St Martin-in-the-Fields Christmas Market

St Martin-in-the-Fields hosts its Christmas market across two weekends this November, run by SoLo Craft Fair. It's spread over the 21st, 22nd, 28th and 29th, with the church crypt, the hall and the main foyer all filling up with over 90 independent stalls. Each day brings a new line-up of makers and designers, so if you can't make the first weekend, the second one will have a different set of people to look through.

Across those stalls you'll find handmade gifts, jewellery, art and homeware. It's a makers market, so the things on show are made by the people behind the stalls rather than sourced from elsewhere. The sheer number of them — more than 90 — means there's plenty to wander through, and the way it's split across the crypt, the hall and the foyer gives you a few different spaces to work your way around.

There's more to it than just the shopping, too. Each day there are two free festive workshops running between 12pm and 4pm, and the Crypt Café has a festive drink on the go if you need a break. SoLo Craft Fair runs makers markets across London throughout the year, and this edition is already on a waiting list for traders, which gives you an idea of the scale they're working to.

Entry is free, and the market runs from 11am to 5pm on all four days: Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 November, then Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 November. You'll find it at St Martin-in-the-Fields Church, Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 4JJ.