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The Christmas Market gives visitors and residents a truly festive experience, with a traditional, high quality event for all the family. Previous Next. Thursday 2nd December to Sunday 5th December Days to go…. Information for visitors.

Always keep your children in sight, it can be easy to lose them in the crowds. This website is informational born through a love of the Lincoln Christmas Market and wanting to help those coming to the Market.

We are not part of the organisaton team. The market is organised, paid for and run by The City of Lincoln council. To organise the market is a huge undertaking, with security, operational staff, road closures, safety inspections, organising stall holders, and so, so much more.

Most years, The City of Lincoln council will make a financial loss running the market, with the sole purpose of promoting that Lincoln is one of the best cities in the United Kingdom, and a fantastic place to visit and stay. The market attendance and size grows most years. This ambitious gift to the city brings tourism and wider audiences to Lincoln helping the businesses that define Lincolnshire grow.

For most questions, please look around this website. We've done our best to address and answer all questions that might arise. If you cannot find an answer, the City of Lincoln Council contact details are by email: christmasmarket lincoln.

If you're a stall holder or wish to be a stall holder - you can apply online here where you will find more information on the process. Where to Stay in Lincoln. Other Christmas Things to Do. How to Get to Lincoln Christmas Market. FAQs for the Market. When is the Lincoln Christmas Market ? LN1 3AA. How much is the Lincoln Christmas Market?

There is a charge for the Markets park-and-ride which varies on day, age and other factors. Extra trains are chartered especially for the Christmas Market period, to meet demand. Buses: There will be regular hopper buses from the city centre to the Market. For tours companies or national coach services, please check your local operators. By Car. Parking There is no parking in the vicinity of the Christmas Market so all cars should use the dedicated Christmas Market Park and Ride service which operates from the Lincolnshire Showground on the A15 just north of Lincoln.

Visitors travel from far and wide to attend the market, which has grown from just 11 stalls to now having over Some have previously questioned whether or not the Lincoln Christmas Market should go ahead this year between December 2 and 5, especially with it attracting , visitors to the city.

Safety measures will be put in place, but it has not yet been confirmed exactly what they will be. Stallholders will also be asked as per previous years to dress in Victorian-style attire, with the theme continued within their stall. Then, stalls and costumes will be judged, with the top three receiving cash prizes. The Christmas market has been held in Lincoln since and is widely considered to be the oldest such market in the country.

Colin and his mum at Lincoln County Hospital. Mrs McFarlane first visited hospital following concerns from her carers across November , and had to wait two hours in the ambulance before then facing another 12 hours to be placed in a bed.

She was discharged, but family and carers again called an ambulance on Tuesday morning when she spent an hour and a half in the vehicle ambulance and then waited 14 hours for a bed at 1.

Colin has since called on people to take more care when deciding whether to visit the hospital, including not going if not necessary and wearing a mask outside of hospitals. Lincoln County Hospital is completely overwhelmed. Since his initial tweets, Colin said he had a number of people tweet him their own experiences, including one who said she had waited six hours in the ambulance recently. Colin said in the current situation that more facilities were needed, including a potential private hospital which could take an overflow of patients if needed like other major cities in the UK.

He also used the opportunity called for more mask wearing to tackle increasing numbers of COVID patients at the hospital. He said he was expected to wear a mask when working, and he saw them around the hospital — but once he stepped outside he saw very few people. Testing times. However, Colin has praised the care his mum has received and has been tweeting out photos of the hard working staff to thank them. Update: Meadow Lane has been reopened.

Police said there was a small number of minor injuries, with a year-old boy suffering a broken arm and a year-old girl taken to hospital as a precaution.

Meadow Lane in North Hykeham has been closed by police after a school bus came off the road and landed on its side in a ditch. Emergency services at the scene on Thursday morning.

There were 60 children on the bus at the time, who were heading to North Kesteven Academy and Sir Robert Pattinson Academy, and parents reported their children were trapped on the vehicle. Police told reporters that there were a small number of minor injuries, with a year-old boy suffering a broken arm and a year-old girl taken to hospital as a precaution.