It’s finally our favourite time of year! The countdown to Christmas is truly upon us and what better way to celebrate the festive season then visiting a local market and support the dozens of independent businesses in South London. Come to find that perfect and unique Christmas present or simply try some festive food at these Christmas markets in South London, and tis’ the season!
Balham Winter Market
7th December 2019, 12:00 - 17:00
Balham Bowls Club, 7-9 Ramsden RoadLondon, England, SW12 8QX
SoLo Craft Fair are hosting a number of Christmas Markets, including the Balham Winter Market, choc full of independent sellers showing off their handmade gifts you can browse through whilst you sip on some delicious mulled wine from the bar! The Balham Bowls Club is transformed into a charming festive paradise, with twinkling fairy lights and Christmas songs played throughout the afternoon. There will also be special areas of toys and crafts to entertain your little ones, making a visit to this market a stress-free and enjoyable event for the whole family!
Northcote Road Pop-Up Christmas Market in Battersea
1 December 2019 from 11:00-17:00
Northcote Road, London, SW11 6
This family-friendly event is an established pop-up Christmas market locals have been enjoying for many years. Within Battersea’s famous shopping district, you’ll be able to explore over 75 additional stalls giving you the best ideas for how to make this Christmas special and to help you add that homemade touch. The organisers completely close off the street for the day, making it an event most locals countdown till! Keep updated on their Facebook page for new sellers being released in the run-up to the event, including Pots & Spots, selling handmade ceramics!
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Beckenham Christmas Market
23 November 2019, 12:00 - 16:00
The Chancery, 90 Bromley Road, Beckenham, BR3 6BL
This cosy Christmas market is not one to miss, with delicious food and mulled cider served throughout the afternoon, you’ll have trouble pulling yourself away when it’s over! They’ll be 25 handpicked stalls filled with fantastic and unique gift ideas your friends and family will love. From homeware to stationary, there’s something for everyone, even your fussiest friends. With free entry and sweets all round, you don’t want to miss this wholesome market.
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Bermondsey- Scandinavian Christmas Market
22nd – 24th November 2019
Albion Street, Rotherhithe, London, SE16 7HZ
The Danish concept of ‘hygge’ this winter means all things cosy and enjoying the warm glow of the Christmas season. Many South Londoners flock to this Scandinavian Christmas Market to experience the tastes of this culture with delicious treats and dozens of artisan stalls to browse through. You’ll also be able to find Scandinavian products like vintage clothes, homeware and even greetings cards!
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The Blackheath Christmas Fair
17th November 2019, 10:30-16:45
Blackheath Halls, Lee Road Blackheath London SE3 9RQ
This much loved festive fair is back for its seventeenth year in 2019, providing a wide selection of stalls with skilled artisans selling bespoke handmade gifts. As well as getting a head start on your Christmas shopping this year, anything you purchase from this market will go towards Age of Exchange, a charity that helps people live well with dementia, reducing isolation and loneliness. With a fantastic cause behind this market, we thoroughly recommend it goes on your calendar!
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Christmas by the River at London Bridge City 2019
26 November 2019 from 10:00-22:00
SE1
Watch as London Bridge City is illuminated in Christmas magic this 2019. Sip and snack on festive delights as you take in the twinkling views of Tower Bridge and the iconic city skyline. Snuggle down and peruse through the stalls of this Christmas market to get you in the holiday spirit and experience free workshops to make this year the best one! There will also be a number of pop-up food and drink stalls, all Christmas themed of course!
Christmas by the River at London Bridge City 2019
Christmas Market at The Department Store, Brixton
23 November 2019 11:00- 24 November 2019 17:00
The Department Store, 248 Ferndale Road SW9 8FR
Crafty Fox takes over Downstairs At The Department Store in Brixton to give it some Christmas magic at this year’s market. Talented traders will decorate the floor of the market, selling their carefully made goods, with a different line up each day! They’ll be plenty of special events going on throughout the weekend, including getting your portrait painted, create your own gift workshops and Christmas decoration making.
Crafty Fox Market
Brockley Christmas Market
7 December 2019 from 12:00-18:00
Coulgate Street, SE4 2RW
Come together with Brockley’s community and celebrate the festive season by exploring over 70 stalls along Coulgate Street selling gifts, crafts, food and soothing mulled wine. They’ll be live music playing throughout the afternoon and you must make sure you stick around to see the annual lighting of the Christmas tree too!
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Keston Christmas Fayre
16 November 2019 from 11:00-15:00
Keston Village Hall, Heathfield Road, BR2 6BA
Hosted by LK pop-up Fayres, the Keston Christmas Fayre will proudly support their local independent businesses this Christmas. You’ll find a wide range of gift ideas, including handmade candles, clothes, handbags and more! There will even be a Santa meet and greet for the little ones, so they can get their requests in before the big day! Reward yourself for getting your presents sorted early by trying some of the homemade cakes and treats, available to enjoy at the event or take home.
