Alnwick Christmas market cancelled ‘after months of planning’ due to extreme weather warnings

Thursday 21st November 2024 12:45 PM

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Organisers of the Alnwick Christmas market have made the difficult decision to cancel this weekends event ‘after months of planning’ due to extreme weather warnings.

The market, which was planned for Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th of November has been cancelled due to the forecasted Storm Bert that is set to hit the UK this weekend.

High winds and rain are expected meaning organisers deemed the event unsafe. The team took to Facebook to announce the cancellation: “Due to very extreme weather at the weekend, we have made the decision to cancel the Christmas Market on Saturday and Sunday.”

“We had looked at other options but this was the best decision.”

Poster for Alnwick’s Christmas Market which is now cancelled due to bad weather.

“There had been months of planning for this weekend, so we are all disappointed.”

The market was to follow the Christmas light switch on, on Friday 22nd, as part of the Christmas begins in Alnwick weekend – with a variety local traders and entertainment lined up.