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Holt Christmas Lights Switch On

Holt Christmas Lights 2009 passed with great success. Thank you to everyone who came. We look forward to hearing your feedback and hope to make Holt Christmas Lights 2010 even better!

Holt Christmas Lights are seen by many people as the best in the county. For such a small town, the lights mean a great deal as they bring people in from near and far through November, December and January to discover the many and various delights that Holt offers.

Chris Coubrough about to switch the Holt Christmas lights on in 2009Thank you Chris Coubrough

The focal point of our evening is the switch on at 6:30pm. Thank you Chris Coubrough from the Kings Head at Letheringsett and Coastal Kitchen for performing the duty in 2009.

Please send in your photos!

We have published a gallery of photographs taken at our 2009 switch on (see 2009 Gallery page). If you have any great photos which you’d be pround to share with all on our home page, please send them in to us. Email your photographs to design@josh.biz.

Submitted photographs will only be used for the purpose of promoting the Holt Christmas Lights event. They remain copyright to you in every other respect.

Click here to visit the 2009 Photo Gallery

Holt Christmas Lights Switch On 2008

What they said…

From Sue of  Norwich

 “Thanks.  We came to see the lights and had a wonderful walk around.  We were very impressed with it all, so many shops joining in the white theme, we have driven through before but never actually stopped and wandered around.  I am amazed at the extent of the lights through the little back ally ways too.  Special praise to the Church and Greshams School House. I don’t know if you have somewhere to note down comments, but the whole evening was extremely wonderful and “Christmassy” and I now feel more in the mood for it all.  We hope next year to try and come on the night that the lights go on.”

Cllr Bryan Payne, Chairman of Holt Town Council

 “Fantastic”

A Question from Sarah (message received 31st December, 2009)

“Every year I hear how good Holt Christmas Light celebrations are and every year we manage not to be in Norfolk for the ceremony!.  Is there a particular day that they are switched on each year?  I am determined in 2010 to try and be in Holt for the occasion so I thought I would block off my diary if I knew which weekday they might be switched on?”

Answer – They will be switched on Wednesday 24th November 2010. It’s always the fourth Wednesday in November.

Message from John (Derbyshire)

We have always arrived after or before the switch on due to the availability of a holiday cottage. We live in Derbyshire and are regular visitors to Holt.  This year we made it for the switch on.  Congratulations!  We have been to a few switch ons and yours was the best ever!  Shall certainly want to be there next year. Thanks, John.

2009 Sponsors

The night wouldn’t be possible without the kind donations we receive from businesses and individuals in Holt and beyond, as well as the many fundraising efforts throughout the year.

Our Principal Sponsors for 2009

Principal Sponsors donate more than £2,000 each to funding.

Bakers and Larners of Holt
Budgens of Holt of Holt The Appleyard, Holt, Norfolk
Byfords Cafe Deli Posh B&B The Pigs Edgefield
The Kings Head, Holt

View the full sponsor list

Visit the Sponsors page for the full list of this year’s sponsors.