Keston Christmas Fayre
Made in Camberwell Arts Market
30 November 2019 from 12:00-17:00
Camberwell Green SE5 7AF
Hosted across four venues around Camberwell Green, this is the ultimate Christmas shopping destination for locals. Meet original artists and makers selling their handmade products we think you’ll fall in love with. Camberwell Arts is a charity with the goal to celebrate the creativity of Camberwell and spread it throughout the season, hosting open studios on the same day as the market to showcase the hard work of these talented creatives.
Camberwell Arts
Croydon Christmas Market
28 November 2019 at 10:00
Croydon North End, CR0 1
Enjoy this Christmas market right up until the 15th December, open until 6pm every day! As well as the market being the centrepiece of Christmas in Croydon, you’ll also be able to enjoy the switching on of the Christmas lights and a fantastic mix of entertainment. Enjoy lots of delicious food options throughout this event and stalls from traders around the world. We bet you’ll find a gift for someone special you’ll unlikely find anywhere else!
Croydon Christmas Market
A South London Makers Market
8 December 2019 at 11:00
Upper Norwood Library Hub, 39 Westow Hill, SE19 1TJ
This Christmas event focuses on showcasing independent artisans selling their handmade, personalised, exclusive and sustainable products locals will love as gift ideas. Browse through handmade knitted hats and lampshades to personalised prints, cards, sweatshirts, plus a selection of vintage furniture and ornaments. They’ll definitely be something for everyone here! Feeling peckish from all that shopping? Indulge in sausage rolls, cakes and hot drinks too!
Dulwich Christmas Market
30 November 2019, 11:00 AM 4:00 PM
St Barnabas Parish Hall, 23 Dulwich Village, Dulwich, London SE21 7BT
The beautiful St Barnabas Parish Hall will be transformed into a winter wonderland this November, with 60 independent traders to support, all handpicked by So Lo Craft Fair specifically for this event. Meet local artists, designers and craftings and pick out something special to make your gift one to remember. There will also be refreshments and a kids corner to keep your little ones entertained too! Enjoy the warming atmosphere at this market.
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Elephant and Castle Christmas Market
7 December 2019, 11:00- 8 December 2019, 17:00
Mercato Metropolitano, 47 Newington Causeway SE1 6NX
Crafty Fox is back again to host the annual Christmas market at Elephant and Castle, as well as Brixton! Enjoy meeting different traders on each day of this winter weekend, proudly showcasing and selling their products. Get stuck in with their workshops too, including pom pom wreath making and earring making and designing! There’s plenty of opportunity to find the perfect gift for anyone of your list this year.
Crafty Fox Market
New Eltham Christmas Charity Market For Demelza
14 December 2019 from 10:00-14:00
New Eltham Library, Southwood Rd, London SE9 3QT
This community market in Eltham encourages you to support these local traders this Christmas, making it an easy and enjoyable family day out. Browse beautiful gift ideas, whilst chatting to the friendly sellers and feast on delicious popcorn and candyfloss too! With Caribbean food on offer and a free kids craft table, they’ll be something everyone can tuck into here. Just a few of the gifts you can browse here include crystal bracelets, candles, books and luxury skin and body care.
New Eltham Village Community Market
Christmas At The Castle
14th December 2019
Severndroog Castle, Castle Wood, Shooters Hill, London SE18 3RT
Carols, crafts and Santa are just three of the things you’ll find at this Christmas event. Sing along to your favourite Christmas carols against the stunning backdrop of Severndroog Castle this winter, with a glass of delicious mulled wine in hand. There will also be lots of fun craft activities to make it a homemade Christmas this year, including making your own decorations! Bring your little ones along and they may even be treated to a early Christmas present from Santa himself!
Severndroog Castle
Christmas Late Market
Every Wednesday, 4 Dec – 18 Dec
Greenwich Market, SE10 9HZ
Find quirky and unique gifts at Greenwich’s Christmas Late Market, with local designers and makers. Don’t worry about running out of time here, as you can shop up until 8pm, snacking on mouth watering street food and sipping on mulled wine in the process! There will also be a Christmas Lights On and Lantern Parade on the 20th November, with music and entertainment throughout the evening. Don’t forget to bring along your kids to meet Santa in his grotto too!
Greenwich Market
Herne Hill Christmas Fair
14 December 2019 from 10:00-16:00
Herne Hill Market, Railton Road, SE24 0JT
Herne Hill’s annual Christmas fair is back for another year filled with food and fun all day long! Check out the handmade crafts and vintage bargains you can grab here to make it a homemade Christmas this year. Like many other markets in South London, Herne Hill is proudly a plastic-free market, helping to keep our world thriving for many more Christmasses to come. Don’t forget to indulge in the hot food and seasonal drinks too!
