Leamington Christmas Markets 2026: Seven Sundays on Parade

Leamington’s Christmas market is on the Parade every Sunday from 1 November to 20 December 2026, except Remembrance Sunday, from 10am to 5pm. That is seven market days with more than 90 traders, according to the listings from CJ’s Events Warwickshire, which runs the district’s markets with Warwick District Council.

Updated 3 October: Warwick District Council has confirmed Kenilworth’s lights go on at 6pm on Friday 27 November, and added a brass band, choir and Santa to the Festive Hub the next day.

The quick answer

• Leamington: Sundays 1, 15, 22 and 29 November and 6, 13 and 20 December, 10am to 5pm on the Parade, CV32 4BL. No market on 8 November.
• Kenilworth: the Festive Hub on Saturday 28 November, 10am to 5pm at Abbey End, the day after the town’s lights switch-on.
• Warwick: the Victorian Evening on Thursday 26 November, 3pm to 9pm, and a last Christmas market on Monday 21 December, 9am to 3pm.

Every date at a glance

Warwick’s regular Saturday market also runs from 9am to 3pm on 28 November and 5, 12 and 19 December, and Kenilworth’s Thursday market runs every week in the run-up, all in the CJ’s Events listings.

Leamington: seven Sundays on the Parade

The market fills the Parade with more than 90 stalls: crafts, local produce and street food. BID Leamington’s events diary confirms there is no market on Remembrance Sunday, 8 November, the day of the service at the war memorial at the foot of the Parade.

Sunday 15 November is the big one. The Christmas lights are switched on at 5.30pm that evening, and BID Leamington says off-street parking in council car parks and Royal Priors is free that day. Our switch-on page has the detail.

CJ’s lists these car parks for the market:

• St Peter’s multi-storey, CV32 5EL
• Royal Priors, CV32 4XT
• Bedford Street, CV32 5DT
• Covent Garden surface car park, CV32 5QB

The nearest toilets it gives are in the Royal Priors shopping centre. For prices, see our parking in Leamington page.

Before the Christmas run, the same market runs as an autumn market on the Parade on Sundays from 4 October.

Kenilworth: the Festive Hub, Saturday 28 November

CJ’s listing describes an arts and crafts market, children’s funfair rides, live music, and food and drink at Abbey End, CV8 1QJ, from 10am to 5pm. It is delivered by Warwick District Council.

Warwick District Council’s Festive Hub page adds a live brass band and choir from 1pm to 3pm and a visit from Santa and his sleigh, with entry free. The only road closure is the public transport service road in front of the shops, shut from 6am to 7pm.

The Kenilworth lights are switched on the evening before, Friday 27 November, at 6pm on the High Street. The council’s switch-on page gives a free evening of festive entertainment and food and drink from local businesses from 5pm to 8pm, with the High Street closed from 3pm to 10pm between New Street and Malthouse Lane. CJ’s gives Abbey End, Abbey Fields and Square West as the car parks, with toilets at Abbey End.

Kenilworth’s regular Thursday market also runs on Christmas Eve, from 9am to 3pm.

Warwick: Victorian Evening and a Christmas market

The Victorian Evening on Thursday 26 November is Warwick’s switch-on night: Santa, a carousel, traction engines and fire spinners in Market Place from 3pm to 9pm. Our Victorian Evening page covers the road closures and parking.

The Warwick Christmas Market on Monday 21 December runs from 9am to 3pm in Market Place, CV34 4SA, and is the last Warwick market before the new year. The next one is Saturday 2 January 2027. CJ’s lists New Street, West Rock and Cape Road car parks, and toilets at 30 Market Place.

One caution: the Warwick Christmas Market listing still carries last year’s wording, calling it the final market “in 2025”. The date at the top of the page, Monday 21 December 2026, is the one to go by.

Small Business Saturday, 5 December

BID Leamington lists Small Business Saturday on 5 December 2026, with free off-street parking in council car parks and Royal Priors. Last year the council extended its free parking to every council car park in Leamington, Warwick and Kenilworth and the day brought extra markets:

• a Christmas fun day at the Court House in Warwick, with grottos in Market Square
• a Smith Street Christmas market in Warwick, the first there
• a festive market at Abbey End in Kenilworth
• an indie and flea market at the Royal Pump Rooms in Leamington

Those were the 2025 events. The 2026 programme has not been announced.

Warwick Castle

Warwick Castle runs its own Christmas season from 21 November to 3 January, with a light trail, an ice rink and a festive food and drink village. See our Warwick Castle Christmas page.

Still to be confirmed

• Small Business Saturday events for 2026; last year the council announced them on 21 November
• Whether the council repeats free December parking beyond the dates above
• Trader lists for each market day, which CJ’s adds as stalls are confirmed

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