The Coca-Cola Christmas truck tour is heading to a new destination after stopping off in Leeds yesterday.
The road show began on November 25 at Bluewater shopping centre in Dartford, Kent, going on to visit Renfrewshire in Scotland, London, Manchester, Bristol, West Yorkshire and Cardiff.
Belfast is set to play host to the iconic red lorry on December 16 and 17, while Dublin in the Irish Republic will be the venue for a three-day stint between the 8th and 10th.
There are still more stops to be confirmed over the coming days, Coca-Cola bosses said.
The 14-tonne lorry decorated with fairy lights has visited dozens of towns and cities over the years, but gave onlookers quite a fright in Bucharest last week after catching fire while on the Romanian leg of its tour across Europe.
Visitors were filmed standing on the side of the road helplessly watching as the lorry rolled down the road in flames.
Nobody was hurt in the blaze, which was eventually extinguished, and the soft drink firm told local media it was taking measures to prevent further incidents.
Previously, the fizzy drink company teased its 2022 return on Twitter, responding to a user with a winking emoji: "Christmas is coming but is the truck tour? You will have to watch this space."
Brits are usually able to enjoy a can of Coca-Cola Zero Sugar, Diet Coke or Coca-Cola Classic in a 'winter wonderland' setting.
The tour was cancelled in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, but returned last year on a smaller scale than usual, with dates and destinations only announced a day or so before to avoid Covid-19 related cancellations.
Back in November and December 2019, it stopped off at 19 locations - starting at Edinburgh and ending in London. It was the truck's ninth tour of the country.
In 2017 it visited a total of 42 locations across the UK.
The 2022 dates so far
- November 25 - Bluewater Shopping Centre, Kent
- November 26 and 27 - Sainsbury's, Beckton
November 29 - Linwood, Renfrewshire
December 1 - Wembley Park, London
December 2 - Eastlands Asda, Manchester
December 3 - Cribbs Causeway, Bristol and Morrisons, Bradford
December 4 - St David's Centre, Cardiff and Asda Morley, Leeds
- December 8 to 10 - Dublin
- December 16 and 17 - Belfast
The Coca-Cola truck tends to visit some of the same locations each year. In 2021, the iconic red visited the following locations:
- Edinburgh
- Cardiff
- Taunton
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Leeds
- Cribbs Causeway, Bristol
- Pudsey, Leeds
- Portsmouth
- Gainsborough
- Manchester
- London
- Watford
- Intu Trafford Centre, Manchester
- Dudley
- Sainsbury’s Beckton, London
- Basildon
- Liverpool
- Intu Lakeside
- 02 Arena, London
