Greenford Quay's lights go on 27 November, Town Square's market opens 28 November and the Questors panto starts 4 December. Updated November 2026.

Christmas in Ealing 2026 starts with Greenford Quay’s free Christmas lights switch-on on Friday 27 November, 4pm to 9pm. The Christmas Food Market on Town Square, Ealing Broadway, opens on Saturday 28 November and runs to Christmas Eve, and the Questors Theatre’s pantomime, Dick Whittington, opens on Friday 4 December.

Overview

Date Event
Now to Thursday 24 December Santa’s grotto at Ealing Broadway, £7.50 a child
Friday 27 November, 4pm to 9pm Greenford Quay Christmas lights switch-on, free
Saturday 28 November, 12pm to 5pm Santa and the artisan market at Greenford Quay, free
28 November to 24 December Ealing Christmas Food Market, Town Square
Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 November Gunnersbury Christmas Craft Market, 10am to 4pm, free
Friday 4 to Thursday 31 December Dick Whittington at the Questors, from £5
Saturday 5 to Sunday 13 December Victorian Father Christmas at Gunnersbury, £19 a child
Saturday 12 December Your Acton Maker’s Market, Churchfield Road, 10am to 4.30pm
Sunday 13 December Duck Pond Christmas market, Gunnersbury Park, 10am to 4pm
Friday 25 December Christmas Day lunch at Ealing pubs; no trains

Last checked 14 November 2026.

See: Christmas lights in Ealing

Christmas lights in Ealing. Greenford Quay switches on its tree and lights on Friday 27 November, 4pm to 9pm, with street food, a DJ and a free Ferris wheel. Town Square at Ealing Broadway is lit from 28 November, with the giant light-up snowman. Acton, Southall, Hanwell and West Ealing have no 2026 lights event announced yet.

Greenford Quay’s Christmas weekend. The full programme from the organisers: Santa and acrobatic elves on Saturday 28 November, more than 30 artisan stalls, seven street food traders at Lyons Dock and free workshops.

Do: Santa, the panto and skating

Santa’s grotto in Ealing. The grotto at Ealing Broadway shopping centre is open to Christmas Eve, at £7.50 a child plus a £1.50 booking fee per family, with Quiet Grotto sessions for children with additional needs. Every date still had places on 14 November.

Gunnersbury Park at Christmas. A Victorian Father Christmas in green robes receives children in the mansion’s Historic Kitchens from 5 to 13 December, 10.30am to 4.30pm. It is £19 a child, with a wooden toy and a decoration workshop included.

Ealing panto: Dick Whittington. At the Questors Theatre on Mattock Lane from 4 to 31 December. Standard tickets are £10 to £27 and under 18s £5 to £13.50, with relaxed and captioned performances.

Ice rinks near Ealing. Eight rinks within reach of Ealing, from Queens in Bayswater, where skating starts at £8, to Windsor on Ice.

Shop: Christmas markets in Ealing

Christmas markets in Ealing. The Town Square food market runs every day from 28 November to 24 December. Gunnersbury’s craft market is on 28 and 29 November, the Your Acton Maker’s Market on Churchfield Road on 12 December and Duck Pond’s Christmas market in Gunnersbury Park on 13 December.

Christmas shopping in Ealing. Sixteen Ealing shops and markets, from Ealing Green to Pitshanger Lane and Southall Market.

Real Christmas trees in Ealing. Nine places to buy a real tree, from the Ealing Common pitch to delivery to your door.

Eat: Christmas dinner in Ealing

Christmas dinner in Ealing. Seven Ealing pubs have published a Christmas Day menu for 2026, from £62.99 a head to £105, with children’s prices and deposit terms.

Travel and bins over Christmas

Christmas trains from Ealing. There are no trains on Christmas Day. No Elizabeth line trains call at Ealing’s stations from 25 to 30 December; from 27 to 30 December the Tube runs to Ealing Broadway, with replacement buses west.

Elizabeth line closures through Ealing. The line is also shut through Ealing on 28 and 29 November, the first weekend of the Christmas market.

Christmas bin collections in Ealing. Ealing Council has not yet published its 2026 Christmas collection dates. The page covers tree recycling and tip hours, and will carry the new dates when they are out.