Herne Hill Market
Christmas Market 2019 at Pelham Primary School
22 November 2019, 19:30 - 22:00
Pelham Primary School - Southey Road, London SW19 1NU
This Christmas market for grown ups is the perfect opportunity to get all your Christmas shopping sorted whilst the kids aren’t looking! As well as providing over 30 stalls to give you dozens of ideas, you can treat yourself to some pampering sessions and a festive Christmas bar! Didn’t think this market could get better? You’ll even receive a glass of prosecco and a mince pie on entry!
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Pexmas Festive Market 2019
7th - 8th December 2019
Unit 8, Copeland Estate SE15 3SN
Pexmas Festive Market is back for its seventh year running, with over 100 independent stalls, selling gifts like prints, jewellery, craft beers and more! Not sure where to even start? New this year is the Pexmas Parcel, where you can purchase a parcel packed with beautifully curated gifts from selected stalls from the event, perfect to make Christmas shopping easy again. The market are also working with Plastic Free Peckham to keep the event eco-focused, which will include a waste free wrapping station!
Pexmas
Christmas At Copeland Park
Several dates throughout December 2019
133 Copeland Road, Peckham SE15 3SN
The creative and social hub that is Copeland Park has curated an amazing schedule for the festive season. Just a few of the free events you can attend this year include The Kiln Rooms Christmas Sale, an Etsy Made Local Christmas Market and the Bussey Collective Winter Fair. The venue will also be packed with lots of seasonal snacks and drinks. You can even make your own ceramics at The Kiln Rooms!
Putney Lights Switch-On Party
29 November 2019, 15:00 - 20:00
Church Square, Putney High Street, SW15 1SR
Watch Christmas come to life in Putney with their Lights Switch-On Party, featuring a number of entertainment acts throughout the night to celebrate! These include performances from Putney High School, Red Star Theatre Arts, Putney Theatre Company and a selection of live bands. If you’re not already tempted, they’ll even be an inflatable snow globe too!
Rookery Christmas Fair & Market
8 December 2019 from 11:00-16:00
Covington Way, Streatham SW16 3BX
Come down to The Rookery in Streatham for their annual Christmas Fair and Market. You’ll discover over 40 stalls to boss your Christmas shopping, thrilling rides to entertain the kids and a plethora of other entertainment in store for the day! Be transported to the North Pole as you meet Santa in his grotto and enjoy the soothing sounds of Carols by Candlelight to finish off your visit.
Winter at The Southbank Centre
8 November 2019 – 5 January 2020
Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road SE1
The Southbank Centre is surely one of the top places to be this Christmas, with dozens of events happening around the festive season you won’t want to miss. The main event we are highlighting is their Winter Market, where you can eat, drink and be merry beside the scenic Thames. Tuck into tasty snacks under cosy fairy lights, including Asian, Indian and Greek cuisines and of course seasonal favourites like raclette and bratwurst. With many more stalls to explore, like the intriguing Circus Bar, we know this market is on our calendars.
Southbank Centre
Wandsworth Friends Christmas Fair
12th November 18:30 - 13th November 2019 15:30
St Luke’s Church, 194 Ramsden Road SW12 8RQ
Help raise money for the Royal Trinity Hospice at the Wandsworth Friends Christmas Fair, exploring dozens of stalls, with over 50% of them new for 2019! This event holds a special place for the hospice, having raised more than £34,000 last year and they have hopes of beating that number this year! Just a few products you’ll find at this market include children’s beaded jewellery, zero-waste gifts, pet gifts, gorgeous stationary and more!
Royal Trinity Hospice
West Norwood Feast Christmas Lights 2019
Sunday 8 December 2019, 16.00-19.00
St Luke’s Church, Knight’s Hill, West Norwood SE27 0HS
Come back to St Luke’s Church and watch it be illuminated in beautiful Christmas lights as West Norwood Feast gets festive! As well as stalls to browse to find the perfect gift, they’ll be street food and hot drinks to tuck into too. The high street will also be decorated with bright lights, with carol singing from local choirs and Santa himself taking orders for Christmas Day!
West Norwood Feast
Wimbledon Village Christmas Market
8th December 2019, 10:00 - 17:00
Last, but certainly not least on our list is the Wimbledon Village Christmas Market, celebrating the season with lots of festive activities and events for the whole family to enjoy. They’ll be Santa on horseback, as well as face-painting, balloon modeling and storytime to keep the little ones happy. The grown ups can enjoy mulled wine and festive treats as they browse through the local Christmas market too.
Wimbledon Village
Wimbledon Christmas Market
23 November 2019 11:00 to 24 November 2019 18:00
The Piazza, Wimbledon, London SW19 1QB
Inspiried by the ‘12 Days of Christmas’, at Wimbledon Christmas Market you’ll be able to explore 12 markets across five weekends, starting on the weekend of the 23rd November and ending on the 22nd December for any last minute Christmas shopping! No two market days will be the same, with each displaying stalls selling unique gifts, with many hand made to make it extra special this year. Don’t forget to treat yourself to delicius winter treats too, including bratwurst and mulled wine!
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