Christmas Lights Switch
Ons in Chester 2021

Chester’s Christmas lights switch ons illuminate the city

• 18 Nov ’21 – The Town Hall Square Christmas tree will prompt the light up of the entire city. Chester’s Christmas lights will adorn the streets throughout the season bringing much needed festive cheer to the city! 

• 20 Nov ’21 – The suburb of Hoole will up in a creative way celebrating its 22nd year with a difference bringing the whole community together safely by encouraging residents to decorate their windows and gardens with Christmas Lights

• 27 Nov ’21 to 4 Jan ’22 – Chester Cathedral will also be lit up by annual Christmas Tree Festival with twinkling trees surrounding the iconic building decorated by local schools and businesses in aid of local charities

• The CheSTAR (tbc) will hopefully return to the shine upon the grounds of Chester Cathedral – The giant sparkling Christmas star was handcrafted especially for the city and standing 25ft high and wide with almost 19,000 twinkling lights it is quite a site to behold

• Cheshire Oaks will not have a lights switch on event this year but there will be a number of Christmas events happening instead (details tbc)

While you are visiting the city don’t forget to also enjoy the delicacies and warm welcome in Chester’s best eating and drinking spots and to make the most of the offers and deals they have for you through the Christmas period not to mention the fabulous places to enjoy fabulous cocktails.

Chester has the best restaurants to choose from with lots of child and family friendly options and we highly recommend you do some local Christmas shopping and check out all the festive menus available in the city while you’re out and about enjoying the lights.

You can find everything you could wish for this Christmas at a glance on our Christmas in Chester page plus all the latest updates as they happen in our definitive guide to what’s on for Christmas.