Author: Ben Berry

Windermere hosted its third successful Christmas Celebration last weekend despite challenging circumstances. Thousands of residents and visitors braved wind and rain on the Saturday and bustled shoulder to shoulder on a very busy, sunny Sunday. The event hosted over thirty stalls featuring local Christmas Craft as well as food and drink, all complemented by street performers and live music. The community… Read more →

Father Christmas has lost some naughty elves in Windermere and needs help tracking them down. The elves are causing trouble around the town and Father Christmas has made the unprecedented plea for public help in tracking them down. The Elves are missing from Elf School and have left notes with what they are planning to get up to. Father Christmas… Read more →

Shoppers and traders are being given a festive boost with free parking on South Lakeland District Council (SLDC) operated pay-and-display car parks on Sundays in December in the run-up to Christmas. The offer applies to the Westmorland Shopping Centre Car Park in Kendal and all pay-and-display car parks operated by SLDC in the district, with the specific exceptions of the… Read more →

Photos come courtesy of Gordon Shoosmith. Can you see yourself? Read more →

The team behind Windermere Christmas Celebration are very excited to see you over the weekend. Don’t forget to wrap up warm and we’ll do the rest!   See you and your family on High Street, Victoria Street and Cross Street 11am to 8pm Saturday 10am to 4pm Sunday Read more →

The Windermere Christmas Celebration team are deeply humbled by the massive financial support that has come forward for this year’s event. Large and small donations from local businesses and organisations have come forward to support the exciting family friendly Christmas event. The sponsors and supporters have grown both in number and size of support from last year. The team thank:… Read more →

Windermere is set to host another successful Christmas Celebration on Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th December as organisers disclose record stallholder interest and a quadrupling of the entertainment budget. The family friendly weekend festival builds on what was reported as being Windermere’s busiest trading day in 30 years at last year’s event. The Christmas event continues to focus on food, drink and… Read more →

Hi Everyone! Just a quick note to let you know why we’ve changed the name to Windermere Christmas Celebration. There are some fun and exciting laws and rules about Markets in the UK. These include things like the Market Charter given to Ambleside in 1650 by James II and the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 Section 16A. Basically all this… Read more →

The volunteer steering group that put together Windermere Christmas Market met yesterday at the Lindeth Howe in Bowness-on-Windermere to discuss how we are going to make our Community Christmas celebration even better for 2017. Here are some of the items we discussed: · We are well ahead in paid up stall holders than at this point last year and are… Read more →