Dickens Christmas Market at Rochester Castle

The Dickens Christmas Market will take place from Monday 6th to Sunday 19th December 2010 in the spectacular grounds of Kent's historic 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 which annually attracts more than 80,000 people over the first weekend in December.Just imagine the scene - the Castle walls illuminated in traditional Christmas colours, trees filled with twinkling fairy lights, the smell of roasted chestnuts and gluhwein 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 with festive Christmas songs.