{"id":2053,"date":"2021-12-10T03:55:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T03:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/?p=2053"},"modified":"2021-12-10T10:08:48","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T10:08:48","slug":"wellingborough-christmas-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/2021\/12\/10\/wellingborough-christmas-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Wellingborough Christmas Market"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today&#8217;s Advent Calendar window opens for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wellingboroughtowncouncil.gov.uk\/council_events\/?event_month=2021-12-01\">Wellingborough Town Council<\/a>, because they have organised a <strong>Christmas Market<\/strong> tomorrow (Saturday 11th) from 8:30am until 3pm on the Market Square. We spoke to Emma, Projects Officer at Wellingborough Town Council, who said <em>\u201cThere will be a variety of stalls selling gifts, decorations, food and more at Wellingborough Christmas Market, plus we have lots more exciting festive events in the Town Centre too.&#8221;<\/em> Stalls at Wellingborough Christmas Market include: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Christmas-Market-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Christmas-Market-Poster-709x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2054\" width=\"323\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Christmas-Market-Poster-709x1024.jpg 709w, https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Christmas-Market-Poster-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Christmas-Market-Poster.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 323px) 100vw, 323px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Mystical Mosaics<\/li><li>A Touch of Wax<\/li><li>Artlenock Artistry<\/li><li>The Daylight Centre<\/li><li>Izzys bakes<\/li><li>Cashew the Cactus<\/li><li>Grumpy Brands<\/li><li>LDM Leisure<\/li><li>Lulu Belle Loves Paper<\/li><li>Scented Dreams<\/li><li>June Plum<\/li><li>The Food Barn<\/li><li>Sparky&#8217;s Snack Box<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: revert;\">And many more<\/span>!  Shoppers at Wellingborough Christmas Market will also be visited by some of Santa\u2019s real reindeer between 11am and 3pm, pop along and say hello? Plus whilst your in the Town Centre, so why not have some more festive fun at the other events:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Santa<\/strong> will be&nbsp;in his snowy grotto at the <a href=\"https:\/\/swansgateshoppingcentre.com\/whats_on\/christmas\/\">Swansgate Shopping Centre<\/a> from 10am until 4pm, and what\u2019s even better is that entry is completely free! You will be greeted by Santa\u2019s cheeky elves before you can talk to Santa, have your photo taken as well as receiving a free gift for every child!&nbsp;Pre booking for the grotto is recommended but not essential. There will be two queues on the event days, shoppers in the pre-booked queue will be made a priority.&nbsp;Book your tickets&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/swansgate-shopping-centre-santas-grotto-2021-tickets-203919678247\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The United Reform Church on the High Street is hosting their first ever <strong>Christmas Tree Festival<\/strong>. There will be over 35 trees on show, decorated by schools, businesses and individuals from the town, look out for Wellingborough Eco Group&#8217;s Wellie Womble Tree! Visit on Saturday from 10am until 4pm or on Sunday from 1pm until 4pm. Entrance is \u00a32 per adult, accompanied children are free, all proceeds will go toward their Hub project . Refreshments will be available. More about this on tomorrow&#8217;s Advent Calendar&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a <strong>Christmas Craft Market<\/strong> at the Tithe Barn! With cards, candles, pinnies, jewellery, bags; all sorts of unique gifts and accessories; there is something for everyone! Pick up out of the ordinary gifts this year, locally made; something special and different! Join in the tombola fun, in support of Cats Protection. Plus a chance to decorate or dedicate a Christmas Tree bauble, to be hung on the tree in town. Open 10.30am until 4pm, admission is free, refreshments served all day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And to finish off with, All Hallows Church and the Town Council have teamed up together to provide a <strong>Christmas Carol Concert<\/strong> in the grounds of All Hallows Church after the Christmas Market, at 3pm. Everyone is welcome to join the celebrations. Do come along and enjoy a mince pie and non- alcoholic mulled wine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/wellingborough-tc-logo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2057\" width=\"398\" height=\"85\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/wellingborough-tc-logo.png 506w, https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/wellingborough-tc-logo-300x64.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 398px) 100vw, 398px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Wellingborough Town Council was formed following a Community Governance Review in 2018. It consists of 23 councillors who were elected for four years on 6th May 2021. Wellingborough Town Council will aim to provide some&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wellingboroughtowncouncil.gov.uk\/services\/\">local services<\/a>&nbsp;in tandem with other local authorities within the area. It is a community focused council, striving to make Wellingborough a better place to live, work and play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wellingborough Christmas Market has been organised by Wellingborough Town Council with North Northamptonshire Council using the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northnorthants.gov.uk\/news\/funding-help-boost-high-streets-north-northants\">Welcome Back<\/a> fund. North Northamptonshire Council is also using this fund for their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/welcomebackNN\">Hi Street<\/a> campaign to promote our High Streets, and look, even Santa is shopping locally this year:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Santa Claus has been to a town near you!  Support your local High Street this Christmas.\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Zj-F0aWCN-M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Did you spot Santa when he visited Wellingborough while doing his Christmas shopping? Perhaps tomorrow is the day you you can join him? Emma, Projects Officer at Wellingborough Town Council, told us <em>&#8220;Wellingborough is the festive place to be this Saturday. Come to Wellingborough Christmas Market, shop locally, join in the celebrations and have a great time.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s Advent Calendar window opens for Wellingborough Town Council, because they have organised a Christmas Market tomorrow (Saturday 11th) from 8:30am until 3pm on the Market Square. We spoke to Emma, Projects Officer at Wellingborough Town Council, who said \u201cThere will be a variety of stalls selling gifts, decorations, food and more at Wellingborough Christmas &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/2021\/12\/10\/wellingborough-christmas-market\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Wellingborough Christmas Market<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2055,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,39,41,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advent-calendar","category-business","category-charity","category-christmas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2053"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2071,"href":"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2053\/revisions\/2071"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}