Derby Town Centre

Field & Lawn has proudly provided festive lighting for Derby City Council for over seven consecutive years. The contract includes providing a range of festive lighting installations across key retail locations in the city centre.

The Brief

The client wanted to create a warm, inviting festive atmosphere across the main retail zones during the Christmas period. The aim was to highlight key pedestrian routes with beautiful Christmas street lighting to enhance visual appeal, and create a cohesive, high‑impact seasonal experience using a mix of decorative lighting products, including:

12 wall mounted Cone Trees
70 Christmas trees, dressed with battery operated string lights
1x 45ft Christmas tree
25 Illuminated crossings
36 Lamp post column motifs
16 Illuminated 3D spheres
4 sets of floodlights
2,740m pea lights

The Solution

Over 29 nights, our in-house team completed the installation, bringing a stunning festive display to life. The project featured 25 street crossings along key retail streets in the city centre. This included 5 above St. Peter’s Street, enhancing its appeal for shoppers and visitors. Additionally, floodlights and twinkling pea lights were installed in trees around St. Werburgh’s churchyard and Queen Street.

On Friar Gate, lamp post columns were adorned with motifs including a handful of new decorations for this years scheme purchased through Field & Lawn adding a festive touch to one of Derby’s busiest areas. Meanwhile, Sadler Gate was illuminated with 34 wall-mounted Christmas trees, casting a warm glow and drawing more visitors to Derby’s Cathedral Quarter. These were installed as a priority to ensure a festive atmosphere for a special shopping night ahead of the grand switch-on.

An avenue of ten real trees were dressed in 70m of alternating warm white and bright white string festoon lights, alongside a towering 45-foot Christmas tree wrapped in 1,000 metres of string lights, blending bright white twinkles with warm white tones for a dazzling effect. High-density lighting was used to maximise visual impact.

Derby Town Hall was transformed with architectural lighting, using LED columns and hanging spherical lights. The LED columns were refurbished by our skilled team. 12 cone trees lined the side of the building, featuring the latest energy-saving LED technology for sustainability. This attention to detail created a breathtaking display that gave this landmark a true wow factor.