Christmas Markets and Fairs in Surrey 2026

Craft in Focus runs two fairs side by side at RHS Hilltop, Wisley's gardening science building: a Contemporary Craft Fair and the Desire Jewellery & Silversmithing Fair, with one admission covering both. The RHS describes them as a showcase for designer-makers, contemporary jewellers and silversmiths.

Entry is included in normal garden admission, and RHS members get in free. There is no need to book.

Wisley's winter light trail runs on selected evenings from late November into the new year. This year's trail includes a 'field of fire', giant crocuses, an illuminated garden in the Glasshouse, a fairy village in the Rock Garden and two light shows set to music. For the first time it also opens on Christmas Eve.

Every visitor, including RHS members and children under five, needs a pre-booked ticket for a time slot; you can stay as long as you like once in. Prices depend on the night, from new Super Off Peak tickets to Premium tickets valid on any day. Two quieter sessions for visitors with sensory needs run on Thursday 26 November and Tuesday 1 December (4pm–8.30pm). Dogs are not allowed, apart from assistance dogs.

More than fifty independent stalls fill Guildford Cathedral for two days: art and craft, home décor, fashion and jewellery, food and drink. The cathedral's Seasons Café is open during the fair.

Entry is £3 at the door. You can also pre-book for £3 plus a 35p booking fee and use a fast-track lane; when we checked, the cathedral said the booking link was coming soon.

The National Trust's theme this year is The Twelve Days of Christmas. The ground-floor rooms of the house are dressed with displays based on the carol's twelve verses, and a family trail runs through the grounds, with a small charge and a prize at the end. There is no Father Christmas this year.

The shop stocks Christmas gifts and food, and there is a pop-up second-hand bookshop in the stable block. Quieter 'relaxed hours' in the house run on Tuesdays 1, 8, 15 and 22 December, 10.30am to 11.30am. The National Trust warns it gets very busy, so allow time for parking.

Ramster's Christmas market fills its Jacobean halls and courtyard with stalls selling locally made gifts, food and drink, art and homeware. The teahouse is open for the market weekend.

Ramster has a large free car park. Its Christmas tree sales start at the teahouse on 27 November and run to 20 December.

A four-day indoor Christmas fair at Sandown Park Racecourse, with independent makers, designers and small businesses selling gifts, homeware, decorations, food, fashion and accessories. There are also creative workshops, family activities and a Santa's grotto.

As it is all indoors, it is a reliable choice if the weather turns. Grotto tickets are sold separately, from £20 per child.

Godalming Town Council lines the High Street, Church Street and Crown Court with Christmas stalls: crafts, decorations, gifts, jewellery and festive food and drink, with live entertainment at the Pepperpot. A free Santa's grotto (gift included) runs in the Godalming Museum garden from 10am to 4pm, with last entry at 3.30pm.

As in 2025, the lights switch-on is on a different day: Sunday 22 November at 5pm. On market day, free parking is offered at Godalming College, subject to availability.

Hatchlands Park's Christmas is based on Tom Fletcher's Christmasaurus books, with a family trail of puzzles and games in the parkland and scenes from the stories among the decorated trees and fireplaces of the downstairs rooms.

Both the trail and the house are free once you have paid normal property admission.

Farnham Town Council's one-day market brings more than 100 stalls of handmade gifts and food, with live music, to the town centre. The council advises against driving: a free hoppa bus covers north and south Farnham from 10am to 4.30pm, every 15 to 20 minutes. If you do drive, Sunday parking is free in Waverley's pay and display car parks.

Earlier in the season, the Christmas lights switch-on at Gostrey Meadow on Saturday 14 November (1pm–6pm, free) has food, drink and gift stalls, children's rides and a Santa's grotto, with the lights going on at 4.30pm. There is also a smaller charity Christmas market at St Thomas-on-the-Bourne on Saturday 28 November, 10am–2pm (£3 including a café voucher, children free), in aid of Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice.