Bath Christmas Market Guide (2025)

Travel back in time and discover the magic of Christmas right in Bath City Centre! Set amongst a sea of enchanting lights is where you’ll find the festive cheer lies.

This year, the Bath Christmas Market returns for a limited time from Thursday 28th November to Sunday 15th December.

You’ll find the festive market right in the heart of the centre of Bath, with iconic architecture surrounding the market. Such as Bath Abbey, the Roman Baths and the famous Thermae Bath Spa. Wind around Georgian streets as you explore the market’s magic!

This year, Bath Christmas Market is back with a bang, with over 170 twinkling stall holders! All embodying the spirit of Christmas and peppered with seasonal goods. From creative handmade gifts, personalised presents and artisan gifts to festive food! Dig into food delicacies from countries like Germany, like delicious food of Bratwurst to warm crepes drizzled with Belgian chocolate.

Discover hand-knitted gifts, crochet yarns and accessories. Nibble on delicious chocolate and superfoods, and grab your hands on decorative and delicate porcelain pottery.

Love the gentle light of candles? There will be a stall dedicated to soy wax candles with an effortless small of essential oils and pleasing fragrances.

With so many unique and wonderful market stalls and chalets, you can find whichever kind of gift is perfect for a special someone.

Every Christmas Market in Bath has a limited-time-only pop-up chalet where small businesses can sell their unique and beautiful products. Perfect for seasonal gifts that you can tick off your shopping list and lots more!

What will you find there?

There will also be amazing charity chalets there to bring festive cheer to the crowds of Bath. In 2019, over £26,000 was raised to help charities because of these market stalls! And since they’re back this year, you can help support local charities too – by doing what you can.

There’s no Christmas without its fair share of fantastic food. And of course, Bath Christmas Market’s set-up won’t be complete without its marvellous food stands! From your favourite winter warmers and sweet treats to belly-warming drinks like mulled wine and hot chocolate. All there to keep you toasty during the winter nights.

Did you know that Bath strives to be more environmentally friendly each year? Being a leader of Event Sustainability for the Bath and North East Somerset region, it’s a positive impact that cities should follow!

They’ve reduced single-use plastic in the market, as well as eliminated the use of unnecessary plastic. So, you can rest assured you’re exploring an enchanting and eco-friendly Christmas marker!

Fancy getting your skates on and gliding around an icy winter wonderland? Well, you’ll be happy to know that Bath On Ice is back, as are the Moguls Alpine Bar and Glow Golf!

Picture this. Enchanting warm lights twinkle above you, the sound of people giggling with glee and gentle screams of delight as they take to the ice. Wintery music is filling your ears, everyone is snuggled up in warm clothes and you can end the night with a trip to the cosy bar! With seasonal drinks and warm sips, you’ll know Christmas is truly here. A trip around the ice rink sounds super tempting, right?

Well, you can’t forget about Glow Golf! Here, you’ll find Adventure Golf truly decked out with Christmas lights and installations. Putt a hole-in-one with your own glow-in-the-dark golf balls and enjoy an exciting night of mini-golf.

Public transport is always encouraged in Bath and with great transport links, we don’t see why not!

By Train:

Bath Spa Railway station is only a few minutes’ walk from the city centre where all the hustle and bustle of Christmas will be. With regular train services coming in from London Paddington and London Waterloo – it’ll be a simple journey.

Bristol Temple Meads is also a national railway where frequent trains nationally will come in. Including South Wales and North England.

By Coach:

Coach services are a popular mode of transport, with multiple services across the UK. Please check local providers for the nearest coach transportation near you.

By Bus: 

There are numerous bus services from in and around Bath that travel into the city centre.

You can purchase day tickets for £4.50 for Adults, £3.20 for 16-21-year-olds and £2.30 for Children 5-15. Children under 5 can travel for free with a full-paying adult!

By Car: 

Bath is around 10 miles from Junction 18 off the M4, so there are direct links from London. As well as the North, Devon and Cornwall via the M5.

You can park at the following places in Bath:

• Avon Street Parking
• Charlotte Street Car Park
• Manvers Street
• Podium Shopping Centre
• South Gate

Most car parking areas will have Blue Badge parking bays in close proximity to the market.