CHRISTMAS SWITCH ON EVENT – SATURDAY 30 NOVEMBER 2024

1PM—6PM

A free park and ride will take you straight into the town centre.

Free Parking at The Running Horse, Long Bank and The Bewdley School. Please refer to the timetable below:

For other parking information please refer to the webpage:

https://bewdleytowncouncil.gov.uk/discover-bewdley/car-coach-parking

N.B. Load Street Car Park is not in use for parking on 30 November until 7pm.

STAGE & SOUNDS – At the top of Load Street, by St Anne’s Church
LIVE ENTERTAINMENT
DJ AND BBC HEREFORD & WORCESTER PRESENTER, NINA DAS GUPTA

JOIN THE MAYOR & FRIENDS ON STAGE FOR THE COUNTDOWN TO THE SWITCH ON AT 5.30PM

FREE GROTTO FROM 1PM

Take a walk down the passageway by KEMP Hospice Charity Shop where Bewdley Town Council presents a Winter Wonderland and Santa’s Grotto.

This free of charge experience has photo opportunities and games – sit on a polar bear and stand with the penguins, become an elf and play the crazy buzz wire Christmas game. Enter into the grotto and sit in Santa’s Sleigh before greeting the main man himself inside his grotto. A lucky dip prize on exit to children under 10 years of age. All children must be accompanied by an adult at all times.

ENTERTAINMENT

Stilt walkers, jugglers, segwaying Nutcrackers, be entertained by their antics around the town, a vintage carousel will be a spinning delight for younger children while the family can enter into the human snow globe for fun snowy frolics.

Christmas Stalls – Severn Side South, Severn Side North and Load Street From 11am – 6pm

JOIN US AT THE FUNFAIR – LOAD STREET CAR PARK FROM 12 noon -6pm

Take a trip into Bewdley on the Severn Valley Railway from Kidderminster

All aboard! Travel in style to Bewdley Christmas Lights switch on!

Leave the car in Kidderminster and hop aboard a special heritage train along the Severn Valley Railway to Bewdley Station. Our friends at The SVR are running a special train from Kidderminster where there is ample parking. The train departs at 1.45pm, 3.45pm, and 4.45pm getting to Bewdley in good time for the lights switch on. Bewdley Station is just a short walk from the town centre, where you’ll be entertained, have the chance to do some Christmas shopping and ride the funfair, before joining the Mayor and Father Christmas in the countdown to the lights switch on at 5:30pm. For just £5 per person returning from Bewdley at 6.45pm and 7:30pm, leaving plenty of time to visit local restaurants, bars and pubs. Train tickets can be purchased from Kidderminster Station on the day.

Follow the Nutcracker Trail 

You can take part in this year’s Nutcracker Trail using the link. Alternatively collect your free Nutcracker Trail from participating shops around the town.

Also discover all that Bewdley has to offer, from interesting locations to visit and all the places to find those last-minute Christmas gifts!

PARK AND RIDE TIMETABLE