Festive First Look

St Michael's Hospice is kicking off its Christmas Market with Festive First Look on Friday 13 November, from 6pm to 8pm. It's an adults-only evening of relaxed browsing, designed to let you get around the stalls before the crowds arrive the next day. Spaces are limited, so it's the sort of thing you'll want to book early if you're planning to go.

That evening opens the hospice's wider Christmas Market, which runs through the weekend: Saturday 14 November, 10.30am to 4pm, and Sunday 15 November, 10.30am to 3pm. The grounds fill with stalls of local handmade crafts, jewellery, gifts and decorations, alongside festive refreshments, sweet treats and drinks, live music and family-friendly games. There's a Santa's Grotto in the hospice garden where you can share your wish list with Santa and take a festive photo.

The weekend is sponsored by Percy Walker Solicitors and TE Connectivity, and the hospice's festive programme continues across Hastings and Rother with 'Lights of Love' events and an Outlet Sale at the donation centre. St Leonards Warrior Square is the nearest station, about a nine-minute walk from the venue at 25 Upper Maze Hill, St Leonards-on-Sea, Hastings, TN38 0LB. The Festive First Look runs from 6pm to 8pm on Friday 13 November.