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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 · 74 with confirmed dates · sorted by date; click a column heading to re-sort

DateTownTimeRegionFree?Checked
SatSouthport4pmNorth WestFree2 Sep 2026
WedSt Ives—South West—3 Sep 2026
WedCovent Garden—LondonFree2 Sep 2026
FriWhitby—Yorkshire and the HumberFree3 Sep 2026
FriFolkestone7pmSouth EastFree2 Sep 2026
FriWakefield5.30pmYorkshire and the HumberFree2 Sep 2026
SatFarnham4.30pmSouth EastFree3 Sep 2026
SatWindsor5.30pmSouth EastFree3 Sep 2026
SatReading—South EastFree2 Sep 2026
SatPaisley6pmScotlandFree2 Sep 2026
SunSwindon—South WestFree2 Sep 2026
SunDarlington5.30pmNorth EastFree2 Sep 2026
SunDundee10amScotlandFree2 Sep 2026
TueLeicester—East MidlandsFree2 Sep 2026
WedGreenwich5pmLondonFree2 Sep 2026
WedKeswick—North WestFree2 Sep 2026
ThuPortsmouth5pmSouth EastFree2 Sep 2026
ThuOswestry—West Midlands—3 Sep 2026
ThuStafford5pmWest MidlandsFree2 Sep 2026
ThuBury St Edmunds3pmEast of EnglandFree2 Sep 2026
FriDerry6.30pmNorthern IrelandFree2 Sep 2026
FriSalisbury1pmSouth WestFree2 Sep 2026
FriLeek—West Midlands—3 Sep 2026
FriTenterden—South East—3 Sep 2026
FriBarnsley—Yorkshire and the HumberFree2 Sep 2026
FriBasingstoke—South East—2 Sep 2026
SatCwmbran5pmWalesFree2 Sep 2026
SatNorthampton—East MidlandsFree2 Sep 2026
SatLittlehampton3pmSouth EastFree3 Sep 2026
SatStevenage12pmEast of EnglandFree2 Sep 2026
SatWelwyn Garden City—East of EnglandFree2 Sep 2026
SatKnutsford—North West—3 Sep 2026
SatMarket Drayton5pmWest MidlandsFree3 Sep 2026
SatEnniskillen—Northern Ireland—3 Sep 2026
SatOmagh—Northern Ireland—3 Sep 2026
SatAshford—South East—2 Sep 2026
SatAylesbury—South EastFree2 Sep 2026
SatChester7pmNorth WestFree2 Sep 2026
SatFareham5.30pmSouth EastFree2 Sep 2026
SatGreat Yarmouth—East of EnglandFree2 Sep 2026
SatIlford11.30amLondonFree2 Sep 2026
SatLuton—East of EnglandFree2 Sep 2026
SunSt Albans12pmEast of England—2 Sep 2026
SunCockermouth1.30pmNorth West—3 Sep 2026
SunBerkhamsted3.30pmEast of EnglandFree3 Sep 2026
SunGodalming5pmSouth EastFree3 Sep 2026
SunNewcastle-under-Lyme2pmWest MidlandsFree3 Sep 2026
SunTewkesbury5pmSouth WestFree3 Sep 2026
SunLichfield5pmWest MidlandsFree2 Sep 2026
SunChesterfield5.15pmEast MidlandsFree2 Sep 2026
SunTaunton—South West—2 Sep 2026
ThuKettering6.30pmEast Midlands—2 Sep 2026
FriNewquay6.45pmSouth WestFree3 Sep 2026
FriBuckingham5.30pmSouth EastFree3 Sep 2026
FriCongleton4pmNorth West—3 Sep 2026
FriHertford6pmEast of EnglandFree3 Sep 2026
FriBridgnorth—West Midlands—3 Sep 2026
FriBoston—East Midlands—2 Sep 2026
FriColeraine—Northern IrelandFree2 Sep 2026
FriLoughborough4pmEast Midlands—2 Sep 2026
SatDerby—East Midlands—2 Sep 2026
SatCirencester10amSouth WestFree3 Sep 2026
SatGlastonbury5pmSouth WestFree3 Sep 2026
SatLudlow—West MidlandsFree3 Sep 2026
SatCrewe3pmNorth West—2 Sep 2026
SatGrimsby12pmYorkshire and the Humber—2 Sep 2026
SatTorquay—South WestFree2 Sep 2026
SunBelper—East Midlands—3 Sep 2026
SunBideford6pmSouth WestFree3 Sep 2026
SunHenley-on-Thames7pmSouth EastFree3 Sep 2026
SunSleaford4.15pmEast MidlandsFree3 Sep 2026
MonSkipton5pmYorkshire and the Humber—3 Sep 2026
TueLindfield—South East—3 Sep 2026
SatWells—South West—3 Sep 2026
TBCDudley—West Midlands—2 Sep 2026
TBCNewtownabbey—Northern Ireland—2 Sep 2026
TBCRotherham—Yorkshire and the HumberFree2 Sep 2026
TBCStockton-on-Tees—North East—2 Sep 2026
TBCAberystwyth—WalesFree3 Sep 2026
TBCArmagh—Northern Ireland—3 Sep 2026
TBCBishop's Stortford3.45pmEast of EnglandFree3 Sep 2026
TBCWimbledon—London—2 Sep 2026
TBCCromer4pmEast of England—3 Sep 2026
TBCKnaresborough—Yorkshire and the Humber—3 Sep 2026
TBCHebden Bridge—Yorkshire and the HumberFree3 Sep 2026
TBCLouth—East Midlands—3 Sep 2026
TBCOtley—Yorkshire and the Humber—3 Sep 2026
TBCBelfast—Northern Ireland—3 Sep 2026
TBCNorwich—East of England—2 Sep 2026
TBCNewcastle upon Tyne—North EastFree2 Sep 2026
TBCAccrington—North WestFree2 Sep 2026
TBCAyr—Scotland—2 Sep 2026
TBCBanbury—South EastFree2 Sep 2026
TBCBridgwater—South West—2 Sep 2026
TBCDartford—South EastFree2 Sep 2026
TBCHalesowen—West Midlands—2 Sep 2026
TBCKing's Lynn—East of EnglandFree2 Sep 2026
TBCMansfield—East Midlands—2 Sep 2026
TBCNewark-on-Trent—East Midlands—2 Sep 2026
TBCTrowbridge—South West—2 Sep 2026
TBCWidnes—North West—2 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.