Are there any good Xmas markets in UK?

[Savagebeauty]

DD 20 loves Xmas and thought she might like a weekend at a nice city with a Xmas market

[Lunar1]

Manchester is good, but there are about 10-15 stalls repeated all over the city centre. The food and drink are lovely but very expensive. We go every year but are local, I'd be disappointed if I'd traveled for just the markets. But if you padded it out with general Christmas shopping in Manchester that would make it worthwhile.

[CharleyBarleyboobear]

Anyone ever been to the one in Exeter?

[roseteapot101]

omg i really wish i could go to bath market this year so lovely

[2014newme]

Birmingham one is big but crap.
Bath is nicer bit rammed. Disclaimer, I hate UK Xmas markets

[yougottheshining]

Any Xmas market I've been to has consisted of stall after stall selling overpriced tat, overpriced shit booze and overpriced food, populated by chancers and frequented by pickpockets and morons. I suspect this may not be the thread for me though.

[elQuintoConyo]

Lincoln, Canterbury or Brugge if yiu can get across the Channel. 1 hour's drive from Calais. Gorgeous. Freezing!

[Rowboat]

Definitely Edinburgh. Went to Birmingham once and it was fine, but didn't have the magical atmosphere you get in Edinburgh. We go at least once a year. On the bus so we can have some gluwein. Ooh very excited now.

[Davros]

Look up Cathedrals Express, you could get a steam train to a Christmas market in a lovely cathedral city. It's on my bucket list, never managed to do it.
Borough Market is nice at Xmas, especially if you book a table st Roast! Best is to start at Waterloo in a sunny cold day and walk there along the river or the other way round

[Paperblank]

Edinburgh is by far my favourite. We spent a happy half hour in Jenners cafe watching the skaters fall over

Whenever we've been it's been bloody freezing, which is no bad thing since you can warm up with a mulled cider

[DownstairsMixUp]

Yes it's lovely at Xmas. I study there to.

[DesperatelySeeking2016]

Winchester has a lovely Christmas market but it does get crazy busy at weekends.

[spaintrotter]

Lincoln!

[Savagebeauty]

Well random attacks won't stop me having fun

[proudnewMNaddict]

Manchester's are brilliant. But given the threat of terrorism and random attacks hanging over the west at the moment I won't be attending any at all

[couldntlovethebearmore]

Birmingham is brilliant and local to me but deffo going to visit Bath this year I really wanted to go last year but had baby early December

[TheWoollybacksWife]

Downstairs would you recommend Canterbury? DD1 will be studying there this year and I plan to go to visit her. It will be even better if I can fit in a visit to a Christmas Market too.

[candykane25]

*brazenose street

[candykane25]

Manchester Christmas market is enormous. Albert square is the main hub with others in st Ann's square and exchange square. Beazenisevstreet and King street have outdoor Italian and French cafes and stalls. Spinning fields tends to have an ice rink and hot cocktail bars. It's all pretty cool. Recommend weekdays and earlier in the day for Albert square, it gets rammed by midday.

[DownstairsMixUp]

Canterbury is nice, usually does one every year.

[70isaLimitNotaTarget]

Any in/near London/Essex?

I've been to the South Bank which is nice enough, walk by the river.

Winter Wonderland, been 3 times, not going again.

What's Borough Market like at Christmas?

[Cosmo111]

York, Leeds are good

[Savagebeauty]

Yes I find York a bit claustrophobic.

[Northernlurker]

York gets unpleasantly busy too.

[timelytess]

Manchester.

But 'Christmas markets' are the same every year. If you've seen one, you've seen them all. Wouldn't surprise me if half the stock for Manchester is stored under the town hall somewhere and trotted out each November. Its always the same stuff.