CHRISTMAS lights will soon illuminate towns with festive cheer.

Trees across Redbridge will soon be lit up with rows and rows of colourful lights to mark the season’s festivities.

In Wanstead, the Christmas tree on The Green will come to life on Thursday, November 23, from 4pm.

Elsewhere in the borough, lights will come on in Manford Way, Chigwell, on Friday, November 24, and Barkingside on Friday, December 1.

Lights lit up Seven Kings on Friday, November 17.