Newcastle Christmas Market has been named one of the best in the UK and has featured in the ‘ultimate Christmas market guide for 2023’.
When it comes to planning festive activities, it’s hard to resist a visit to a Christmas market.
It’s the perfect place to embrace the most wonderful time of the year, sampling all the sweet treats, browsing one-of-a-kind gifts for loved ones and gazing into the twinkling lights.
A new study for 2023 conducted by Christmas Tree World, has compared against their 2022 Christmas market rankings.
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The Christmas tree retailer analysed Google search results, Instagram mentions, TikTok tag views, the duration of each market, and the average price of a hotel in each city to reveal the markets that take the title as the UK’s best this year.
You can see the full research here.
Newcastle featured in the 'ultimate Christmas market guide for 2023’
Newcastle Christmas Market was ranked in eighth place within the top 10 list, receiving a total score of 4.75 out of 10.
It will be on from November 18 until December 23 – an impressive 35 days.
“The market will be located on Grey Street, Grainger Street, and Old Eldon Square, which this year will be home to a 10m illuminated Christmas tree, creating a more magical space," writes the NewcastleGateshead website.
“A programme of street entertainment will also run at the weekends, and a new performance area around the Grey’s Monument will host live music, choirs, and other entertainment, adding to the festive atmosphere.”
It adds: “Once again, the Christmas market has a particularly local focus and celebrates the talented independent businesses, makers, creators and artisans in our region.
“There will be a brilliant range of local businesses and independent traders who will be selling their bespoke jewellery, eco-friendly beauty products, clothing, churros, homemade chutneys and preserves as well as fabulously unique gifts during the four-week market.”
Visitors can also pop into Moosenwirt, “an alpine-inspired pop-up bar” set inside a yurt near Grey's Monument - the ideal place to sip a mulled wine around a cosy fire pit.
Top 10 Christmas markets in the UK for 2023
- Birmingham
- Manchester
- Nottingham
- Edinburgh
- Glasgow
- Winchester
- York
- Newcastle
- London
- Bristol
Within a two-hour drive away from Newcastle, York is the seventh top Christmas market in the UK for 2023, with a final score of 4.87 out of 10.
The historical city has an average nightly hotel stay of £134 and this year, the market runs for a total of 37 days, giving Christmas marketgoers plenty of time to enjoy the magical season.
But Birmingham takes this year’s top spot as the best Christmas market with an overall score of 8.59 out of 10, knocking last year’s number one, Manchester, off the top spot.
Birmingham’s Christmas Market can be enjoyed from the very first week of November up to Christmas Eve - with a total running time of 53 days.
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