The Beverley Minster Christmas Tree Festival closed its doors at the weekend having seen record-
breaking attendances over 10 days, with more than 12,500 visitors and a 30% increase on theprevious 10-day festival in 2023.
This year’s festival saw many visitors experiencing the event for the very first time, alongside a
wonderful influx of new, local groups and organisations decorating trees, highlighting the growing
reach and appeal of what is now firmly established as the UK’s biggest Christmas Tree Festival.
Both winners at the festival were also first time entrants to the event. Islay Bloom won Best Tree in the festival by 2 votes with the Women's Institute as Runner Up, While Northcott School won Best
School Tree by only 1 vote, with Beverley Grammar School as Runner Up.
Festive refreshments proved hugely popular too, with more than 1,750 mince pies consumed during
the festival, alongside gallons of mulled wine and hot chocolate, adding to the warm and welcoming
atmosphere inside the medieval Minster.
Organisers have hailed the festival as a huge success, not only in bringing the community together but
also in raising vital funds for the care and preservation of Beverley’s medieval Minster.
The continued growth of the Christmas Tree Festival underlines its importance as both a much-loved
festive tradition and a key fundraiser for one of East Yorkshire’s most treasured historic buildings.
