Indoor Christmas market at the Mountbatten Centre with local makers, artists and bakers selling gifts and keepsakes.
The Mountbatten Centre Indoor Christmas Market is on Saturday 7 November, from 10:00, at the Mountbatten Centre in Portsmouth. It's an indoor market, so you're out of the wind and rain while you browse, and it's one of those early-season dates that lets you get your Christmas shopping sorted well before the December rush.
The stalls are the main draw here. You'll find artisan creations and unique gifts, the kind of things you can't just pick up on a high street, alongside festive decor to get your own place looking the part. There's also street food and seasonal indulgences on the go, so you can stop for a bite and a drink between the stalls.
It fits into the wider market scene across the city, which tends to centre on local makers, artists, bakers and creatives, with gifts, keepsakes and locally made products at the heart of the offering. Portsmouth has a few regular fixtures you might already know: a city-centre market on Commercial Road every Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 9am to 4.30pm, which does street food and fresh produce; a weekly market at Cosham Precinct every Monday except Bank Holidays, 9am to 4.30pm, with a lean on plants and fresh produce; and the Love Southsea Markets on Palmerston Road, which run on the first and third weekend of each month.
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This one is a bit different from those, though. It's a one-off indoor event rather than a weekly outdoor stall, and the focus is firmly on the Christmas side of things—the gifts, the decor and the seasonal treats. It opens at 10:00 on Saturday 7 November at the Mountbatten Centre.
