Christmas Lights Switch-On · South East
Reading Christmas Lights Switch-On 2025: Date, Time & What's On
This is the 2025 event, now past. See the 2026 christmas lights switch-on →
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.
Key facts
- Date
- Saturday 15 November 2025
Source: visit-reading.com· checked 2 Sep 2026 - Switch-on time
- Not yet announced — checked 2 Sep 2026
- Event starts
- 2pm
Source: visit-reading.com· checked 2 Sep 2026 - Where
- Broad Street, outside Marks & Spencer, Broad Street, Reading
Source: visit-reading.com· checked 2 Sep 2026 - Free or ticketed
- Free
Source: visit-reading.com· checked 2 Sep 2026 - Performers
- Reading Community Gospel Choir
Source: visit-reading.com· checked 2 Sep 2026 - Fireworks
- Not yet announced — checked 2 Sep 2026
- Road closures
- Not yet announced — checked 2 Sep 2026
- Parking
- Not yet announced — checked 2 Sep 2026
“outside Marks and Spencer on Broad Street... over 800,000 LED lights” — visit-reading.com
Where: Broad Street, outside Marks & Spencer
Broad Street, Reading
Getting there and getting home
- Nearest station
- Reading · place record
- Road closures
- Not yet announced — checked 2 Sep 2026
- Parking
- Not yet announced — checked 2 Sep 2026
Last year: 2024
No 2024 record on file.
Nearby Christmas lights switch-ons
- Oxford StreetMon 3 Nov4pm58 km
- Covent GardenWed 12 Nov59 km
- BristolWed 12 Nov6pm112 km
- BirminghamThu 13 Nov5pm131 km
- LeicesterWed 19 Nov6.30pm132 km
Sources
- https://www.visit-reading.com/whats-on/christmas/lights-switch-on (bid) — checked 2 Sep 2026
- reading.gov.uk (council)
Source: visit-reading.com· checked 2 Sep 2026 · Last updated 2 Sep 2026