Dover Winter Light Up 2025


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  • Area Dover

When

Admission

Free event

Useful info

  • Available: Family-friendly
  • Available: Public transport nearby
  • Available: Car parking

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A fantastic day packed with free activities, workshops and entertainment, bringing light into the depths of winter. 

All welcome to join in throughout the day, and if you’ve made a lantern at one of the workshops, don’t forget to come and pick it up before the parade starts at 5pm! Here’s everything you need to know:

🎨 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 & 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽𝘀 (𝟭𝟬𝗮𝗺 – 𝟯𝗽𝗺)

📍 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘚𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘦 – Artisan Market

📍 𝘚𝘵. 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘺’𝘴 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘦 – Arts & Crafts Workshops

🌟 𝗗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗟𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗨𝗽 @ 𝗣𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘀 (𝟯𝗽𝗺 – 7.30𝗽𝗺)

✨ 𝘓𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵-𝘶𝘱 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵, 𝘌𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 & 𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘝𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘦

✨ 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯:

  • Lantern collection: 3.30pm – 4.20pm
  • Procession starts: 5pm from Pencester Gardens
  • Return to Pencester Gardens for 𝗗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝗪𝗶𝘀𝗵: 6.15pm

 

This is a Future Foundry and Dover Town Council event.

Illustration of lanterns and key landmarks in Dover
Illustration by @gregstobbs_illustration