The time-warp Christmas market where everyone dresses as Victorians – but it’s only open for 4 days
WHILE travelling back in time isn’t possible, there is one festive attraction that does a pretty good job of transporting visitors back to the past.
The Stratford-upon-Avon Victorian Christmas Market is home to over 300 stalls where traders dress up in authentic Victorian clothing.
At the market, visitors can expect to find stalls selling festive street food, mulled wine, cider, and hot chocolate.
Other attractions include a traditional Victorian carousel ride, live music, choirs, dance groups, and stilt walkers.
Visitors will also get the chance to meet Father Christmas and his reindeer.
While the Christmas market is free to enter, Brits will need to pay for any purchases they make during the day.
But visitors will have to plan their break carefully, because the market is only open for four days from December 7, 2023, to December 10, 2023.
The Victorian market spans several streets in Stratford Upon Avon including Waterside, Bridge Street, Henley Street, High Street, and Meer Street.
Stratford Upon Avon is a two-hour drive from London, and a 50-minute drive from Birmingham.
It also has a train station, with direct links to Birmingham Moor Street Station.
In recent years, holidaymakers have been raving about the little-known Christmas market on Facebook too.
One person wrote: “I love this place.”
While another said: “We go to it every year, and it’s brilliant.”
A third person added: “I’ve already booked a hotel for this year, I love the Christmas market.”
Last year, TikTok user Soph, who is known as sophsnextchapter on the social media platform, posted a video all about her visit.
The footage showed wooden stalls decorated with Christmas lights, tinsel and baubles.
She said: “Honestly, it was so festive and I am so happy we visited.”
But the Stratford Upon Avon Christmas market isn’t the only place where holidaymakers can go back in time.
The living museum of Beamish in County Durham also gives visitors a glimpse into what life would have been like between the 1820s – 1950s.
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