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Oban Winter Festival 2026: Reindeer, Winter Woods and Whisky
Oban Winter Festival runs from Friday 13 November to 20 December 2026, turning a west coast ferry town into a place worth staying in for the winter.
Most people see Oban for an hour. They...
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Guisborough Christmas Parade: Santa, Reindeer and a 900-Year-Old Priory
Guisborough Christmas Parade has taken place on the first Tuesday of December in recent years, featuring Santa, live reindeer, and a free festival in a North Yorkshire market town that most visitors drive straight...
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Bridlington Yuletide Fayre: Costume, Lanterns and the Priory
Bridlington Yuletide Fayre fills the Old Town with costumed traders, street music and a lantern walk to the Priory and back, on a Sunday at the turn of November and December.
Most visitors know Bridlington...
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Staithes Christmas Tree Light-Up: Carols by the Harbour in Captain Cook’s Village
Staithes Christmas Tree Light-Up is a free community evening by the harbour, with carol singing, mulled wine and mince pies, in the North Yorkshire fishing village where a teenage James Cook first worked.
Most people...
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National Coal Mining Museum Christmas 2026: Lanterns and Santa
National Coal Mining Museum Christmas starts on Saturday 21 November 2026 with a free lantern festival at the old Caphouse Colliery near Wakefield, and runs to Christmas Eve.
Most people think of the National Coal...
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Glow Harlow Carr 2026: Tips, Tickets and the Spa Garden Story
Glow Harlow Carr 2026 runs on selected dates from 26 November to 30 December, and the lights are only half the story. Every guide tells you about the trail. Few mention that the garden...
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Fountains Abbey Christmas Market 2026: Little Bird Guide
Fountains Abbey is the Yorkshire day out everyone has seen: the great ruin, the lawns, the water garden in summer. The popular version is a picnic in July with the tower in the background.
Go...
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Grassington Christmas Market 2026: Dates and Visitor Guide
Grassington is the Dales village of postcards: a cobbled Square, stone cottages, the River Wharfe a short walk away. In summer the Square fills with walkers and cyclists, and the cafes run out of...
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