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Christmas in Newport is a magical time filled with festive cheer and community spirit. The city transforms into a winter wonderland, with twinkling lights adorning the streets. One of the highlights of the holiday season in Newport is the Christmas market. Visitors can browse through a variety of stalls offering handmade crafts, unique gifts, and delicious food and drink, including mulled wine and traditional Welsh cakes. 

Christmas light switch on

Explore the annual Christmas lights switch-on event, which brings together families and friends to celebrate the start of the festive season. The event is on Saturday 16th November where the countdown to Christmas will begin! You can expect live music, fairground rides, and celebrity guests joining us for the official switch on of Newport city centre’s Christmas lights along with a breath-taking firework display.

Family ACTIVITIES

If you are planning on visiting with your children, there will be Santa’s workshop events and bauble photo opportunities for the family. There is also plenty of festive shows with Dick Whittington playing at the pantomime (at Riverfront) and events in Newport Christmas market such as the male choir shows.

Winter Wonderland

Newport city centre will be hosting a Winter wonderland where you can find a real ice rink, a Ferris Wheel, rides and stalls. Alongside this there will be a Christmas market from Thursday- Sunday during December.

To make things even better the council are introducing free parking every Saturday in council owned city centre car parks from 16th November to 31st December! This means you can come and visit Newport without having to worry about parking.

Why not make your travel even easier…
If you are planning on visiting Newport over Christmas why not extend your day into a stay. Mercure Newport is a 4-star hotel right in the heart of the action. We would be happy to accommodate your stay while you explore all the wonderful Christmas activities Newport has to offer.

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