Christmas Fairs Guide 2009

London & South East

Spirit of Christmas Fair 2009 London 4th - 8th November 2009 Olympia Grand Hall, Hammersmith Road, London W14 8UX Telephone: +44 (0)20 7385 1200

Christmas Market 14th November 2009 Hatfield House www.hatfield-house.co.uk 01707 262632

Gifts For Christmas Fair 6-8th November 10am-5pm Adults £6.50, children (5-14 years) £2.00 Advance Tickets- Adults £5.50, children £1.00 Hatfield House www.hatfield-house.co.uk Tel: 01707 287010

Macmillan Cancer Support Christmas Christmas Market Gala Evening 9th November 6-9pm Market also open 10th November 10am-4pm Royal Horticultural Halls, Westminster, London Tickets priced at £25 Gala Evening and £5 Tuesday Tickets can be bought from the online shop, alternatively Tel: 0207 840 4800 or E-mail London.events@macmillan.org.uk

Christmas Gift Fair Thursday 5 to Sunday 8 November 11.00-4.00 Waddesdon Manor Nr. Aylesbury Tel: 01296 653226 Claire.hogan@nationaltrust.org.uk

Highclere Castle Christmas Fair Wednesday, December 9 9.30 - 4.30 www.highclerecastle.co.uk £4 entry

Mary Howard Christmas Fair 10th-13th November 2009 10am-4pm Hullavington Airfield, Chippenham, Wiltshire Tel: 01608 650 900 www.maryhowardsales.co.uk

Christmas Arts, Craft and Gift Fair 22nd November 2009 The Royal Chance Hotel, The Ridgeway, Enfield www.oakleighfairs.co.uk/

Christmas ‘Time and Talents' Gift Fair Hurlingham Club, London 2nd November 2009

Leeds Castle Festive Fair 21st-22nd November 2009 Maidstone, Kent Adult: £15.00 Child: £9.50 Tel: 01622 767866

Wandsworth Friends of Cancer Research Christmas Fair 17th-18th November Battersea Arts Centre Lavender Hill London SW11

Christmas Craft Fair 27th - 29th November Open 10am - 6pm; adults £5, seniors £4.50, children £2 Sandringham Estate www.sandringhamestate.co.uk

Christmas Food & Craft Show 28th November 2009 Cressing Temple, Witham Road, Braintree Tel: 01376 584 903

Chelsea Physic Garden Fair Sunday 29th November 2009, 10am-4pm 66 Royal Hospital Road, London Adults - £5.00 Students and children (5-15 years old)- Free

Friends of the Garden - Free www.chelseaphysicgarden.co.uk Boutique de Noel 12th November 6-10pm Kensington Town 13th November 10-8pm Hornton Street, London www.jll.org.uk

Wellbeing Christmas Fair 7th December 2009 11am-8pm Drapers Hall, Throgmorton St. London 0207 772 6400 Save the Children Christmas Cocktail Tuesday1st December 2009 Banqueting House, Whitehall Tel: 020 7736 3817

Highclere Castle Christmas Fair 9th December 2009 Highclere Castle Newbury, Berks Tel: 01635 250750 www.highclerecastle.co.uk

Christmas Craft Fair at Knebworth House 5th-6th December www.knebworthhouse.com Norwich Christmas: Christmas Craft Stalls 2nd - 13th December, Mon-Sat 9.30-7.00 The Forum and Craft Marquee 01603 213999

The Cambridgeshire Christmas Gifts Show Wood Green Animal Shelter, Godmanchester Arena and Annexe Tel: 01223 306655

The Essex Christmas Craft & Gift Fair: For the Essex Air Ambulance Appeal Fund 7th-8th November 2009 10-5pm The Park Inn Hotel, Harlow. Essex

Macmillan Christmas Fair 21st-22nd November

Kingston Maurward College, Dorchester Christmas Food, Drink & Crafts Fair 5th-6th December UNEX Towerlands

Panfield Road, Braintree, Essex Tel: 0800 141 2823 Christmas Family Festival 15th December - 6th January Sandringham Estate Tel: 0871 918 9218

Didcot Street Fair 26th November 2009, 4pm - 9pm Broadway and Orchard Centre, Didcot Didcot Craft Fair (Sunday 1st November- The Civic Hall, Didcot, 10.30-4pm)

North Parade Christmas Fair 17th December 2009 6pm-9pm North Parade, Oxford

Christmas Light Night 27th November 2009 Oxford City Centre

Oxford Christmas Market 10-20th December 10am-8pm Daily Oxford Castle, Oxford

Christmas Market Winchester Castle 27th November- 20th December 2009 10am-6pm Sundays to Wednesdays 10am- 8pm Thursdays-Saturdays Winchester Cathedral

Gifts For Christmas Fair 20th-22nd November 2009 Loseley Park, Compton, nr Guildford www.hdfairs.co.uk

South West

Dickensian Christmas Weekend 5-6th December 2009 Rochester, Medway Tel: 01634 843666

