Christmas

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Here's a run-down of all the essential information you will need to plan a Christmas shopping trip in Maidenhead.

Friday 19 November 2004 is when the Christmas lights are turned on in the town centre, including the shopping centre and, this year for the first time, the clock tower.

Right - the Nicholsons Shopping Centre Christmas decorations (2001).

Christmas decorations in the shopping centre
Christmas shopping in Maidenhead town centre
December 2004 / January 2004
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Thursdays
Most shops open until 8pm - Free parking from 4pm at most car parks.
Sundays
Most shops open between 10am & 4pm - Free parking all day.
Christmas Eve/Christmas Day/Boxing Day/New Year's Day
Christmas Eve: car parks free from 10am.
Christmas Day/Boxing Day/New Year's Day: car parks free all day.
23 December

Free parking from 4pm in most car parks.

Christmas lights in the High Street
The Christmas lights in the High Street, 2001
Other events

Thursday 18 to Saturday 20 November - Continental market in the town centre.

Friday 19 November - Christmas lights in Maidenhead town centre will be switched on. Chistmas lights will appear on the High Street, in Nicholsons Shopping Centre and, for the first time, on the clock tower in Maidenhead. The timetable is shown below:

9am-8pm Continental market in the High Street

4-8pm Children's Rides and Entertainment in the High Street

5-8pm Meet the Christmas Characters in the Nicholsons Shopping Centre and win prizes

5.30-7pm Christmas Lights Roadshow featuring the Desborough School choir from 6pm to 6.15pm outside Lloyds TSB Bank on the corner of High Street/Queen Street.

6.30pm The Christmas lights switch, on featuring a young local VIP and, of course, Santa! Outside Lloyds TSB Bank on the corner of High Street/Queen Street.

Free parking from 4pm in most car parks. Most shops open until 8pm.

Thursday 9 December - Maidenhead Shopmobility evening 6pm-8pm. Call 01628 543038 for details. The Cookham Handbell Ringers are providing some entertainment.

Saturday 18 December - Carol Singing around the Tree, from 10am-10.30am & 11.30am-12.30pm.

See Santa for free at Nicholsons Shopping Centre - every Saturday & Sunday 10.30am-12.30pm & 2-4pm from 20 November to 19 December.
The shops
Shoppers in Maidenhead have more than 300 shops to choose from - including well- known High Street stores such as Boots, Dixons, Argos, Superdrug, First Sport, Hammels, Virgin, Game, Thomas Cook, Mothercare, Next, Marks and Spencer and W H Smith. There are also three town-centre supermarkets - Tesco Metro, Sainsburys and Waitrose.

But there's also smaller and more exclusive shops in an area where old meets new - the pedestrianised High Street was the old main road from London to Bath; just off it is Nicholsons Shopping Centre, a covered shopping centre with its own car park.

Check out the town centre map, showing main shopping streets and car parks giving access to 3000 spaces.

 
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