Let there be festive lights!

Biggleswade will be getting in to the festive spirit today with the grand switch on of the town’s Christmas lights.

The town council is staging the Christmas fair and switch on in the Market Square today from noon until 8pm.

And there will be plenty of fun for all the family, with a range of delicious traditional Christmas food, including wild boar, venison, mulled wine, crepes, a hog roast and, of course, roasted chestnuts.

Children will also be able to buy Christmas Stars, which will enable them to write a message to Santa to be hung on the town’s Christmas tree.

Other entertainment includes a Christmas market, a ‘best dressed window’ competition, entertainment on the stage from noon, fairground rides for the children, and a visit from Father Christmas. From 6pm there will be community carols and the lights switch on by the Carnival Court.

For more information see the Biggleswade Town Council Facebook page.