Christmas Market 2025
Celebrate the season at Beetham Nurseries Christmas Market! Explore local traders in festive chalets, enjoy delicious food and drink, and soak up the fun with family entertainment and live music all weekend long.
Our Christmas Market Weekend is open on the following dates:
- Thursday 4th December - 12 noon till 7:30pm
- Friday 5th December - 10am – 4pm
- Saturday 6th December - 10am – 4pm
- Sunday 7th December - 10am – 4pm
Christmas Chalet Market
Fifteen local businesses will create an Alpine-inspired shopping village at Beetham Nurseries. Shop gifts for your loved ones from a mix of Beetham-favourites and brand new stallholders.
You'll find locally-made jewellery, artisan chocolates, one-of-a-kind ceramic pieces, Lake District tweeds, and much more from these local businesses.
Kimberley Elizabeth Jewellery Raised in the Rain Sue Rowland Prints
Apex Strides Philippa Whiteside Ceramics Tempered to Taste
Lake District Tweed Raynebow Farm SippingFox Lake District Drinks
Sweetpea Ceramics Needle Felt So Good Oakbeck Forge
Carter's Cakes Fika + Fell (Thursday to Saturday) Cross Apiary (Sunday only)
Beetham Flower Pop up
What to know more? Meet the stallholders and find out what each of these local businesses has to offer at the Christmas Markets.
Live Music
Our Christmas Market weekend will be opened by a local primary school choir and the festive fun will continue over the weekend with a number of musical acts. We are delighted to welcome some new acts to Beetham Nurseries, as well as some of our favourite choirs, bands, and singer songwriters. Check our socials for the full lineup announcement.
Find the Perfect Tree…
As always, here at Beetham Nurseries, we will have hundreds of freshly cut and potted Christmas trees in stock for you to take home and adorn with beautiful twinkly lights and festive decorations.
Browse our extensive selection of trees whilst keeping warm around our fantastic Fire Pit. Better yet, we will be offering an exclusive 10% discount for all Garden Club members; not a member? Join for free at the till!
Fun for all the Family
As always, Beetham Nurseries is very much a place for all the family, and the Christmas Market Weekend is no exception!
Kirstie Crafts will be running free sustainable festive crafting for little ones in the heated marquee at 12 noon till 3pm on Saturday, and 11am till 2pm on Sunday.
Enter our colouring competition in The Garden Café and look out for festive games to join in with each day.
And, it wouldn’t be Christmas at Beetham Nurseries without the naughty elves causing mischief! They’ve run away from the North Pole and are getting into trouble in the garden centre. Find all six and collect a chocolate from the Info Desk!
Late Night Shopping
Our Late Night Shopping event on Thursday 4th December runs from 5pm till 7.30pm. You'll be greeted with a free mulled wine and a free entry to win our Beetham Christmas Bundle, worth over £350! Plus, enjoy an exclusive 10% in-store discount from 5pm to 7:30pm, before browsing the artisan gifts in our chalet market. Catch the fun late-night performance by local music act Gabriella and Jasmine T before stopping by The Garden Cafe for a festive bite to eat. More about late night.
Festive Workshops
Join us in the marquee on The Terrace to get artistic with winter foliage and create a contemporary or luxury wreath. Christmas wreath workshops are now sold out.
Our Christmas Shop
As well as our incredibly talented guests within the Christmas Chalet Village, of course our extensive Home & Lifestyle and Gift Shops will be packed full of festive decorations, Christmas trees, lights, unique and interesting gifts as well as delicious food & drink from local, national and international producers.
Shop our exclusive offers in-store across the four-day event, so whether you’re looking for the perfect gift for a loved one, food for Christmas, or Christmas cards to post, we have it all!
Delicious Delights & Warming Drinks
From festive treats to warming drinks, our Garden Cafe, Wood Fired Kitchen, and street food vans provide a feast for the senses.
The Garden Cafe will, as always, will be offering our range of popular, premium dishes throughout the weekend, as well as some festive extras! Baked by our in-house baking team, we will also be offering our usual cake counter, packed full of delicious treats to enjoy with a warming drink.
Eat in at the Garden Cafe or the Wood Fired Kitchen or grab some tasty takeaway street food from the vans and listen to some live music on the terrace! The Wood Fired Kitchen will also be offering takeaway pizzas so you can enjoy them on The Terrace.
KingSharp's Knife and Tool Sharpening
KingSharp Cumbria will be at the wooden gates, sharpening anything with a blade, on the following day:
- Thursday 4th December: 12 noon - 5pm
- Friday 5th, Saturday 6th, and Sunday 7th December: 10am - 4pm
We cannot wait to host this four-day spectacular, and we really do hope you will join us for a fantastic weekend of festive fun!