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Your complete guide to Christmas events, carols, fairs, markets and other festivities in the New Forest area.
Here is your definitive guide to Christmas in Lymington, Pennington and the New Forest. We have included here Christmas events, Christmas fairs and markets, carol services and crib services, last posting dates, how to get in touch with Father Christmas – and where to find him locally in the run up to Christmas… plus we’ll add other useful information such as changes to refuse collections and where to recycle your tree when it becomes available.
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Christmas Shopping in the New Forest area
There are heaps of great opportuities for Christmas shopping in the New Forest during the run up to Christmas, including craft fayres and bazaars. And do try out craft workshops and sessions where you can make some incredible gifts and decorations. Click on the links for more information and keep an eye on our Events Calendar for more Christmas Events! Many offer a great way to support local charities and causes.
Tueday 5 – Saturday 9 November 2019
Pop up Christmas fair at the Coates Centre, Lymington
Saturday 9 November 2019
Preloved Boutique in aid of Força Strength Against Cancer at Lymington Catholic Church.
Sunday 10, 17 and 24 November 2019
RNLI Christmas Card sale at Royal Lymington Yacht Club
Wednesday 13 November 2019
Christmas Crafts and Sale with Lymington WI at Lymington Community Centre
Thursday 14 November 2019
Spa Christmas Shopping Evening at New Park Manor Hotel with demonstrations, taster treatments and 10% off! Booking essential.
Saturday 16 November 2019
Christmas Wine Tasting at Priory Wines, Lymington
Christmas Open Day at New Forest Aromatics, near Brockenhurst
Friday 29 November 2019
Christmas In Lymington Evening – with Christmas Market, food and drink, music and of course the Mayor will switch on the Christmas lights!
Saturday 30 November 2019
Brockenhurst Christmas Market at Brockenhurst Village Hall.
Beaulieu Village late night shopping evening in the High Street.
Lyndhurst Lights Switch on Evening.
Sunday 1 December 2019
Christmas Fair at the Fortune Centre of Riding Therapy in Bransgore.
Christmas Market in Ringwood.
Christmas Bazaar at Gang Warily Recreation Centre
Wednesday 4 December 2019
CRY Christmas Market in Hedge End, all proceeds to Care and Relief of the Young (CRY)
Friday 6 December 2019
Christmas Shopping Evening with Fizz at The Natural Health Hub in Lymington
Christmas in Pennington with Christmas market, entertainment and lights switch on
Saturday 7 December 2019
Christmas Farmyard at the Countryside Education Trust’s Home Farm in Beaulieu
New Forest Christmas Fair at Exbury Gardens
Sunday 8 December 2019
New Forest Christmas Fair at Exbury Gardens
Tuesday 10 December 2019
Christmas Fair at Warborne Farm, Lymington in aid of South Baddesley School
Wednesday 11 December 2019
Christmas Fair at Warborne Farm, Lymington in aid of South Baddesley School
Festive Fun in the New Forest
Sunday 1 December 2019
New Forest VW Santa Run: convoy of festively decorated VW campers departing the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu with a special delivery of Christmas gifts for Piam Brown unit for children and teenagers with cancer and haematological disorders.
Friday 6 December to Tuesday 10 December
Lymington Christmas Tree Festival at St Thomas Church, with opening concert with the Robins Choir from Lymington Infant School on Friday 6 December.
Saturday 7 December 2019
Christmas Fun Day at New Forest Heritage Centre, with crafts and activities.
Christmas Concert by the Cantaras Choir at St Thomas Church, amongst the Christmas Tree Festival
Victorian Christmas at Beaulieu, travel back in time and see what the Montagu family members would have been doing during the festive season of 1889.
Sunday 8 December 2019
Santa Dash in Lymington in aid of Oakhaven Hospice.
Victorian Christmas at Beaulieu, travel back in time and see what the Montagu family members would have been doing during the festive season of 1889.
Saturday 14 December 2019
Christmas Canoe Paddle along the Beaulieu River to meet Father Christmas, with New Forest Activities
Victorian Christmas at Beaulieu, travel back in time and see what the Montagu family members would have been doing during the festive season of 1889.
