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United Kingdom · 2026

Christmas Lights Switch-On 2026: UK Dates, Times & Map

Christmas lights switch-on dates, times and locations across the UK, taken from council, Business Improvement District and organiser announcements. Every value shows its source and the date we last checked it.

101 events listed · 79 with confirmed dates · sorted by date; click a column heading to re-sort

DateTownTimeRegionFree?Checked
SatSouthport4pmNorth WestFree26 Oct 2026
ThuCovent Garden—LondonFree22 Oct 2026
ThuNewcastle upon Tyne7pmNorth EastFree7 Oct 2026
FriWhitby—Yorkshire and the Humber—26 Oct 2026
FriFolkestone7pmSouth EastFree26 Oct 2026
FriWakefield5.30pmYorkshire and the HumberFree26 Oct 2026
SatFarnham4.30pmSouth EastFree3 Sep 2026
SatWindsor5.30pmSouth EastFree18 Oct 2026
SatSt Ives—South West—18 Oct 2026
SatPaisley6pmScotlandFree10 Sep 2026
SatReading—South EastFree26 Oct 2026
SatBelfast—Northern IrelandFree26 Oct 2026
SunSwindon—South WestFree26 Oct 2026
SunDarlington5.30pmNorth EastFree26 Oct 2026
SunDundee—Scotland—26 Oct 2026
MonBishop's Stortford3.45pmEast of EnglandFree26 Oct 2026
WedKeswick—North WestFree10 Sep 2026
WedLeicester—East Midlands—24 Oct 2026
WedGreenwich5pmLondonFree26 Oct 2026
ThuNorwich3pmEast of EnglandFree26 Oct 2026
ThuPortsmouth5pmSouth EastFree26 Oct 2026
ThuOswestry—West Midlands—3 Sep 2026
ThuStafford5pmWest Midlands—20 Oct 2026
ThuChester—North West—26 Oct 2026
ThuBury St Edmunds3pmEast of EnglandFree18 Oct 2026
FriDerry6.30pmNorthern IrelandFree26 Oct 2026
FriSalisbury1pmSouth WestFree26 Oct 2026
FriLeek—West Midlands—26 Oct 2026
FriTenterden—South East—3 Sep 2026
FriBasingstoke—South East—26 Oct 2026
FriBarnsley—Yorkshire and the HumberFree26 Oct 2026
SatAshford—South East—26 Oct 2026
SatCwmbran12pmWales—26 Oct 2026
SatLittlehampton7pmSouth EastFree21 Oct 2026
SatNorthampton—East Midlands—26 Oct 2026
SatStevenage12pmEast of EnglandFree2 Sep 2026
SatKnutsford—North West—26 Oct 2026
SatWelwyn Garden City—East of EnglandFree26 Oct 2026
SatEnniskillen—Northern Ireland—26 Oct 2026
SatOmagh5.30pmNorthern Ireland—26 Oct 2026
SatMarket Drayton5pmWest MidlandsFree26 Oct 2026
SatGreat Yarmouth—East of England—20 Sep 2026
SatFareham5.30pmSouth East—26 Oct 2026
SatAylesbury—South EastFree15 Sep 2026
SatLuton—East of EnglandFree26 Oct 2026
SatIlford11.30amLondon—11 Sep 2026
SunCockermouth5pmNorth WestFree26 Oct 2026
SunSt Albans12pmEast of England—26 Oct 2026
SunBerkhamsted3.30pmEast of EnglandFree3 Sep 2026
SunGodalming5pmSouth EastFree26 Oct 2026
SunNewcastle-under-Lyme2pmWest MidlandsFree26 Oct 2026
SunTewkesbury5pmSouth WestFree26 Oct 2026
SunLichfield4pmWest Midlands—20 Oct 2026
SunChesterfield5.15pmEast MidlandsFree26 Oct 2026
SunTaunton—South West—2 Sep 2026
ThuBuckingham5.30pmSouth EastFree26 Oct 2026
ThuKettering6.30pmEast Midlands—18 Oct 2026
FriHenley-on-Thames7pmSouth EastFree26 Oct 2026
FriNewquay6.45pmSouth WestFree26 Oct 2026
FriHertford6pmEast of EnglandFree26 Oct 2026
FriCongleton6pmNorth West—26 Oct 2026
FriBridgnorth—West Midlands—22 Sep 2026
FriBoston—East Midlands—2 Sep 2026
FriColeraine—Northern IrelandFree2 Sep 2026
FriLoughborough4pmEast Midlands—26 Oct 2026
SatGlastonbury5pmSouth WestFree26 Oct 2026
SatDerby6.30pmEast MidlandsFree26 Oct 2026
SatCirencester10amSouth WestFree26 Oct 2026
SatLudlow—West MidlandsFree26 Oct 2026
SatCrewe3pmNorth West—26 Oct 2026
SatGrimsby12pmYorkshire and the Humber—26 Oct 2026
SatTorquay7.15pmSouth WestFree26 Oct 2026
SunBelper—East Midlands—12 Sep 2026
SunBideford6pmSouth WestFree18 Oct 2026
SunSleaford4.15pmEast MidlandsFree18 Oct 2026
SunSkipton5pmYorkshire and the HumberFree26 Oct 2026
SunArmagh—Northern Ireland—26 Oct 2026
TueLindfield—South East—26 Oct 2026
SatWells—South West—26 Oct 2026
TBCDudley—West Midlands—23 Sep 2026
TBCRotherham—Yorkshire and the HumberFree8 Sep 2026
TBCStockton-on-Tees—North East—8 Sep 2026
TBCWimbledon—London—7 Sep 2026
TBCCromer4pmEast of England—8 Sep 2026
TBCKnaresborough—Yorkshire and the Humber—8 Sep 2026
TBCHebden Bridge—Yorkshire and the HumberFree8 Sep 2026
TBCLouth—East Midlands—23 Sep 2026
TBCOtley—Yorkshire and the Humber—8 Sep 2026
TBCAberystwyth—WalesFree23 Sep 2026
TBCAyr—Scotland—23 Sep 2026
TBCHalesowen—West Midlands—23 Sep 2026
TBCNewtownabbey—Northern Ireland—7 Sep 2026
TBCAccrington—North WestFree7 Sep 2026
TBCBanbury—South EastFree7 Sep 2026
TBCDartford—South EastFree7 Sep 2026
TBCBridgwater—South West—23 Sep 2026
TBCKing's Lynn—East of EnglandFree7 Sep 2026
TBCWidnes—North West—12 Sep 2026
TBCMansfield—East Midlands—7 Sep 2026
TBCNewark-on-Trent—East Midlands—7 Sep 2026
TBCTrowbridge—South West—7 Sep 2026

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When's That On publishes only events with a council, BID, organiser or press source. Pages for towns not yet announced appear as soon as a source confirms the event is happening this year.