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Twelve days to go before the ‘chalet’ doors open on this year’s Bath Christmas Market, and this annual festive event has just been named the best-rated market to visit this year.
Online slots site https://www.amazonslots.com/ has analysed the Google ratings of each Christmas market in the UK that has been confirmed for 2026/27.
The exact average star rating of each market determined the ranking, and only markets with more than 10 reviews have been included in the study.
Bath Christmas Market is the best-rated Christmas market this year, with 4.43 stars on average.
The market runs from Thursday 26 November to Sunday 13 December across the city and includes 245 stalls, with 80% of traders from the South West, making it perfect for picking up local goodies.
Mukesh Pawar, a spokesperson for Amazon Slots, comments:
“Christmas markets offer visitors the chance to discover independent traders and sample food and drink, all while getting into the festive spirit.
“It’s interesting to see that the markets with the highest ratings, such as Bath and Folkestone, tend to be those with a strong focus on local and independent traders, rather than some of the bigger, more commercial markets, including Edinburgh and Leicester Square, which sit in the bottom half of the table.
Overall, visitors seem to enjoy smaller, charming markets over the big events.”
Methodology:
The Google ratings of Christmas markets in the UK that have been confirmed for 2026/27 were analysed to calculate their exact average star rating.
Markets with fewer than 10 reviews, stately-home and visitor-attraction markets, markets outside the UK, small-town fairs, one-off or venue-bound craft fairs and year-round markets were excluded from the study.
