Sandringham Christmas Craft, Food and Gift Fair](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/sandringham/) Sandringham, East of England | 13 to 15 Nov 2026 | Open every day of its run | Ticket |
| [Blackthorpe Barn Arts & Crafts Fair](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/blackthorpe-barn/) Rougham, near Bury St Edmunds, East of England | 14 Nov to 13 Dec 2026 | Open Saturdays and Sundays only | Ticket |
| [Coniston Festive Fayre](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/coniston/) Coniston, North West | 14 Nov 2026 | One day only |  |
| [Himley Hall Christmas Craft & Gift Fair](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/himley-hall/) Himley, West Midlands | 14 to 15 Nov 2026 | Open every day of its run | Free |
| [Ushaw Christmas Craft Fair](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/ushaw/) Ushaw Moor, North East | 14 to 15 Nov 2026 | Open every day of its run | Ticket |
| [Blackheath Christmas Fair](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/blackheath/) Blackheath, London | 15 Nov 2026 | One day only |  |
| [Lichfield Christmas Fayre](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/lichfield/) Lichfield, West Midlands | 15 Nov 2026 | One day only |  |
| [SoLo Craft Fair South Bank Christmas Market](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/solo-craft-fair-south-bank/) London, London | 15 Nov to 20 Dec 2026 | Open Sundays only | Free |
| [Cornwall Christmas Fair](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/eden-project/) St Austell, South West | 18 to 19 Nov 2026 | Open every day of its run | Ticket |
| [Farnham Maltings Christmas Fair](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/farnham-maltings/) Farnham, South East | 18 to 19 Nov 2026 | Open every day of its run | Ticket |
| [Ely Cathedral Christmas Gift & Food Fair](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/ely/) Ely, East of England | 19 to 21 Nov 2026 | Open every day of its run | Ticket |
| [Exclusively Highlands Christmas Fairs at Eden Court](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/inverness/) Inverness, Scotland | 20 to 29 Nov 2026 | Open 20 to 22 Nov and 27 to 29 Nov only | Free |
| [Guildford Cathedral Christmas Fair](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/guildford-cathedral/) Guildford, South East | 20 to 21 Nov 2026 | Open every day of its run | Ticket |
| [Ripon Cathedral Christmas Food & Gift Fair](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/ripon/) Ripon, Yorkshire | 20 to 21 Nov 2026 | Open every day of its run | Ticket |
| [Sparkle Festive Fair](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/teddington/) Teddington, London | 20 to 22 Nov 2026 | Open every day of its run | Ticket |
| [Suffolk County Christmas Fair at Hintlesham Hall](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/hintlesham-hall/) Hintlesham, East of England | 20 to 22 Nov 2026 | Open every day of its run | Ticket |
| [Wynyard Hall Christmas Fayre](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/wynyard-hall/) Wynyard, North East | 20 to 22 Nov 2026 | Open every day of its run | Ticket |
| [Christmas Craft Fair at Belsay Hall](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/belsay-hall/) Belsay, North East | 21 to 22 Nov 2026 | Open every day of its run | Ticket |
| [Delapre Abbey Christmas Fair](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/delapre-abbey/) Northampton, East Midlands | 21 to 22 Nov 2026 | Open every day of its run | Ticket |
| [Hartlebury Castle Christmas Craft Fair](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/hartlebury-castle/) Hartlebury, West Midlands | 21 Nov 2026 | One day only | Ticket |
| [Hastings Christmas Designer Maker Fair](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/hastings/) Hastings, South East | 21 to 22 Nov 2026 | Open every day of its run | Free |
| [Ilkley Manor House Christmas Makers' Fair](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/ilkley-manor-house/) Ilkley, Yorkshire | 21 to 22 Nov 2026 | Open every day of its run | Ticket |
| [Ipswich Town Hall Christmas Fayre](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/ipswich/) Ipswich, East of England | 21 to 22 Nov 2026 | Open every day of its run | Ticket |
| [Picton Castle Christmas Fair](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/picton-castle/) Haverfordwest, Wales | 21 to 22 Nov 2026 | Open every day of its run |  |
| [Norton Priory Christmas Gift Fair](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/norton-priory/) Runcorn, North West | 22 Nov 2026 | One day only | Ticket |
| [Alnwick Castle Christmas Fair](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/alnwick-castle/) Alnwick, North East | 24 to 25 Nov 2026 | Open every day of its run | Ticket |
| [Burghley Christmas Fair](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/burghley/) Stamford, East Midlands | 26 to 29 Nov 2026 | Open every day of its run | Ticket |
| [Chelsea Physic Garden Christmas Fair](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/chelsea-physic-garden/) London, London | 26 to 29 Nov 2026 | Open every day of its run | Ticket |
| [Tatton Park Christmas Gift Fair](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/tatton-park/) Knutsford, North West | 26 to 29 Nov 2026 | Open every day of its run | Free |
| [Finnish Church Christmas Fair](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/finnish-church/) London, London | 27 Nov to 6 Dec 2026 | Open 27 to 29 Nov and 4 to 6 Dec only |  |
| [Hopetoun House Christmas Shopping Fair](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/hopetoun-house/) South Queensferry, Scotland | 27 to 29 Nov 2026 | Open every day of its run |  |
| [Knebworth Christmas Fair](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/knebworth/) Knebworth, East of England | 27 to 29 Nov 2026 | Open every day of its run | Ticket |
