The best way to contact us at TCLA about anything relating to the work we do or how to get involved, is emailing on or via our social media pages on Facebook or Instagram.
If not, please contact us using the details below.
Secretary: Gill Dunkley, Tel: 07414 817010 or email:
Publicity: position vacant - e-mail:
The photographs on this page are kindly supplied by Emma Jane Higgins.
Each one of the displays that TCLA provides is made from scratch by our brilliant band of volunteers.
We erect, service, maintain, take down and store the displays over the off-season and lovingly renew as required.
Without Thornbury Christmas Lights Association volunteers this simply would not happen.
As a volunteer organisation we are funded by the support of the community, and we appreciate all those who provide practical, financial and moral support; all of these are crucial to the work that we do.
Our volunteers work for 11 months of the year to provide the displays that make Thornbury such a magical place to be during the festive season.
We are always looking for new volunteers to join us so please get in touch if that might be you.
If you would like to make a donation, there are collection boxes that can be found in many of the shops in Thornbury, who kindly support us, or please email us for further options.
Thornbury Christmas Lights Association was formed in 1991. Historically, Christmas light displays had been provided since the 1960s by the then Thornbury Chamber of Trade.
When that body decided that it was no longer able to organise the annual High Street display, a group of volunteers came together to seek to rescue and continue what had already become a firm Thornbury tradition.
Over thirty years later TCLA is still run by volunteers with a number of the originals still among the ranks. Sadly, some are no longer with us, including Terry Press who worked tirelessly to keep the town’s Christmas lamps alight and chaired the association until his untimely death in 2007.
Throughout its history TCLA has continued to improve, modernise and extend the displays it provides. With the cooperation of the St Mary Centre management full coverage of the town is achieved.
We have faced many challenges over the years, including the pandemic when we still managed to provide some Christmas cheer with our displays and more recently the credit crunch when financial support has become harder to find.
Although very much independent, the association could not carry on its work without the support of Thornbury Town Council and the many businesses, organisations, and individuals who help in so many ways.
In 2013 local film-maker Catherine Dunn made a short film about our story - click here to see it on YouTube.
