Christmas Markets a Stone’s Throw from Our Roomzzz Aparthotels

Newcastle (10 mins walk from Roomzzz)

Newcastle hosts one of the smaller Christmas markets on the list but it is quality, not quantity as they say! Taking place around Grey’s Monument on Grainger Street there will be an array of festive features including: 

·       Locally-focussed market stalls selling festive food, drinks and gifts 

·       Live entertainment i.e., live music and choirs

·       Moosenwurt: an alpine-inspired pop-up bar

·       A 10m tall Christmas tree

Leeds (13 mins walk from Roomzzz)

Leeds Christmas Market is back with a bang this year for the first time in four years. As usual, the main focus will be the German Market in Millennium Square. However, festivities, for the first time, will be spread all across the city centre with approximately 120 seasonal stalls and decorations, including three bar areas and a skating rink, being distributed across 13 different locations from Boar Lane to Quebec Street. 

Manchester

Outside of London, Manchester probably has the most festive goings-on across its fair city. The image of Exchange Square above was taken from the window of one of our Roomzzzz at Manchester Victoria within the Corn Exchange. This market very much focusses on food and includes the popular Porky Pig Yorkshire Pudding Wrap! 

Other festive markets across the city centre include: 

Closest to Roomzzz Manchester Victoria

·       Cathedral Gardens (2 mins walk)

o   Highlights: Artisan craft stalls, Skate Manchester ice rink

·       New Cathedral Street (3 mins walk)

o   Highlights: eco-conscious shopping, vegan friendly food options

·       St Ann’s Square (4 mins walk)

o   Highlights: German beers, Mancunian-themed foods

·       King Street (7 mins walk)

o   Highlights: French-themed, 100 varieties of gin

·       Market Street (8 mins walk)

o   40 stalls of unique gifts, decorations and stock fillers

Closest to Roomzzz Manchester City

·       Piccadilly Gardens (7 mins walk)

o   Highlights: Nordic-themed double tipi bar, 4m tall Manchester Windmill 

Chester (8 mins walk from Roomzzz)

Situated outside of Town Hall Square and near the famous cathedral, Chester Market consists of over 70 stalls selling everything from crafts and the wears of local distilleries to stocking fillers and confectionary. A bar is available for a different type of Christmas spirt and food is readily available for hog roasts to hot dogs. 

York (14 mins walk from Roomzzz)

Parliament Street and St Sampson’s Square promises a free market with more than 75 alpine chalets displaying the best products produced by talented local traders. Paid events close to the market include a two-hour Those Ghosts of Christmas Past tour which starts at 7pm on a Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and for younger attendees, or those who are young at heart, there is a chance to go and see how some naughty town mice have taken over Fairfax House this winter season. 

Nottingham (8 mins walk from Roomzzz)

Nottingham’s Winter Wonderland is another traditional German affair. Hailed as one of the best markets in Europe, there are stalls from all over the globe offering a diverse range of quality festive products, foods and beverages. 

There are plenty of activities for the whole family including seeing the best view in Nottingham via the observation wheel, a toboggan slide and although it isn’t the only Christmas market with an ice rink, it is the only one we have seen with a sky skate ice path!

There is also a choice of unique drinking establishments including the roof-top Altitude bar with panoramic views, the helter skelter bar (guess where this is at the top of!) and a ski-chalet style bar. There is also the Alpine ice bar which is decorated with a range of ice sculptures and provides the unique experience of sitting at an ice table and drink out of your own ice glass. 

London Stratford

As you’d expect there are many different Christmas markets throughout the capital, and far too many to summarise in this blog. So instead, here is a summary of the tube travel from London Stratford (10 mins walk from Roomzzz) to all the main markets, details of which can be found at visitlondon.com. 

·       Southbank Centre Winter Market

o   Jubilee line to Waterloo

o   12-minute walk

·       Covent Garden Christmas markets

o   Central line to Holborn 

o   Piccadilly line to Convent Garden

·       Leicester Square Christmas market

o   Elizabeth line to Tottenham Court Road 

o   Northern line to Leicester Square

·       Trafalgar Square Christmas market

o   Elizabeth line to Tottenham Court Road 

o   Northern Line to Charing Cross

o   10-minute walk

·       Winter by the River at London Bridge City

o   Jubilee line to London Bridge

o   16-minute walk

·       Spitalfields Christmas markets

o   Central line to Liverpool Street

o   13-minute walk

·       Greenwich Christmas market

o   DLR to Canary Wharf 

o   DLR to Cutty Sark 

o   6-minute walk

·       Kingston Christmas Market

o   Central line to Holborn 

o   Waterloo and City Line to Waterloo

o   2-minute walk

·       Winter Wonderland Christmas market (Hyde Park)

o   Central line to Holborn 

o   Piccadilly line to Hyde Park Corner

·       King’s Cross Christmas markets

o   Elizabeth line Farringdon Station 

o   Metropolitan line to King’s Cross St. Pancras

·       Borough Market at Christmas

o   Jubilee line to London Bridge

o   8-minute walk

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