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Where to Photograph Christmas Lights

We are attempting to list all places where photographers can photograph Christmas Lights within the UK. This is by no means an exhaustive list, but those we have been able to identify from searching the internet. Information has been obtained from various different places. This is the start of a list that will both grow over time and hopefully we will be able to add more columns of information.

This list primarily lists those towns and cities that have Christmas light switch-on's, and many of the links take you to the information on what takes place at the switch-on, or to pictures of the switch-on event. So these are places where you can see and photograph lights. Switch-on's in most places start towards the end of November and into the first two weeks of December, but many then stay on until the New Year so there is plenty of time and opportunities to get your pics. We also tried to identify some of the streets and communities that decorate their houses in order to raise funds for charity, and although we have listed some here, there are going to be many more that we have missed. If your local lights are missing then please let us know and we will add it to this list. We would also like to see your photographs as well.

You will notice that in most instances we have listed only the name of the town and normally it will be the high street or main shopping area that has the lights on. In the case of London and a few other cases we have mentioned the road/street name where we have been able to identify it.

Town

County

Website Link

Notes

Ayrshire

Irvine

AYR

 

 

Kilmarnock

AYR

 

 

Kilwinning AYR    
West Kilbride Yuletide Night AYR    
Buckinghamshire

High Wycombe

BKM

 

 

Berkshire

Eton

BRK

Royal Windsor

 

Windsor

BRK

Royal Windsor

 

Cambridgeshire

Cambridge

CAM

 

 

Peterborough

CAM

 

 

Cheshire
Chester CHS    

Sandbach

CHS

 

 

Cornwall

Mousehole Christmas Lights    

COW

Mousehole Christmas Illuminations

 

Derbyshire

Ashbourne

DBY

 

 

Bakewell

DBY

 

 

Buxton

DBY

 

 

Chesterfield

DBY

 

 

Derby

DBY

 

 

Glossop

DBY

 

 

Ilkeston

DBY

 

 

Long Eaton

DBY

 

 

Matlock

DBY

 

 

Ripley

DBY

 

 

Swadlincote

DBY

 

 

Devon

Bideford

DEV

 

 

Clovelly

DEV

Visit Devon

 

Durham

Sunderland

DUR

 

 

Essex

Basildon

ESS

 

 

Billercay

ESS

 

 

Colchester

ESS

 

 

Fife

Dunfermline

FIF

Dunfermline Switch On

 

Glamorgan

Cardiff

GLA

Winter Wonderland

 

Swansea GLA Swansea Christmas  
Gloucestershire

Bourton on the Water

GLS

Explore Gloucestershire Xmas Lights

SoGlos Xmas Lights

 

Bristol

GLS

Visit Bristol

 

Cheltenham

GLS

SoGlos Light Events

 

Chipping Campden

GLS

Explore Gloucestershire Xmas Lights

 

Cinderford

GLS

SoGlos Light Events

 

Cirencester

GLS

SoGlos Light Events

 

Coleford

GLS

SoGlos Light Events

 

Fairford

GLS

Explore Gloucestershire Xmas Lights

 

Gloucester

GLS

SoGlos Light Events

 

Lechlade

GLS

SoGlos Light Events

 

Lydney

GLS

SoGlos Light Events

 

Moreton in the Marsh

GLS

SoGlos Light Events

 

Nailsworth

GLS

SoGlos Light Events

 

Newent

GLS

SoGlos Light Events

 
Stonehouse GLS SoGlos Light Events  
Stow on the Wold GLS

The Spirit of Stow

 

Stroud

GLS

Explore Gloucestershire Xmas Lights

Goodwill Evening

 

Tetbury

GLS

Explore Gloucestershire Xmas Lights

SoGlos Light Events

 

Tewkesbury

GLS

SoGlos Light Events

 

Winchcombe GLS Explore Gloucestershire  

Wotton under Edge

GLS

 

 

Hampshire
Andover HAM    

Angus Kirk

Herefordshire

Hereford

HEF

 

 

Kent
Canterbury KEN Xmas in Canterbury  

Faversham

KEN

Faversham Xmas Lights

 

Herne Bay

KEN

 

 
Whitstable KEN Xmas in Whitstable  
Lancashire

Ashton Under Lyne

LAN

Tameside Xmas Lights

 

Audenshaw

LAN

Tameside Xmas Lights

 

Blackpool

LAN

Blackpool Christmas

 

Bolton

LAN

 

 

Denton

LAN

Tameside Xmas Lights

 

Droylsden

LAN

Tameside Xmas Lights

 

Dukinfield

LAN

Tameside Xmas Lights

 

Hyde

LAN

Tameside Xmas Lights

 

Liverpool

LAN

Liverpool Xmas Lights

 

Manchester

LAN

Manchester Xmas Lights

 

Mossley

LAN

Tameside Xmas Lights

 

Preston

LAN

Preston Lights

 

Stalybridge

LAN

Tameside Xmas Lights

 
London

Bond Street

LDN

Bond Street Switch On Details

Richard Baker

Carnaby Street

LDN

Carnaby Lights

Chingford, E4

LDN

 

