Good Christmas market in uk and a recommendation of where to stay?

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I’ve seen bath and Winchester are supposed to be good. Anyone been to either?

Exeter mentioned several times - you’ll enjoy it if your idea of a Christmas market is the same greasy stinky food stalls on repeat and on and on and…

If you go to chatsworth Christmas market I'd recommend staying in nearby Matlock or Matlock Bath;Matlock Bath is certainly worth including in the visit;it's a charming little place .

We stayed here www.hodgkinsons-hotel.co.uk/

Came on to say this, they are literally a replica across every market, and usually have weird crap that I suspect is money laundering no one buys. The stalls in my local one are identical every year, and they are even in the same position, so if you went in 2012 it still hasn't changed!

A couple of years ago we started chatting to a German stall holder who sold the little candles for the pyramids and it was a year we couldn't go back home.

She said she wouldn't come again, their costs are skyhigh and they can't price their goods high enough to break even.
She also said that she found people may look at traditional German decorations but don't really buy them as their taste to decorate trees is different.
She sold traditional Ore Mountain (Erzgebirge) wooden decorations, the things are lovely but really expensive anyway.

Then came Brexit and there weren't any German stall holders anymore as it got even more expensive and complicated.

So most "German" markets won't really have a lot of real German stalls nowadays.

Waddesdon is great, the house is decorated beautifully, the light trail and show is good, and there's plenty to do away from the market, they sell the best mince pies there too.

If you're taking children, pay for the bus or premium parking- it's a long walk back to the carpark if you've got a tired and grumpy husband carrying the bags child.

Cologne had quite a few different themed ones and it was a brilliant trip

Another vote for Chatsworth. It's not just the market itself but the House, the grounds, and a little further out they have a great farm shop too.

I'd avoid it on the weekends if at all possible, and pre-book your car parking because they will turn you away if they're full. They provide buses and golf buggies to transport people from the outer car parks to the market but it's a lovely walk on a dry day.

We loved Dusselldorf and their Christmas market. Close together and a lovely city itself

@Bubblegum922 Thank you and to others who have replied to my question and the OP's

Late notice but in Hebden Bridge and their local artists market has been on today and is in tomorrow. Fantastic, so much better than other Christmas markets, beautiful handmade stuff and some decent prices too.

I've been to both and Bath was better.

Winter Wonderland is complete shite.
Save yourself!

Chatsworth, really atmospheric last week in the snow. Not for bargain hunters, but lots of nice quality items. Plenty of cheese and gin, pastries, jewellery, woollen things, and various novelties. Parking is £25 and needs pre booking.
You could stay in nearby Bakewell, and their regular market is quite good, on Mondays. Then visit Matlock, or Carsington Water, go walking in the Peak district or hire a bike and do the Monsall Trail. Plenty to do for a few days.

https://visityork.org/christmas
Same tat every year, you can't get parked, you can get close to stalls, you can't get a book a table easily to eat anywhere hotels rammed with bookings or over priced size Airbnb

https://www.chatsworth.org/events/christmas-market/

Looks beautiful

Surely it matters where you live, you could fly a day trip cheaper than driving some places suggested on here if you are needing to get there be it car + parking or train
Also sorry for linking Chatsworth again I had missed it up thread

We enjoyed it in previous years but went last weekend and it was nowhere near as good, lots less stalls and so many food ones, rather than gifts. It was also impossible to park anywhere, and heaving with people. We've gone in the week before and won't make the mistake of a Saturday again!