Free Christmas pop-up on Guildhall Square with a festive bar, food stalls, retail chalets and a Santa's Grotto.
Christmas on the Square opens at Guildhall Square on Friday 20 November and runs through to Thursday 31 December, turning the city centre into a winter pop-up. It's a good time to get your Christmas shopping sorted, with retail chalets and a Santa's Grotto alongside a festive bar, street food, and a family-festive trail. The retail huts and the Grotto only run until 24 December, so if you're planning a visit with the kids, you'll want to head in before Christmas Eve.
It sits in the middle of Salisbury's wider festive scene. The trees around Market Place are wrapped in lights, the cathedral spire looks over the square, and the medieval streets are decorated throughout the season. Salisbury Cathedral is an eight-minute walk away, and it's at its most atmospheric in Advent, with Advent and Christmas services, concerts, and ticketed events. The Sunday festive markets in Market Place add a slower pace to the city's regular Saturday market of local traders and street food, and there are more than 180 independent shops across the city centre to browse.
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Entry to Christmas on the Square is free. The main site is open 11am to 10pm daily, though the retail huts close earlier at 6pm. Street food hours vary: 11am to 7pm Monday to Wednesday, 11am to 8pm Thursday to Saturday, and 11am to 6pm on Sundays. The whole thing closes on 25 and 26 December.
