West Derby Christmas Lights Switch On with Little Lights, Saturday 28 November

West Derby Village switches on its Christmas lights on Saturday 28 November 2026, and this year the afternoon is run by Little Lights, the children's hospice based in the village (it was Zoe's Place until the name changed this autumn).

It runs from 3pm to 7pm and it is free to come along. Little Lights promise festive activities, live entertainment and Christmas music, with the switch-on itself once it is properly dark. There will be ways to donate on the day and that is the point of it: the hospice looks after babies and young children with life-limiting conditions, and their families, and the village turning out for them is a good way to start December.

Practical bits

• Where: West Derby Village, Liverpool L12, around the shops on the main road.
• When: Saturday 28 November, 3pm to 7pm.
• Cost: free. Bring money for the stalls and the collection buckets.
• Parking: the village streets fill up; the 12 and 13 buses stop in the village from the city centre.

If you want to make a weekend of it for the charity, the Liverpool Santa Dash is the following Sunday, 6 December, with Little Lights as headline charity. That one is on the calendar too.

We will add details, timings and photos as Little Lights release them.