The Dickens Christmas Market will take place in the beautiful grounds of Kent’s Rochester Castle, overlooking the River Medway and just a few steps from Rochester’s picture-postcard Victorian High Street; home to the ever-popular Dickensian Christmas Festival, attracting more than 80,000 people over the first weekend in December.
   Just imagine the setting, the Castle walls illuminated in traditional Christmas colours, trees filled with twinkling fairy lights, the smell of roasted chestnuts and glühwein fills the air and an array of wonderful German style Christmas market huts selling a range of festive gifts and hand-crafted goods. In addition to all of this, street entertainers and Dickensian characters mingle amongst the revellers, whilst carol singers welcome visitors as they enter the market with festive Christmas carols.
   The Dickens Christmas Market at Rochester Castle will run for 17 days starting on Friday 3rd to Sunday 19th December 2010. It will replace the existing craft market to create what we believe will be the largest 'authentic' Christmas market in the UK, featuring up to 300 German style Christmas chalets, a giant Christmas tree, bandstand, and carousel. The castle walls will be illuminated and the entire market will be decorated in festive tradition to ensure that visitors experience a truly spectacular Christmas atmosphere.