Bristol Christmas Market is a food market in Broadmead, Bristol.
Editorially verified August 27, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Go on a weekday evening for lights without the crush; the mulled Somerset cider beats the gluhwein.
Address: City centre, Broadmead, Bristol BS1 3HA
St Nicholas Market has traded under the Exchange since 1743 and now packs Bristol's densest lunch mile into its Glass Arcade and covered halls.
Tip: Come hungry between 12:00 and 14:00 when every stall is firing, or at 09:30 to browse the indoor traders in peace.
The Tobacco Factory Sunday Market fills the old factory yard on Raleigh Road with about 60 stalls of producers, bakers and street food weekly.
Tip: Bring reusable tubs, the food traders happily fill them; brunch at the cafe bar bookends the browse.
Cargo stacks about 45 independents into converted shipping containers at Wapping Wharf, Bristol's harbourside village of counters, taprooms and kitchens.
Tip: Treat it like a grazing crawl: snacks at one container, mains at another, gelato from Swoon to finish.
The Street Food Market spills St Nicholas Market's traders onto Corn Street and Wine Street on first Fridays, Bristol's open-air lunch hour.
Tip: It only happens on the first Friday of each month; arrive by 12:15 before the office queues form.
The Bristol Indies' Market runs six days a week beside St Nicholas Market, an outdoor line of local makers and small food traders on Corn Street.
Tip: Pair it with the covered market next door; outdoor stalls change daily so no two visits match.
Bristol Sweet Mart has anchored St Marks Road since 1978, a family-run Easton institution stocking over 9,000 products, spices and a curry deli.
Tip: Come hungry: the deli counter's daily curries and Indian sweets turn a grocery run into lunch.
