Sunday 13 December, 10am to 4pm: the market moves to Brightwells, East Street, The Borough and the Bush Hotel courtyard this year. Free bus and Sunday parking.
The Farnham Christmas Market is on Sunday 13 December 2026, from 10am to 4pm, with over 100 stalls and live music. Entry is free, parking that day is free, and Farnham Town Council runs a free hoppa bus across the town. This year it is not on Castle Street: the council now says it will be held in Brightwells, East Street, The Borough and the Bush Hotel courtyard.
Updated 21 October: the council’s stallholder page, revised on 19 October, now names the market’s 2026 location. The public event page still just says “Farnham Town Centre”.
Where the market is this year
The council’s public event page says simply: “The market will take place in Farnham Town Centre.” No caveat, no suggestion anything has changed.
Its stallholder application page, updated on 19 October 2026, names the site: “due the current Farnham Infrastructure Programme works, this year’s Farnham Christmas Market will be taking place in an alternative location in Farnham Town Centre in Brightwells, East Street, The Borough and the Bush Hotel Courtyard.”
So the market moves off Castle Street, where it has usually run alongside The Borough and where the town centre improvement works have been concentrated. Brightwells Yard is the leisure quarter by the Reel Cinema, and the Bush Hotel courtyard sits off The Borough. The council has not yet said which stalls go where, or published a map.
What is confirmed
| Date | Sunday 13 December 2026 |
| Times | 10am to 4pm |
| Where | Brightwells, East Street, The Borough and the Bush Hotel courtyard |
| Stalls | Over 100 |
| Cost | Free to attend |
| Organiser | Farnham Town Council |
The council’s description is handmade gifts, food and drink, and live music. It is a one-day market, not a multi-week one, which is worth knowing if you are planning around it. The council’s news page carries the headline “One-day Christmas market returns to Farnham”, dated 4 December 2025, and 2026 is the same shape.
Getting there: the free bus and the free parking
Two things make this the easiest event of Farnham’s festive season to get to, and both come from the council’s own page.
- A free hoppa bus runs between 10am and 4.30pm, covering north and south Farnham, at 15 to 20 minute intervals depending on traffic.
- Sunday parking is free in every Waverley pay and display car park in Farnham. That is a genuine saving: the same all-day stay in Central costs £24.40 on a weekday. Our Farnham parking page has the car park by car park detail, and Blue Badge holders park free every day.
The council’s own advice is that the town centre will be busy and to avoid driving if you can. There are bike racks a short walk from the site. Check the Farnham roadworks and travel page before you set off, because the town centre works are still running.
If you want a stall
Applications go through the council’s stallholder form. The 2026 pitch prices, all plus VAT, are:
| Pitch | Price |
|---|---|
| Standard 3m x 3m | £140 |
| Half mini marquee | £125 |
| Standard catering | £275 |
| Large catering | £375 |
Premium pitches, electricity, gazebo hire and table hire are charged on top. The council says it responds to applications within two weeks and takes full payment within 28 days of invoice. No closing date has been published, so the practical deadline is whenever the pitches run out.
The other Christmas market, five weeks earlier
If 13 December is too late for your shopping, Farnham Maltings holds its Christmas Fair on Wednesday 18 and Thursday 19 November 2026, with over 130 independent stalls, which is more than the town market has. The Maltings describes it as a two-day festive marketplace of handmade gifts, crafts, food and drink. Its event page now gives the hours and the price: 10am to 9pm on Wednesday 18 November and 10am to 5pm on Thursday 19 November, and £4 a ticket including the £1 booking fee, with under 18s free. Tickets are also sold on the door throughout the fair, the Maltings now says. The late Wednesday opening is the one to aim for if you work in the day.
Before either, the Farnham Christmas lights switch-on is on Saturday 14 November in Gostrey Meadow, with the lights going on at 4.30pm.
Still to be confirmed: a map of the stalls, the stallholder list and the live music line-up. The council usually publishes all three in its Christmas in Farnham brochure in late October or early November. This page will be updated then.
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