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If you would like more information about the Lincoln Christmas Market, please contact:

Christmas Market Team
City of Lincoln Council
DDES
Beaumont Fee
Lincoln
LN1 1DD

Tel: 01522 873540
Fax: 01522 873553
Email: events@lincoln.gov.uk

Welcome to Lincoln Christmas Market

Christmas Market 2010 – Thursday 2nd December – Sunday 5th December

Christmas lights

Christmas lights

A contemporary cathedral city with over 2,000 years of history, Lincoln is the perfect place to visit over the festive period. Take a trip back through time and stroll along the cobbles the cultural quarter of the city. The medieval square between the impressive Norman castle and magnificent gothic cathedral is the perfect backdrop for the Christmas Market.

Visitors are welcomed to this beautiful city and the traditional Christmas Market, where you will enjoy cultural entertainment and stroll around 300 stalls nestled with in the medieval square and surrounding area.

Lincoln Christmas Market has developed dramatically since it began as the UK’s first German-style traditional market with just 11 stalls. The Christmas Market gives visitors and residents a truly festive experience, with a traditional, high quality event for all the family.

Posted on July 9, 2009 in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Boost for Lincoln as Christmas Market proves popular

Stunning setting for Christmas Market

Stunning setting for Christmas Market

More than 300 stalls are packing up, thousands of people are making their way home and the festive music no longer plays out into uphill Lincoln – another Christmas Market is over for another year.

Over four days, thousands of visitors took to the streets of Lincoln to visit the famed Christmas Market. Whilst there, they ate more than 8,000 bratwurst sausages, drank around 1,000 litres of gluwein and more than 600 children visited Father Christmas.

The City of Lincoln Council, which organises the event, is hailing it as a huge success, with the influx of visitors helping to boost the city’s economy. Hotel rooms were booked for miles around, more than 9,000 cars used the park and ride and the city’s restaurants and shops were full of customers. The council estimates that the four-day event is worth around £10 million for the local economy.

The lost elves entertain passers by

The lost elves entertain passers by

“We’ve listened to our residents and our visitors and continued to improve the quality of the Christmas Market once again this year,”

said Councillor Darren Grice, Leader of the City of Lincoln Council. “This is a determined move towards a more traditional, family friendly event.

“The children’s entertainment has gone down really well this year. The children loved visiting Father Christmas by the fireside at Judge’s Lodgings, the balloon modelling elf was a real hit, and young and old alike found the musical Christmas pudding very funny!”

Despite the recession still gripping in England, reports show that more people visited the Christmas Market this year than last. The medieval market at Bishops Palace saw 7,000 visitors on Friday evening, compared with 1,800 on the same night in 2008. The Park and Ride service from the Lincolnshire Showground saw almost 800 more cars than last year.

Amanda Batham, Events Team Leader for the City of Lincoln Council, said: “We’ve worked really hard with businesses and other organisations this year to make the most of this fabulous event, and it’s really paid off. I’d like to thank all our sponsors and partners, without whom the event would not have been the success it was.”

Stallholder at the Christmas Market 2009

Stallholder at the Christmas Market 2009

This year, the Christmas Market went interactive, with videos and images uploaded throughout the event. An elf hired to be the market mascot used Twitter to send out messages about entertainment, answer people’s questions about stall locations and give directions.

Chris Dunbar, Communications Manager for the City of Lincoln Council, said: “Social media such as Twitter, YouTube and Flickr is all free to use, and can really enhance a visitor’s experience of the Christmas Market. We had 120 followers on our Twitter feed, and more than 3,000 people looked at pictures on the Flickr site on Thursday alone, so we think it’s been a big hit. We’ve got some really good videos on YouTube, and they’ll be there throughout the year, promoting Lincoln and encouraging people to come to next year’s Christmas Market.”

Lincoln Christmas Market at a glance:

Visitors to the Tourist Information Centre: 4,990
Visitors to the medieval market at Bishop’s Palace: 40,000
Visitors to the Museum of Lincolnshire Life (Saturday and Sunday only): 3,483
Father Christmas visits: 600
Park and ride: 9,337
Coaches: 628
Comments on Christmas Market website: 175
Visitors to Flickr site: 9,413
Followers on Twitter: 120
Tweets: 99

To let us know what you thought of the Lincoln Christmas Market 2009, click on the ‘comment’ link below.

Posted on December 6, 2009 in Press, Residents, Visitors | 5 Comments

The market so far…

Stunning setting for Christmas Market

Stunning setting for Christmas Market

Two days into the market and the event is going fantastically with a good time being had by all! The event was kicked off to a great start by the opening ceremony outside Lincoln Cathedral last night and has continued with some fantastic weather today.
We’ve been roaming the crowds, talking to stallholders and visitors. We’ve uploaded some of these videos to YouTube and you can find them here: http://www.youtube.com/user/cityoflincolncouncil.
You can also find the latest pictures from the event on our Flickr page here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cityoflincolncouncil/sets/72157622912929042/.
If you’ve visited over the last two days we hope you had a great time; if you’re planning on visiting we hope to see you here!

Posted on December 4, 2009 in Photos, Videos | 9 Comments

Park and ride location

The Christmas Market park and ride is located at the Lincolnshire Showground on the A15.

For sat nav users, the postcode is LN2 2NA.

Posted on December 3, 2009 in Advice, Parking, Travel, Visitors | No Comments »