The lights go on at 6.30pm on 15 November, Chislehurst's market is on 22 November and Sleeping Beauty opens on 5 December. Updated November 2026.

Christmas in Bromley 2026 starts on Sunday 15 November, when the town centre lights go on at 6.30pm after sets from Chesney Hawkes and The Hoosiers. A week later, on Sunday 22 November, Chislehurst holds its Christmas market and Orpington lights up its High Street. The Churchill Theatre pantomime, Sleeping Beauty, opens on Saturday 5 December.

The three dates to know

Sunday 15 November: Bromley’s lights switch-on. It is free with no ticket. It starts in The Glades at 1pm, where the centre’s tree is lit at 2pm, then moves to the High Street stage from 2pm. Chesney Hawkes is on at 5.20pm and The Hoosiers at 5.55pm, with the countdown at 6.25pm and fireworks at 6.30pm (Your Bromley).

Sunday 22 November: Chislehurst and Orpington. Chislehurst Christmas Market fills bays on the High Street and the Old Chapel, with a bar but no food stalls. The road stays open to traffic this year (Visit Chislehurst). Light Up Orpington runs from 2pm to 6.45pm, with the High Street closed from the War Memorial to Homefield Rise (Orpington 1st).

Saturday 5 December to Sunday 3 January: Sleeping Beauty. Vernon Kay and Andrew Agnew lead the Churchill Theatre panto, 50 performances from £23 to £37 (Churchill Theatre).

Christmas lights in Bromley and carol services

  • Bromley Christmas lights switch-on: the town centre on 15 November, plus Hayes on 21 November, Orpington on 22 November, the Petts Wood Christmas Carnival on 28 November and Farnborough village on 6 December.
  • The switch-on running order: every act on the High Street stage from 2.05pm.
  • Carol services in Bromley: six churches on 20 December, The Maypole Project’s ticketed service at St Nicholas, Orpington, on 13 December, and Christmas Eve crib services at 4pm.

Christmas events and activities in Bromley

  • Santa’s grottos near Bromley: Ruxley Manor from £38 a group, Coolings at Knockholt, and the Queen’s House in Greenwich, which has sold out its December weekends.
  • Bromley pantomime: Sleeping Beauty at the Churchill, every date and price, and Robyn Hood at the Bridge House Theatre in Penge from 12 December.
  • Ice rinks near Bromley: there is no rink in the borough, so it is Ruxley Manor from £6, the Queen’s House in Greenwich or Bluewater.
  • Boxing Day walks near Bromley: nine routes, including the Ravensbourne Morris Men outside The Greyhound at Keston at 12.30pm.

Christmas dinner and lunch in Bromley

Christmas markets, shops and trees in Bromley

  • Bromley Christmas markets: Chislehurst on 22 November, Handmade Palace in the Crystal Palace Subway on 21 and 22 November, the Winter Makers Market at Crystal Palace Park on two December weekends, and the Charter Market on Bromley High Street every day from 10 to 24 December.
  • Christmas shopping in Bromley: 13 independent shops, from Beckenham Bookshop to Holwood Farm.
  • Christmas trees in Bromley: South London Christmas Tree Farm is closed for 2026, and Hewitts Farm in Orpington stocks trees from the first week of December.

Christmas bin collections and trains

  • Christmas bin collections: Christmas Day’s round is collected on Tuesday 29 December, and rounds run late until normal service returns in the week of 18 January.
  • Christmas trains and travel: no trains or London buses on Christmas Day, and what Bromley South lost last Christmas.

Not announced yet

On 12 November nothing had been announced in the borough for New Year’s Eve 2026, by the council or by any venue. Chislehurst had not published its market hours, Coolings shows its grotto dates only in its booking calendar, and we had found no 2026 appeal for Beckenham’s crowdfunded High Street lights.