Billericay Christmas Market

Every year the The Rotary Club of Billericay Mayflower join together with other service clubs in the town including Round Table, The Lions, The Rotary Club of Billericay and the Billericay Chamber of Commerce to turn the town into a Christmas Wonderland by closing off the High Street to traffic and offering a range of fun activities and shopping.

With around 15,000 visitors to the event in 2010 raising £25,000 for charity the Market continues to grow each year.

Christmas Market 2011 - Event Details

This years market will take place on:

• Sunday 4th December 2011 between 11.00am and 5.00pm. 

There are a number of events, live performances and opportunities to win a rang of prizes to help support local charities. And of course the vast majority of shops, pubs and restaurants will also be open.

New For 2011

A never seen before in Billericay, especially for this years Christmas Market is an Ice Rink! This fun feature will be located in the car park behind the Santander Bank.

Timetable

For the full timetable and more details about the Billericay Christmas Festival please visit the official website, www.billericaychristmasmarket.co.uk

• 11.00 a.m - Market Opens
• 11.15 a.m - Punch & Judy
  
• 12.00 p.m. - Santa’s Parade
  
• 1.00 p.m
• Santa’s Grotto Opens
• Traditional Stage
  
•  Modern Music Stage
• 1.30 p.m - Morris Dancing
• 1.45 p.m - Punch & Judy
• 1.55 - 3.00pm - Morris Dancing
• 3.00 p.m & 4.15pm - Punch & Judy
• 4.30 p.m - Programme Prize Draw and Win your Christmas bird prizes
• 5.00 p.m - Market Closes
• 6.00 p.m - On Christmas Night
• A Choir for All Seasons presents music to celebrate events of the first Christmas night (Featuring Herington House School Cantata Singers) In the United Reform Church, Chapel Street

Parking

As with any public event as much as possible is being done to minimise traffic and congestion as the High Street will be completely closed to traffic. With this in mind if you are travelling from towns outside Billericay please consider using the Train, Public transport or Car Share. Free parking is available at the following locations:

• Billericay Station courtesy of National Car Parks
• The Billericay School courtesy of the headteacher
• Radford Way Car Park