Sunday 15 December 2019
Santa on the Quay, Lymington Town Quay – see Santa arrive by boat!
Victorian Christmas at Beaulieu, travel back in time and see what the Montagu family members would have been doing during the festive season of 1889.
Saturday 21 December 2019
The Snowman Film with Live Orchestra at St Thomas Church with the Nova Foresta Classical Players
Christmas Canoe Paddle along the Beaulieu River to meet Father Christmas, with New Forest Activities
Saturday 21 December 2019 – Sunday 1 January 2020 (excluding Christmas Day)
Victorian Christmas at Beaulieu, travel back in time and see what the Montagu family members would have been doing during the festive season of 1889.
Sunday 22 December 2019
Christmas Canoe Paddle along the Beaulieu River to meet Father Christmas, with New Forest Activities
Monday 23 December 2019
Christmas Canoe Paddle along the Beaulieu River to meet Father Christmas, with New Forest Activities
Tuesday 24 December 2019
Track Santa as he starts delivering to children all around the world… http://www.noradsanta.org
Wednesday 25 December 2019
Christmas Day opening times at local pubs waiting to welcome you for a pint:
- The Turfcutters Arms, East Boldre – 11am-1pm
- The Haven, Lymington – 11am – 2pm
- The Bosun’s Chair, Lymington – 12-2pm
Thursday 26 December 2019
Don’t miss the Setley Cup, an annual junior model yacht race held on Boxing Day at Setley Pond, near Lymington, starting at 11am.
For information on the Boxing Day Point to Point, see http://newforestcommoner.co.uk
Last posting dates before Christmas
International Economy (formerly known as Surface Mail)
- Saturday 2 November for Cyprus, Eastern Europe, Greece, Iceland, Malta and Turkey
- Saturday 16 November for Western Europe
International Standard (formerly Airmail) and all International Tracking and Signature services (formerly Airsure® and International Signed For®)
- Monday 9 December: Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Central and South America, Far and Middle East
- Tuesday 10 December: Cyprus and Malta
- Wednesday 11 December: Eastern Europe (except Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia)
- Thursday 12 December: Greece, Turkey, Australia and New Zealand
- Saturday 14 December: Czech Republic, Finland, Italy, Poland, Sweden, Canada and USA
- Monday 16 December: Austria, Denmark, Germany, Iceland, Portugal, Netherlands, Norway, Slovakia, Switzerland and Spain
- Wednesday 18 December: Belgium, France, Ireland and Luxembourg
International Standard HM Forces Mail – British Forces Post Office® (BFPO) 
- Monday 25 November: Operational HM Forces
- Friday 13 December: Static HM Forces
UK Inland Services 
- Wednesday 18 December: 2nd Class, Royal Mail Signed For® 2nd Class
- Friday 20 December: 1st Class, Royal Mail Signed For® 1st Class, Royal Mail Tracked 48®*
- Monday 23 December: Royal Mail Special Delivery Guaranteed®
There will be no delivery and collection service from Christmas Day through to Boxing day, however normal service will resume on Friday, December 27.
On New Year’s Day there will be no deliveries or collections. In Scotland, January 2 is a bank holiday so there will be no deliveries or collections north of the border.
Letters to Father Christmas by Friday 6 December 2019
Children can post a letter to Father Christmas by Friday 6 December to the following address. It’s really important you write Santa’s address carefully on a stamped envelope. Please be sure that you include your full name and address in your letter so Father Christmas can write back to you.
Santa/Father Christmas,
Santa’s Grotto,
Reindeerland,
XM4 5HQ
For more information click here.
Christmas Carol Concerts and Services
Sunday 1 December 2019
Advent Carols at St Thomas Church
Monday 2 December 2019
Light Up a Life services at St Thomas Church. Two special services at St Thomas Church, Lymington. Christmas is a time of celebration and reflection; we would like to invite you to celebrate the memory of someone special by dedicating a light on the Oakhaven Tree of Remembrance.
