Thousands turned up for Teddington's Christmas Lights Up event last night, (Thursday, 27 November), and it definitely got everyone in the festive spirit.

With High Street, Broad Street, and Church Road closed off for the event, locals were able to stroll up and down freely and enjoy food, drinks, and gift stalls.

There were lots of good, drinks, and gift stalls set up across Teddington (Credit: Tilly O'Brien)

Starting at 4.30pm, the Lantern Parade, led by the Teddington & Hampton Rotary Club and Teddington Rugby Club kicked off the event.

The Teddington and Hampton Rotary Club led the parade (Credit: Tilly O'Brien)

Locals were invited to join the parade, including families from Bushy Tails Nursery.

At the same time, there was a Santa's Grotto at the King's Head pub car park on Broad Street, which also had an outdoor stall selling drinks and snacks.

Children enjoyed the Santa's Grotto on the King's Head's car park (Credit: Tilly O'Brien)

At Cedar Road car park, children were able to enjoy kid's fairground rides.

There were various fairground rides for children to enjoy (Credit: Tilly O'Brien)

Throughout the night, local groups set up stall to showcase their work, including Teddington RNLI who brought up a blowup boat for people to check out.

Teddington RNLI crew members joined the event (Credit: Tilly O'Brien)

The events various sponsors, including The Lensbury and Bushy Tails Nursery also set up stall to showcase what they have to offer.

Bushy Tails Nursery set up stall (Credit: Tilly O'Brien)

Across Teddington, local businesses also headed outside, selling food and drink or offering mince pies.

At 6pm was the main event, the grand switch on of the Christmas tree lights on Broad Street.

To prepare for this, a local singer serenaded attendees with hymns and pop songs.

The countdown to the switch on was welcomed with speeches from the Deputy Mayor of Richmond, Clare Vollum, two of the event's sponsors, The Lensbury and Chase Buchannan, and local MP Munira Wilson who said that Teddington's lights up event is the best in the borough.

Munira Wilson Mp said that Teddington's Lights Up event is the best in the borough (Credit: Tilly O'Brien)

Mimicking the classic red buzzer from Britain's Got Talent, the group then switched the lights on with a ten second countdown.

The night also saw the opening of the new Elleray Centre on North Lane at 5pm.

To celebrate the opening, the Elleray Community Association hosted a Christmas market in the new venue, which showcased a variety of gift stalls and allowed children to ride the ponies from Park Lane Stables.

The new Elleray Centre opened on North Lane (Credit: Tilly O'Brien)

It truly was a magical night and Teddington Together once again did an excellent job organising the event.