Winchester Cathedral Christmas Market

Thursday 25 November - Sunday 19 December 2010

Inspired by traditional German Christmas markets. The Christmas Market is uniquely situated at the foot of the Cathedral within the historic Close. Bigger than ever with more than 90 chalets all beautifully decorated and full of interesting, surprising and unique Christmas gifts and decorations.

Visit Winchester Christmas Market website for detailed information about this year's exciting event. The full programme of activities will be available from September.

Event highlights

Opening night

A paper lantern procession will take place on Thursday 25 November. Take part by attending one of the paper lantern workshops or simply turn up to witness this spectacular event.

Nativity

Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Jesus and to help tell this wonderful story there will be a nativity scene within the Christmas Market. The characters have been made by local artist Sophie Hacker using drawings by students at Osborne School, one of the UKs largest secondary schools for children with complex learning difficulties. The Nativity is one of a number of activities undertaken by Winchester Cathedral as part of our learning and outreach work. In addition, the Christmas story will come alive at our special ‘storytelling’ sessions for children and families leading up to Christmas.