| [Pershore Georgian Christmas Fayre](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/pershore/) Pershore, West Midlands | 27 to 28 Nov 2026 | Open every day of its run |  |
| [Cardigan Castle Christmas Fair](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/cardigan-castle/) Cardigan, Wales | 28 Nov 2026 | One day only |  |
| [Glastonbury Frost Fayre](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/glastonbury/) Glastonbury, South West | 28 Nov 2026 | One day only |  |
| [Lincolnshire Food and Gift Fair](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/lincolnshire-showground/) Lincoln, East Midlands | 28 to 29 Nov 2026 | Open every day of its run | Ticket |
| [National Botanic Garden of Wales Festive Fayre](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/national-botanic-garden-of-wales/) Llanarthne, Wales | 28 to 29 Nov 2026 | Open every day of its run | Ticket |
| [Newstead Abbey Christmas Craft and Gift Fairs](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/newstead-abbey/) Ravenshead, East Midlands | 28 Nov to 20 Dec 2026 | Open Saturdays and Sundays only | Ticket |
| [Newton Abbot Christmas Fayre](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/newton-abbot/) Newton Abbot, South West | 28 Nov 2026 | One day only | Free |
| [Northwood House Christmas Fair](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/cowes/) Cowes, South East | 28 to 29 Nov 2026 | Open every day of its run | Free |
| [Stoneleigh Winter Fair](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/stoneleigh/) Stoneleigh, West Midlands | 28 to 29 Nov 2026 | Open every day of its run | Ticket |
| [Love Loughborough Festive Fair](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/loughborough/) Loughborough, East Midlands | 29 Nov 2026 | One day only |  |
| [Richmond Christmas Fair](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/richmond-north-yorkshire/) Richmond, Yorkshire | 29 Nov 2026 | One day only | Free |
| [Ross-on-Wye Christmas Fayre](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/ross-on-wye/) Ross-on-Wye, West Midlands | 29 Nov 2026 | One day only | Free |
| [Royal Welsh Winter Fair](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/royal-welsh-winter-fair/) Builth Wells, Wales | 30 Nov to 1 Dec 2026 | Open every day of its run | Ticket |
| [CancerCare Christmas Fair at Leighton Hall](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/leighton-hall/) Carnforth, North West | 2 Dec 2026 | One day only | Ticket |
| [Padstow Christmas Fayre](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/padstow/) Padstow, South West | 3 to 6 Dec 2026 | Open every day of its run | Free |
| [Stockport Town Hall Christmas Fayre](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/stockport/) Stockport, North West | 3 Dec 2026 | One day only |  |
| [Worcester Victorian Christmas Fayre](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/worcester/) Worcester, West Midlands | 3 to 6 Dec 2026 | Open every day of its run |  |
| [Aberglasney Winter Fair](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/aberglasney/) Llangathen, Wales | 4 to 6 Dec 2026 | Open every day of its run |  |
| [Artists & Makers Fair at The Dairy, Waddesdon Manor](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/waddesdon-manor/) Waddesdon, South East | 4 to 6 Dec 2026 | Open every day of its run | Ticket |
| [Dartington Christmas Makers Fayre](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/dartington/) Dartington, South West | 4 to 6 Dec 2026 | Open every day of its run | Free |
| [Hampton Court Palace Festive Fayre](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/hampton-court/) East Molesey, London | 4 to 13 Dec 2026 | Open 4 to 6 Dec and 11 to 13 Dec only | Ticket |
| [Kirkby Lonsdale Christmas Fair](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/kirkby-lonsdale/) Kirkby Lonsdale, North West | 4 to 6 Dec 2026 | Open every day of its run |  |
| [Norfolk County Christmas Fair at Kimberley Hall](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/kimberley-hall/) Wymondham, East of England | 4 to 6 Dec 2026 | Open every day of its run | Ticket |
| [Portmeirion Christmas Fair](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/portmeirion/) Portmeirion, Wales | 4 to 6 Dec 2026 | Open every day of its run | Ticket |
| [Bishop's Stortford Christmas Fayre](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/bishops-stortford/) Bishop's Stortford, East of England | 5 Dec 2026 | One day only |  |
| [Hawkshead Christmas Fair](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/hawkshead/) Hawkshead, North West | 5 to 6 Dec 2026 | Open every day of its run | Free |
| [Mill Road Winter Fair](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/mill-road-winter-fair/) Cambridge, East of England | 5 Dec 2026 | One day only | Free |
| [Pavilion Gardens Christmas Fair and Santa's Grotto](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/buxton-christmas-fair/) Buxton, East Midlands | 5 to 6 Dec 2026 | Open every day of its run | Free |
| [St Donat's Castle Christmas Fayre](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/st-donats-castle/) Llantwit Major, Wales | 5 to 6 Dec 2026 | Open every day of its run | Ticket |
| [Otley Victorian Fayre](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/otley/) Otley, Yorkshire | 6 Dec 2026 | One day only |  |
| [Prestbury Christmas Fair](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/prestbury/) Prestbury, North West | 6 Dec 2026 | One day only |  |
| [Mount Edgcumbe Christmas Fair](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/mount-edgcumbe/) Cremyll, South West | 12 to 13 Dec 2026 | Open every day of its run | Ticket |
| [Wisbech Christmas Fayre](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/wisbech/) Wisbech, East of England | 13 Dec 2026 | One day only | Free |

