Beverley Festival of Christmas

Christmas in East Yorkshire

Fairy lights strung across Beverley's historic streets, a Minster filled with Christmas trees, a parade led by Santa and his reindeer, and a light trail glowing after dark. East Yorkshire knows how to do Christmas properly. It's a season that rewards a little planning too. Popular places to stay and eat fill up early, and the busiest event days need a plan for parking. This page covers all of these things: where to stay, where to eat, where to walk and where to shop local, with a few itineraries to help you put it all together. It's time to get festive!

Christmas events and activities

There's no shortage of things to look forward to as the festive season approaches. Ice sculptures and fire shows in Bridlington, plenty of places to meet Santa, and pantomimes too, because it wouldn't be Christmas without one (oh no it wouldn't!). The star of the show is the Beverley Festival of Christmas on Sunday 13 December. The UK's biggest single-day Christmas market turns Beverley into a Christmas wonderland, with 120 stalls of gifts, food and drink to explore.

Discover what's on this Christmas in East Yorkshire

Two performers dressed as Christmas elves at the Beverley Festival of Christmas

Don't miss this Christmas

 

Christmas itineraries

Itineraries
A couple pushing a pram through Beverley's Saturday Market past a large Christmas tree. Nov 05

How to spend a festive day in Beverley

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Twinkling lights, historic streets, independent shops and cosy places to eat make Beverley one of East Yorkshire's best places to visit during the festive season. Whether…

 

Where to stay for Christmas

Where do you want to be when the afternoon light starts to fade? A country cottage with the log burner already lit and a long table big enough for everyone? A room above a historic inn, with the bar a few steps downstairs? Or a cabin with a hot tub to sink into, under a dark winter sky?

Christmas is made for staying somewhere with character, somewhere you're glad to come back to, with the kettle on and nowhere else you need to be.

Find your perfect place to stay.

The inside of a cosy cottage, with a log burning stove and two magenta sofas.

A few of our favourite Christmas stays

 

Eating and drinking

Pub fires lit by lunchtime. Menus that turn to roasts and puddings. Mulled wine in your hand at a Christmas market, and a table booked for the people you most want to see. Christmas is a food season, and East Yorkshire is a great place to enjoy it, from a Christmas Day lunch that someone else cooks to a night out with the team. Much of what ends up on your plate comes from farms and producers close by, and you can meet some of them further down this page.

Find out more about East Yorkshire's food and drink scene.

A festive sandwich

Christmas Day lunch

The Ship Inn

The Ship Inn

The Ship Inn is located on the Coast with the Most on the East Yorkshire Coastline, perfectly placed…

Christmas nights out with colleagues

 

Beverley Arms' festive afternoon tea

Win a festive afternoon tea for two at the Beverley Arms

Afternoon tea is the perfect best excuse to sit down and relax amidst all the hecticness of Christmas. We've teamed up with The Beverley Arms Hotel, in the heart of Beverley, to give one lucky winner and a guest a festive afternoon tea for two: sandwiches, home-made savouries and a stand of sweet treats, served in one of the town's most characterful venues.

Enter by midnight on Sunday 29 November. Terms and conditions apply.

Enter the competition.

 

Shop local this Christmas

A lot of what ends up on the Christmas table comes from East Yorkshire: the turkey, the sprouts, the chocolates, the smoked salmon and the chutney.

We've been visiting the farms, makers and producers behind it, and this section links to each of them with where to buy.

Explore most of East Yorkshire's local food and drink producers.

A container full of sprouts and cabbage grown at Frith Farm in East Yorkshire

Meet some of the people who make Christmas happen

 

Christmas inspiration

 

Plan your perfect East Yorkshire Christmas

 

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