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Christmas markets and fairs in London
Ditch department stores and wrap up all your Christmas shopping at London’s best festive markets and fairs for 2020
Prepare to find all you want for Christmas at London’s brilliant Christmas markets. Whether you’re looking for festive food, traditional decorations, cutting edge arts and crafts or just shopping for a last-minute present, the capital’s selection of yuletide sales are here to help.
This year, independent shops and local makers and creators need your support more than ever, so show your support while picking up thoughtful gifts for family and friends in the bargain. From traditional German-style chalet markets and full-scale events with top-notch entertainment to after dark sales full of twinkling lights and alternative artisan stalls filled with treats from local makers, you won’t be short of Christmas present inspiration in the capital.
Markets won’t be as atmospheric as usual – indeed, they might even be virtual. But they will be going ahead despite the challenges. So what are you waiting for? Have a an afternoon of stall hopping through one of London’s magical markets. Christmas shopping’s never looked this good.
We’ll be updating this page with London Christmas markets for 2020 as they are announced.
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Christmas markets in London
Selfridges Christmas Market
Selfridges has cooked up some pretty big plans for its comeback post-lockdown. To tie in with the reopening of its Oxford Street store, it will also be extending outdoors with its first-ever open-air Christmas market in Edward Mews, round the back of the store, featuring food trucks, fairground rides, stalls selling wreaths, Christmas trees, decorations and gifts, and something called the ‘tunnel of light’. The market will be catered by a host of vendors including the recently launched Tramshed Project, Fundi Pizza and those guys with the giant wheel of cheese.
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