## Dates Not Yet Announced

- [Keswick Victorian Fayre](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/keswick/), Keswick
- [Llandudno Christmas Fayre](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/llandudno/), Llandudno
- [Harrogate Christmas Fayre](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/harrogate-christmas-fayre/), Harrogate

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## Questions

### When do Christmas fairs and fayres start in 2026?

The first in this guide is [Living North Christmas Fair North East](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/living-north-christmas-fair/) in Newcastle upon Tyne, which opens on Thursday 22 October 2026. The last to close is [York Christmas Market (St Nicholas Fair)](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/markets/york/), on Monday 21 December 2026.

### Do Christmas fairs and fayres charge for entry?

Of the 78 listed here, 39 need a ticket or paid entry and 18 are free to walk into, going by their organisers' pages; the rest have not said. Each market's page gives the price where it has been published.

Other types: [Victorian and Dickensian Christmas Markets](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/types/victorian/), [Christmas Craft Fairs and Makers' Markets](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/types/craft-fairs/), [The Biggest Christmas Markets in the UK](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/types/biggest/), [Indoor Christmas Markets](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/types/indoor/), [Christmas Food Markets and Farmers' Markets](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/types/food/), [National Trust Christmas Markets](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/types/national-trust/), [German-Style Christmas Markets in the UK](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/types/german/), [Christmas Markets at Cathedrals and Abbeys](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/types/cathedrals/), [Christmas Markets at Stately Homes and Castles](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/types/stately-homes/), [Christmas Markets with an Ice Rink](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/types/ice-rink/), [Dog-Friendly Christmas Markets](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/types/dog-friendly/). Or [find the markets nearest your postcode](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/#finder). [How we check dates](https://bestchristmasmarkets.co.uk/how-we-check/).