{"id":531107,"date":"2025-10-27T12:46:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T12:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/531107\/"},"modified":"2025-10-27T12:46:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T12:46:14","slug":"birminghams-other-christmas-market-showcasing-the-west-midlands-best-craft-traders-also-returns-this-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/531107\/","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham\u2019s Other Christmas Market, Showcasing The West Midlands\u2019 Best Craft Traders, Also Returns This November"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Christmas-at-the-Cathederal-Square-Birmingham-22-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"Stilt walker Ef at Christmas at Cathedral Square\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCredit: Christmas at Cathedral Square<\/p>\n<p>    Save<\/p>\n<p>The near-legendary <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/secretbirmingham.com\/birmingham-frankfurt-christmas-market-2025-seven-weeks\/\" rel=\"follow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretbirmingham.com\/birmingham-frankfurt-christmas-market-2025-seven-weeks\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_0\" data-category=\"click_internal\">Frankfurt Christmas Market<\/a><\/strong> returns to Birmingham this weekend (Saturday, November 1). To many, it\u2019s the first sign of Christmas and all the magic that comes with it, but to others, it\u2019s a festive hellhole full of cheap tat, overpriced foods, and suffocating crowds.<\/p>\n<p>So, if you\u2019re looking for an <strong>alternative Christmas market (or, rather, a supplement)<\/strong> in Birmingham\u2014somewhere with craft gifts, local foods, and a stunning location\u2014look no further than the <strong>Christmas in Cathedral Square Craft Market<\/strong>, which is located within the grounds of the Grade 1 listed Birmingham Cathedral.<\/p>\n<p> <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-20454 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Christmas-at-the-Cathederal-Square-Birmingham-30.jpg\" alt=\"Musicians at Christmas in Cathedral Square\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\"  \/>Credit: Christmas in Cathedral Square <\/p>\n<p>Having only launched in 2021, Birmingham\u2019s Christmas in Cathedral Square Craft Market has quickly become a local favourite and the go-to place for the West Midlands\u2019 very best independent traders at Christmastime. And this, there are 40 days of trading, from Fri<strong>day, November 7, to Wednesday, December 24<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p> <b>What will I find there?<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>Each year, Christmas in Cathedral Square hosts <strong>more than 60 handpicked businesses<\/strong> across the festive period\u2014with everything from arts and crafts to festive food and drink. Changing stalls throughout means weekly visits are encouraged, while the craft market aims to only host <strong>handmade, locally-produced, quality, value for money, and sustainably conscious products<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20453\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Christmas-at-the-Cathederal-Square-Birmingham-21.jpg\" alt=\"Christmas in Cathedral Square\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\"  \/>Credit: Christmas in Cathedral Square <\/p>\n<p>Not only that, but you will find one of the most gorgeous <a href=\"https:\/\/secretbirmingham.com\/uk-christmas-markets-to-visit\/\" rel=\"follow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretbirmingham.com\/uk-christmas-markets-to-visit\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_1\" data-category=\"click_internal\">Christmas markets in the UK<\/a>\u2014home to cute, wooden chalets, the iconic St Philip\u2019s Cathedral as their backdrop, and all lit up by glittery lights everywhere you look. Plus, the <strong>Pigeon in the Park pop-up pub!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <b>What time is it open?<\/b> <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight:400;\">Monday to Wednesday, 11am to 9pm<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight:400;\">Thursday to Saturday, 11am to 9pm<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight:400;\">Sunday, 12 noon to 9pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: Christmas at Cathedral Square Save The near-legendary Frankfurt Christmas Market returns to Birmingham this weekend (Saturday, November&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":531108,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,35745,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-531107","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-christmas","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115446205355193575","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=531107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/531108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=531107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=531107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=531107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}