'Cheerful' start to Bristol Christmas Market as first shoppers arrive View 4 Images

Bristol's Christmas Market officially opened today (Friday, November 7) welcoming hundreds of shoppers to peruse wooden chalet-style stalls, two bars, fairground rides and plenty of food and drink. Bristol's Shopping Quarter was filled with groups of shoppers looking to begin, or end, their Christmas shopping with a visit to the market, which stretches from opposite Cabot Circus , along the thoroughfare of Broadmead shops, and around Merchant Street.

This year, the market boasts two bars, a 30ft Christmas tree, ski and hot air balloon gondolas you can hire out for food and drink, and iconic stalls and attractions - from a ferris wheel to the Yorkshire Pudding Wraps that are known far and wid

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