Dates for your diary:
Saturday 30 November 2024 – Biddulph Christmas Lights Switch On.
Saturday 7 December – Biddulph Moor Christmas Lights Switch On.
Each Christmas the Town Council organises ‘The Christmas Lights Switch On’ in Biddulph and Biddulph Moor, usually held on the last Saturday in November.
This year’s Christmas Lights Switch On will be held on Saturday 30 November and will be accompanied by a Lantern Parade.
There will be a festive street market, with stalls selling crafts and gifts, decorations, cakes, wreaths, street food, etc from 4pm and the town’s independent shops will stay open longer. There’s fair rides and dancing and the Lantern Parade at 5.30pm before the Mayor of Biddulph is joined by our Town Crier, Santa and special guests to light up Biddulph at 6pm and the following weekend, on Saturday 7 December, to light up Biddulph Moor at 5.30pm!
Rotary Santa’s Sleigh Routes 2024
Biddulph Rotary Club’s 2024 Santa’s Sleigh Route is shown below:
Saturday 30 November – Biddulph Lights Switch On – 6pm
Sunday 1 December – Aldi Supermarket – 11am to 3pm
Saturday 7 December – Aldi Supermarket – 11am to 3pm
Sunday 8 December – Biddulph Youth & Community Zone – 11am to 3pm
Saturday 14 December – Sainsburys Supermarket – 11am to 3pm
Sunday 15 December – Aldi Supermarket – 11am to 3pm
Friday 20 December – Aldi Supermarket – 2pm to 6pm
Saturday 21 December – Sainsburys Supermarket – 2pm to 6pm
Sunday 22 December – Aldi Supermarket – 11am to 3pm
Monday 23 December – Sainsburys Supermarket – 2pm to 6pm
Rotary aims to give all families, especially children, a great Christmas experience, as well as raise money for Rotary supported charities.
Biddulph Town Council Toy Appeal
As part of our Biddulph Works Together project, we’re running our Toy Appeal again this year – from the 4th November to the 6th December.
We’re working with partners to ensure that children most in need of gifts don’t wake up without a present on Christmas Day.
All new presents are welcome, for children from birth to older teens.
Please drop them off at the Town Hall or Sainsburys in Biddulph. Tags are also available from the Christmas Tree in the Town Hall Foyer.
Thank you for your support.
Free Christmas Parking
Staffordshire Moorlands District Council has agreed to provide free off-street parking in it’s Wharf Road car park on Saturday 30 November and Saturdays 7, 14, 21 December and Tuesday 24 December.
Drivers are asked to note that whilst parking is free on these dates, all other car park regulations remain in place.
Christmas 2023
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Christmas 2022
Here’s some photos:
Christmas 2021
It was lovely to be ‘back to normal’ with a festive street market, fair, dancing and juggling in the town centre.
Santa was in his grotto in the Town Hall and the lights went on.
Thank you to everyone who braved the cold.
Photos by Daniel Ellis
Christmas 2020
The ‘Christmas Lights Switch On’ in 2020 was different due to Government restrictions and a national November lockdown – our usual celebration was unable to take place.
However, the ‘Switch On’ events were recorded and posted to our Facebook account and the ‘Bus Hub’ was decorated for a special visitor.