Leeds Christmas Market 2024 review from £13.50 essentials to 'big range'
I'll be honest, this year has not felt particularly Christmassy so far.
Maybe it's just me, but I haven't really caught up with the fact that its almost exactly a month until Christmas Day itself. So my visit to the Leeds Christmas Market was a bit of a shock to my system.
This year, the market is once again spread across the city centre, with stalls in City Square and in Millennium Square, as well as a number of other locations around Leeds. I first entered the market on City Square after leaving the train station, and saw there was a large variety of food stalls.
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From mulled wine to bratwurst, there are all sorts of foods and drinks to get stuck into. In addition, there are stalls selling Christmas decorations and other items so you can bring back some Christmas cheer to your own home.
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The Christmas lights and familiar Christmas smells around the market are enough to bring some cheer to anyone, and between them, were just about enough for me to find my own Christmas spirit. If there's one complaint to be made at this time its the layout of the market itself.
Once I was done touring City Square I decided to make the walk up to Millennium Square to see what was going on up there. While there are some attractions along the way, such as outside Leeds Art Gallery with the Winter Wheel, the walk mostly looks the same as it does every year.
Thankfully, its only a short stroll and so I was soon surrounded by Christmas lights once again.
The Millennium Square section of the market does have a fair few varieties of food on offer, but it is also filled with a number of different rides. With a Carousel outside the Art Gallery as well, there are definitely enough attractions to keep young people and children happy.
It was a little too cold for me though and so I instead settled on some food. Wandering around, you can see a big range of cuisines available.
You can see bars and stalls with American, Canadian, German, Chinese and Greek food scattered around the city, as well as a number of places serving British food. As for me, I decided to grab some Spanish churros.
The food was nice and warm, which was a perfect antidote to the cold weather, and set me back around £6 for a regular portion. The prices are similar across the market stalls, with the 'essentials' - a Bratwurst costing £7 and a pint costing £6.50 - so it can be fairly steep, especially if you're paying for more than one person.
Overall thought, the Christmas Market really is a good place to get into the Christmas mindset, so if you've not been feeling too Christmassy this year either, it's well worth a visit.
