No big Worthing Christmas market this year, but three are confirmed: Bath Place and Bay Cafe on 28 November, and a 65-stall craft fair on 6 December.

Worthing does not have a big Christmas market this year: neither the council nor the town centre BID has listed one for 2026. Three smaller ones are confirmed, two of them on the same Saturday. The Step into Christmas Market fills Bath Place and the Bay Cafe holds a free Christmas fair on 28 November, then the So This is Christmas craft fair brings more than 65 stalls to the Charmandean Centre on Sunday 6 December.

The quick answer

  • Saturday 28 November: Step into Christmas Market, Bath Place, BN11 3BA. Artisan food, crafts, gifts, music and sweets, run by The Great Little Farmers Market. Times are not published yet.
  • Saturday 28 November, 11am to 2pm: Christmas fair at Bay Cafe, 1 Thorn Road. Handmade goods from local makers and trainees at The SAND Project. Free entry.
  • Sunday 6 December, 10.30am to 3.30pm: So This is Christmas, The Charmandean Centre, Forest Road, BN14 9HS. More than 65 craft and design stalls in aid of St Barnabas House. Suggested £1 donation.
  • No town-wide market. The council’s markets page lists only the weekly Wednesday market in Montague Street, and the BID has not listed a 2026 Christmas market.

Step into Christmas Market, Bath Place

The Great Little Farmers Market, which runs the monthly farmers’ markets on Goring Road and in Findon Valley, has put a Christmas date on its Bath Place page: Saturday 28 November 2026, under the name Step into Christmas Market. It promises “a great day of Artisan Food, Crafts, Gifts, Music and Sweets”. (The Great Little Farmers Market, Bath Place)

That one line is all the organiser has published so far. There are no opening times, no stall list and no price. We will add them when they appear.

Christmas fair at Bay Cafe

The same Saturday, the Bay Cafe at The SAND Project holds its Christmas fair from 11am to 2pm at 1 Thorn Road, BN11 3ND. Its listing promises stalls of “talented local makers and trainees from SAND”, selling handmade goods, and admission is free. The SAND Project is a college for young people aged 16 to 25, and the cafe is one of the businesses its trainees run. (Worthing Town Centre BID listing)

Bay Cafe’s other autumn and winter dates, including the £39 supper club on 13 November, are on our Bay Cafe events page.

So This is Christmas, the biggest of the three

The largest Christmas fair in the town this year is So This is Christmas, on Sunday 6 December 2026 at The Charmandean Centre, Forest Road, Worthing, BN14 9HS, from 10.30am to 3.30pm. It is run by The Fairy Tale Fair with the Northbrook Friends of St Barnabas fundraising group, and the organiser gives these details:

  • More than 65 craft and design stalls, mostly from local makers, plus a cafe and bar.
  • Opened at 10.30am by the Worthing Town Crier and the Mayor of Worthing, with face painting and guests through the day.
  • St Barnabas House runs its own stalls and a raffle. The hospice is the charity the fair supports, and the organiser says its fairs have raised more than £45,000 for it since December 2015.
  • Suggested entry donation of £1 to St Barnabas House.
  • A 70-space car park, with free on-street parking around it. The venue is fully undercover and wheelchair and buggy accessible, with toilets inside.

(The Fairy Tale Fair, So This is Christmas)

Why there is no big Worthing Christmas market

Worthing Town Centre BID runs the town’s big street events, and its 2025 Christmas programme began with the Love Worthing Christmas Celebration and Market in Montague Street on Friday 7 November 2025, from 4pm to 8pm. Its listing for that evening is still the 2025 one, and the BID has published no 2026 Christmas listing so far. (Worthing Town Centre BID listing)

What the BID has published is a Montague Street Market from 4pm to 8.30pm on Thursday 5 November, before the pier fireworks, with live music and late-night shopping (BID listing). It is a fireworks-night market, not a Christmas one; our fireworks page has the details.

The council’s markets page lists only the weekly market, held in Montague Street every Wednesday of the year by the Worthing Town Centre Initiative. (Adur & Worthing Councils, markets)

Worthing Ice Rink opens in Steyne Gardens on 7 November. In August its director told councillors the rink was in talks with the BID about a craft fair alongside it, but the rink’s website does not mention one. See our ice rink page.

For the town’s Christmas lights, which have no switch-on ceremony, see our Christmas lights page.

Regular markets through the season

Parking and getting there

Bath Place and Thorn Road are both close to the seafront. The nearest multi-storeys are Buckingham Road and High Street, as Grafton is closed for good. Saturday tariffs and the other car parks are on our parking in Worthing page. The Charmandean Centre has its own car park for 70 cars. Check roadworks and travel before you set off.

What to check, and when

Market Date What is confirmed
Step into Christmas Market, Bath Place Saturday 28 November Date and place; times not published
Christmas fair, Bay Cafe Saturday 28 November 11am to 2pm, free
So This is Christmas, Charmandean Centre Sunday 6 December 10.30am to 3.30pm, 65+ stalls, £1 suggested donation
A BID Christmas market None listed No 2026 listing as at 26 October

Frequently asked questions

Is there a Christmas market in Worthing in 2026?

Not a big multi-day one. The confirmed Christmas markets are the Step into Christmas Market in Bath Place and the free Bay Cafe fair, both on Saturday 28 November, and the So This is Christmas craft fair at the Charmandean Centre on Sunday 6 December.

When is the Bath Place Christmas market?

Saturday 28 November 2026, according to The Great Little Farmers Market, which runs it. It has not published times yet.

Is the So This is Christmas fair free?

There is a suggested donation of £1 on entry, which goes to St Barnabas House.

Where is the Charmandean Centre?

Forest Road, Worthing, BN14 9HS. It has a car park for 70 cars and free parking in the streets around it.

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