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The Great Britain Guide

Towns & cities · West Midlands

Britain's best Christmas markets

Eight wooden-hut markets that run November to December.

Britain's German-inspired Christmas markets have grown over 20 years from a Manchester novelty to a national tradition. The most-visited: Birmingham (the largest outside Germany), Manchester, Edinburgh, Bath, Lincoln (Britain's oldest at over 40 years), Winchester, York, and Belfast. All run from mid-November to Christmas Eve.

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