This year, Manchester\u2019s council-run markets promise to be an enormous affair. There will be\u00a010 fairs in total scattered across the city centre, made up of more than 200 alpine huts full of Christmas crafts and festive grub.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Most excitingly, the event\u2019s\u00a0biggest market on Albert Square, which been absent for the past six years to allow for work on Manchester Town Hall,\u00a0will make a brilliant, triumphant return as a festive wonderland titled \u2018A Taste of Christmas\u2019.\u00a0Here\u2019s everything you need to know about Britain\u2019s greatest Christmas market for 2025.<\/p>\n
When is Manchester Christmas Markets?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Manchester\u2019s Christmas Markets return on Friday, November 7 and will stick around until December\u00a022. \u2018A Taste of Christmas\u2019 on Albert Square, the ice rink and the stalls at Cathedral Gardens will remain open until January 4.\u00a0<\/p>\n
What are its opening times?\u00a0<\/p>\n
The craft stalls will be open from 10am until 8pm each day while the food and drinks stalls will keep serving until 9pm.\u00a0<\/p>\n
![\"Festive](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1762517649_834_image.webp.webp\")
\nPhotograph: Pei Yan \/ Shutterstock.com
<\/p>\n
What are the main attractions?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Albert Square\u2019s \u2018A Taste of Christmas\u2019 is the centrepiece of the markets, with a walk-through experience, gaming, a traditional carousel, a 50ft ferris wheel and a helter skelter, as well as the traditional stalls.\u00a0 A local councillor reckons that the\u00a0big wheel could be \u2018one of the biggest Ferris wheels in the world\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n
There\u2019s also the Skate Manchester ice rink in Cathedral Gardens and the jubilant Christmas parade through the city, which is happening on December 7.\u00a0<\/p>\n
You\u2019ll find the rest of the market at St Ann\u2019s Square, King Street, Exchange Square, Exchange Street, The Corn Exchange, New Cathedral Street, Market Street, Cathedral Gardens and the Winter Gardens at Piccadilly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
How to get there<\/p>\n
The markets are spread all throughout Manchester city centre, so they won\u2019t be hard to find. The easiest way to get there will be on public transport. You can arrive by train into Victoria and Piccadilly Stations, which are both an easy walk to the markets, or you can take trams or buses that run every 12 minutes into the city centre. The most convenient car parks for the markets are at\u00a0Piccadilly Plaza and Chorlton Street.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Did you see that\u00a0Manchester Christmas Market is also our\u00a0second favourite festive market in all of Europe<\/a>?<\/p>\n