South Hill Park Christmas Craft Fair 14th-15th November Sat: 11-6pm Sun: 10-5pm Wilde Theatre and Mansion Spaces Ringmead, Bracknell, Berkshire Tel: 01344 484123 www.southhillpark.org.uk

Wincanton Christmas Craft Fair 5th-6th December 2009 Tel: 01747 841152 Georgina Meade: 01747 841152

Wincanton Christmas Fair Thurs 26th November 2009 Wincanton Racecourse Tel: 01963 435843 www.wincantonracecourse.co.uk

Mary Howard Christmas Fair 10th - 13th November Hullavington Airfield, Chippenham, Wiltshire Tel: 01608 650 900 www.maryhowardsales.co.uk

Living Crafts for Christmas 20th - 22nd November Blenheim Palace Tel: 0845 2305176 www.livingcrafts.co.uk

Devon and Cornwall Equine Christmas Fair 5th-6th December 2009 8.30-5.00pm Tel: 01749 813899 (booking office) www.contour.uk.net

Hestercombe Christmas Market - Taunton, Somerset 22-23rd November 2009 Hestercombe Gardens, Cheddon, Taunton Somerset 01823 413923

Royal Smithfield Christmas Fair 5th December Royal Bath and West Showground, Shepton Mallet, Somerset Tel: 01749 822 200

Bath Christmas Market, Bath 26th November -6th December 2009 www.bathchristmasmarket.co.uk Gifts For Christmas Fair/Live Crafts South of England Showground, Ardingly, Sussex 12th 15th November 01444 892700

Cheltenham Christmas Market 20th November-6th December 2009 Promenade, Cheltenham www.cheltenhamchristmasmarket.co.uk 0151 233 2165

The Bride Valley Christmas Market

Saturday 28th November Litton Cheyney, Dorchester, Dorset

A traditional continental style christmas market for all the family...feast, drink and shop all evening, entertainment provided for children, plenty of arts, crafts & gifts stalls, something for all tastes and all budgets, a really great evening out.

The North/Scotland

Christmas at Capesthorne 2009 with crafts Capesthorne Hall 27th (evening 6pm-8.30pm), 28th & 29th (afternoons 1.30-5pm) November Tel: 01625 861221

Living North Christmas Fair Newcastle Racecourse, Gosforth 5th - 8th November 2009 Tel: 01434 609933

Living North Christmas Fair Wynyard Hall, 13th-15th November 2009 Tees Valley www.wynyardhall.co.uk

Yorkshire Christmas Craft Festival Great Yorkshire Showground, Harrogate 12th - 15th November www.ruralcraftsassociation.co.uk

‘Christkindelmarkt', German Christmas Market Millennium Square, Leeds 13th November - 20th December Edinburgh Art Fair 20th, 21st & 22nd November Edinburgh Corn Exchange Tel: 01875 819595

Edinburgh's Traditional German Market The Mound, Edinburgh Christmas programme runs from 27th November - 24th December

Paxton House Christmas Cracker 21st - 22nd November Paxton House, Berwick-Upon-Tweed www.paxtonhouse.co.uk 01289 386291

Christmas Craft Festival St William's College 7th November -8th November York www.yorkshirefairs.co.uk

Christmas Craft Festival Duncombe Park Helmsley 14th - 15th November www.yorkshirefairs.co.uk

Christmas Craft Festival The Bankfield Hotel Bingley 22nd November

Durham City Christmas Festival 2009 4th-6th December 2009 Durham 0191 384 6153 The Midlands & East Anglia

Festive Gift Fair 19th-22nd November Hall 9, NEC, Birmingham Tel: 020 8332 9595

Frankfurt Christmas Market 12th November- 23rd December 2009 Victoria Square, New Street, Birmingham http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/frankfurtmarket

Keddlestone Hall Christmas Craft Fair 28th-29th November Keddlestone Hall, Derbyshire Tel: 01332 842191

Annual Worchester Christmas Fayre 26-29th November 2009 Friar Street, & New Street, Cornmarket events@visitworcester.com

Traditional Christmas Fair 21st November 2009 10am-4pm Shropshire Wildlife Trust Centre, Shrewsbury Tel: 01743 284 280

Christmas Fair 28th - 29th November 2009 Kelmarsh Hall, Northamptonshire Tel: 01604 686 543 Email: enquiries@kelmarsh.com

Presents Galore, Macmillan Cancer Relief 27th - 29th November 2009 Rowley Mile Racecourse, Newmarket Tel: 01638 668802 www.artcraftdesignshow.co.uk

Louth Christmas Market TBC- provisionally Sunday 6th December 2009 Market Square, Louth

Lincoln Christmas Market 3rd - 6th December 2009 Castle Square, Lincoln

Melton Mowbray Victorian Christmas Fair 6th December 2009 Town centre, Melton Mowbray, Leics Contact: Ruth Wakelin, Tel: 01664 822114

Christmas Street Fair 6th December 10am-4pm Woodbridge Thoroughfare, Woodbridge Suffolk Tel: 01394 384941

Please note: Country Life advises anyone wishing to visit these fairs to call ahead to confirm opening times and days