Friday 6 December 2019
Robins Choir from Lymington Infant School open the Lymington Christmas Tree Festival, 10am
St Nicholas Singers Christmas concert at St John’s Church, Boldre 4pm
Saturday 7 December 2019
Concert with the Cantaras ChoirConcert with the Cantaras Choir amongst the Christmas Trees of the Christmas Tree Festival at St Thomas Church
Saturday 14 December 2019
Lymington Choral Society Christmas concert at St Thomas Church, Lymington
Sunday 22 December 2019
Choir Christmas Carols at St Thomas Church, Lymington 4-5pm.
Christmas Services
Tuesday 24 December 2019
- Crib Service at St Mary’s Church, South Baddesley. 5pm.
- Crib Service at St Saviour’s Church, Brockenhurst. 4pm.
- Family Crib Service at St Thomas Church, Lymington. 5pm. Come dressed as a Nativity character.
- Midnight Mass at St Mary’s Church, South Baddesley. 11pm.
- Midnight Holy Communion at St Saviour’s Church, Brockenhurst. 11.15pm.
- Midnight Mass at St Thomas Church, Lymington. 11.30pm.
Wednesday 25 December 2019
- Holy Communion at St Saviour’s Church, Brockenhurst. 8am.
- Family Christmas Service at St Saviour’s Church, Brockenhurst. 9.30am.
- Family Service at St Mary’s Church, South Baddesley. 9.30am.
- Christmas Communion at St Thomas Church, Lymington. 11am.
- Family Christmas Communion at St John’s Church, Boldre. 10.30am.
- Holy Communion at St Saviour’s Church, Brockenhurst. 11.15am.
Where to find Father Christmas in the New Forest area this Christmas!
Santa is a very busy man in the run up to Christmas and must use some serious magic to be in so many places!
- Friday 29 November: Lymington Late Night Shopping Evening, Lymington High Street 6.00pm for 6.30pm
- Friday 6 December: Pennington Christmas Fair, Pennington Square 6.00pm
- Saturday 7 December: Everton Nurseries 10.30am-3pm
- Sunday 8 December: Everton Nurseries 10.30am-3pm
- Sunday 15 December: Santa on the Quay, Lymington Town Quay
- 19 December: Outside Waitrose 8am to 5pm
- 20 December: Outside Waitrose 8am to 5pm
- 21 December: Outside Carols, Lymington High Street 8.30am to 2.30pm
He will be returning to the North Pole for final preparations for his big night!
Christmas Pantomines, Films and Productions
Litte Red Riding Hood – Forest Forge Theatre Company
Continuing a run of fine family fun that brought you the Frog Prince and last year’s Rumpelstiltskin, Forest Forge Theatre have teamed up with Bumblefly Theatre again to bring you a traditional dollop of storytelling with madcap humour, memorable songs and beautiful imagery.
30 November 2019 to 18 January 2020, touring show at a number of local venues. Click here for full details.
Cinderella: the musical
23 November 2019 to 5 January 2020 at the Nuffield Theatre, Southampton
Aladdin
7 December 2019 – 5 January 2020 at Bournemouth Pavillion
Peter Pan
14 December 2019 – 5 January 2020 at The Mayflower, Southampton
Sleeping Beauty – by the New Forest Players
2 – 5 January 2020 at New Milton Memorial Centre
Things to do a little further afield…
Salisbury Nutcracker Tour: find the Nutcrackers around the town from 30 November to 5 January
Winchester Cathedral Ice Rink is open from 21 November 2019 until 5 January 2020.
Winchester Christmas Market is on from 21 November until 22 December 2019.
Ice Skating at West Quay, Southampton from 9 November 2019 until 5 January 2020.
Southampton Christmas Festival in Above Bar Precinct, Southampton from 14 November until 23 December 2019.
Ice Skating and Alpine Bar in the Lower Gardens, Bournemouth from 14 November 2019 until 5 January 2020.
Christmas Refuse and Recyling
including Christmas tree recycling will follow soon…
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