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Christmas can be an expensive time of year, and as we feel the pinch, we want to be able to enjoy Christmas to the fullest and get the most value for our money. Luckily many Christmas events and activities don’t have to break the bank and across Cheshire there’s a host of affordable and completely free ways for you to enjoy the festive season. We’ve put together some suggestions for how to enjoy Christmas in Cheshire while saving, too:
Christmas in Warrington
Warrington Winter Wonderland brings a festival of Christmas fun over the weekend of 25th to 26th November 2023. What better way to start the festive season than with a whole weekend of Christmas activity and events taking place across Warrington Town Centre. Many of these activities are free including Christmas in the Park, where you will find Father Christmas and his grotto, street entertainers, craft stalls, choirs, a brass band and more to entertain families and visitors alike. There will also be treats from the Christmas eatery on site, from mulled wine, bbq and much more.
The Return of ‘At No.25 Christmas Installation’ at Queens Gardens is also free 11am - 8pm. Back by popular demand, we see the return of Culture Warrington’s at No.25 Christmas Installation from last year but with a slightly different twist for 2023. Created by local artists Erica Wilkinson and Lauren Muir with support from Warrington and Vale Royal College students, Queens Gardens comes alive with a Narnia themed winter wonderland installation with live performance.
Find out more about what's happening across the weekend here >
Christmas @ The Works
Come along to the Lion Salt Works on 10th December, 10.30am – 4pm and join the Christmas festivities for all the family – meet Santa in his grotto (booking necessary), post letters to Santa and get creative with all day Christmas crafts.
Northwich Christmas Extravaganza
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There's A LOT going on this Christmas in Northwich. The town is coming together to bring a truly spectacular Christmas for residents and visitors alike. There's a whole host of completely FREE events and activities for the whole family to enjoy as part of the Christmas Extravaganza including crazy golf, Christmas market, Christmas crafting, a Snow globe, Christmas games, live music, ice rink and a spectacular lanterns parade and light switch on!
Macclesfield Advent Trail
The Snowmen are loose and they’re hiding out all over town! The windows of more than 30 of Macclesfield’s local businesses are being transformed for this years advent trail. From 1st December pick up an Advent trail map from the Visitor Information Centre and explore the town and track down those snowmen – don’t forget to let us know your favourite window and show some love to our amazing local businesses. Maps will also be available at the Twilight Market.
Macclesfield Christmas Tree Festival
Macclesfield Town Council in conjunction with Christ Church and the Churches Conservation Trust as excited to bring you the Macclesfield Christmas Tree Festival. Step inside the historic Christ Church and enjoy a range of illuminated Christmas trees decorated by groups and organisations from all over Macclesfield. It’s the perfect festive atmosphere to get you in the mood for the season. Open Thursday – Sunday from 1st – 22nd December. Thursdays & Fridays: 5:30pm – 7:30pm. Saturdays & Sundays: 3:30pm – 6:30pm.
Family Christmas Crafts at The Silk Museum
There’s a range of family-friendly Christmas activities at Macclesfield’s Silk Museum. Join them for family festive fun on 8 & 15 December and celebrate a Victorian Christmas in their Victorian building! There will be dressing up, storytelling, games and crafts. You can make your own Christmas Cracker! A fun after school activity for all the family. Suitable for ages 4 and over. (£10 for one child, £18 for two, £22 for three)
Wander the Christmas Markets
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A sure-fire way to get into the Christmas spirit, a visit to the Christmas markets doesn’t have to break the bank. You can wander the festooned streets, peruse the stalls, and simply soak up the atmosphere.
Knutsford’s Christmas Market on 2 & 3 December is a two-day festive street market featuring over 120 traders per day selling the finest foods, drinks, crafts and gifts in the area – the perfect place to start your Christmas shopping!
The market is typically held across Princess Street, Silk Mill Street and Canute Place. You can find Santa’s Grotto in Silk Mill Street, a hot food and drink street market in Canute Place alongside incredible live entertainment and the funfair on Princess Street car park!
The market usually runs from 12-7pm on Saturday and 11am – 4pm on Sunday of the weekend. The Saturday market coincides with the Santa Parade at 5pm and the Christmas Light Switch On at 6pm.
Sandbach’s Christmas Market, which returns 1 December, is one of the best in Cheshire with an extensive variety of goods on offer and a truly Christmassy atmosphere in the town. Visitors can expect choirs singing carols around the Christmas Tree, Brass Bands playing, Christmas lights twinkling, chestnuts roasting and the aroma of mulled wine. More than 100 stalls cover the Market Square, spread up the High Street, fill the Market Hall and expand over Little Common. With Town Centre shops offering late night shopping and The Olive and Stitch Market hosting further stalls within Town Hall there is a wealth of goods on offer.
Find more Christmas markets in Cheshire here >
Little Red
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Theatre Porto’s most popular winter show EVER returns 8 December - 13 January, and you are invited! Join Little Red as she puts on her bright red coat once again, to go adventuring in the deep dark woods…
Follow the feisty heroine as she follows the path to Grandma’s house, meeting talking sheep, dancing trees and the charismatic, jazz-singing ‘Wolfie’ along the way.
With irresistible adventure, superb visual storytelling and songs that you’ll be humming all winter, Little Red is the perfect festive treat for families who want something a little different…
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A fun filled day across the town centre, with lots of free activities leading up to the Lantern Parade & Northwich light switch on.
Join an Up Close Tour of the Silk Museum where our expert guides look at all aspects of Mill life and silk production, the inspiring Pattern Books and the beauty of the textiles to the global phenomenon of silk.
Save the dates – 25th & 26th November, for Warrington's Weekend Wonderland
Theatre Porto's most popular winter show EVER returns and you are invited! Join Little Red as she puts on her bright red coat once again, to go adventuring in the deep dark woods…
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