Covent Garden

LDN

Covent Garden Lights

Marylebone

LDN

Marylebone Switch On Details

Oxford Street

LDN

Oxford Street Lights

Regent Street

LDN

Regent Street Switch On Details

Amanda Farah

Trafalgar Square Tree

LDN

Trafalgar Tree

 

Lincolnshire

Spalding

LIN

 

 

Mid Lothian

Edinburgh

MLN

Edinburgh Christmas

 

Norfolk

Beccles

NFK

 

 

Diss

NFK

 

 

Great Yarmouth

NFK

 

 

Holt

NFK

 

 

Norwich

NFK

Norwich Christmas Events

2010 Christmas in Pictures

 

Northamptonshire

Kettering

NTH

 

 

Nottinghamshire
Annesley NTT Experience Nottinghamshire Lights  

Arnold

NTT

Experience Nottinghamshire Lights  

Beeston

NTT

Experience Nottinghamshire Lights

 
Bingham NTT Experience Nottinghamshire Lights  

Blidworth

NTT

Experience Nottinghamshire Lights  

Clumber Park

NTT

Experience Nottinghamshire Lights  
Cotgrave NTT Experience Nottinghamshire Lights  

Eastwood

NTT

Experience Nottinghamshire Lights  

Kimberley

NTT

Experience Nottinghamshire Lights  

Mansfield

NTT

Experience Nottinghamshire Lights  

Mapperley

NTT

Experience Nottinghamshire Lights  

Newark

NTT

Experience Nottinghamshire Lights  

Nottingham

NTT

Experience Nottinghamshire Lights  

Ollerton

NTT

Experience Nottinghamshire Lights  

Radcliffe on Trent

NTT

Experience Nottinghamshire Lights  

Retford

NTT

Experience Nottinghamshire Lights  

Selston

NTT

Experience Nottinghamshire Lights  

Southwell

NTT

Experience Nottinghamshire Lights

 

Stapleford

NTT

Experience Nottinghamshire Lights

 

Tuxford

NTT

Experience Nottinghamshire Lights

 

Underwood

NTT

Experience Nottinghamshire Lights

 

West Bridgford

NTT

Experience Nottinghamshire Lights

 

Worksop

NTT

Experience Nottinghamshire Lights

 
Oxfordshire

Abingdon

OXF

Oxford Lights

 

Banbury

OXF

Oxford Lights

 

Bicester

OXF

Oxford Lights

 

Burford

OXF

Oxford Lights

 

Carterton

OXF

Oxford Lights

 

Charlbury

OXF

Oxford Lights

 

Chipping Norton

OXF

Oxford Lights

 

Didcot

OXF

Oxford Lights

 
Eynsham OXF Oxford Lights  

Faringdon

OXF

Oxford Lights

 

Henley on Thames

OXF

Oxford Lights

 

Kidlington

OXF

Oxford Lights

 

Oxford

OXF

Oxford Lights

 

Thame

OXF

Oxford Lights

 

Wallingford

OXF

Oxford Lights

 

Wantage

OXF

Oxford Lights

 

Witney

OXF

 Oxford Lights

 

Woodstock

OXF

Oxford Lights

 
Shropshire
Bridgnorth SAL    
Cleobury Mortimer SAL    
Dawley Lights and Lantern Parade SAL    
Broseley SAL    
Church Stretton SAL    
Ironbridge SAL    
Ludlow SAL    
Madeley SAL    
Oswestry SAL    
Shifnal SAL    

Shrewsbury

SAL

Shrewsbury Lights

 

Telford

SAL

   
Whitchurch SAL    
Somerset

Bath

SOM

Bath Christmas Market

 
Bridgwater SOM    
Taunton SOM    
Suffolk

Bungay

SFK

 

 

Halesworth

SFK

 

 

Loddon

SFK

 

 

Lowestoft

SFK

 

 

Surrey

Kingston Upon Thames

SRY

Kingston Lights

 

Sussex

Brighton

SSX

Brighton Visitor

 

Hastings

SSX

 

 

Warwickshire

Birmingham

WAR

 

 

Coventry

WAR

 

 

Solihull

WAR

 

 

Sutton Coldfield

WAR

 

 

Westmoreland

Ambleside

WES

Ambleside Lights

 

Wiltshire

Highworth

WIL

 

 

Marlborough WIL    

Tim Norris

Longford Road, Melksham

WIL

Melksham Christmas Lights

Mirror Newspaper Article

 

Alex Goodhind, Longford Road, Melksham, has lit up his street (fathers home) with 180,000 fairy lights and raises money for charity.
Worcestershire

Halesowen

WOR

 

 

Pershore

WOR

 

 

Yorkshire
Stockeld Park, Wetherby YKS The Christmas Adventure Open daily until 6th January 2014. Includes an Illuminated Enchanted Forest and an Ice Rink.

Wakefield Festival of Lights

YKS

 

 

Northern Ireland
Belfast ANT    
Aubrey Dale Aubrey Dale
Fountain Street, Belfast  Aubrey Dale Castle Street, Belfast  Aubrey Dale

See Also:

Carnivals and Illuminations

Photographing carnivals with lights 

Photographing fun fairs

Photographing Street scenes at night 

This list will continue to grow as we come across new places. REMEMBER if know of somewhere that you feel is a good place please let us know.

 


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