Staff and volunteers decorate a 1940s style Christmas tree — A 1940s Christmas tree at Dyrham Park | © National Trust/Steve Haywood

Christmas around Bath and Bristol

The magnificent houses and peaceful gardens around Bath and Bristol were transformed for Christmas once again in 2024. Check back later for festive days out and things to see and do with all the family in 2025.

The Great Hall at Tyntesfield, near Bristol, decorated for Christmas

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Christmas at Tyntesfield

For Christmas 2024, visitors were emersed in Christmas Past at Tyntesfield. They followed the family reindeer trail, tried their hand at craft workshops, experienced a festive carousel ride and soaked in the Christmas spirit with festive decorations in Tyntesfield House and across Tyntesfield Estate. Tyntesfield combined Christmas traditions with wider community themes through stunning art installations, innovative decorations and interactive experiences. Christmas 2024 has now finished at Tyntesfield. Please check back here closer to Christmas 2025 when you will see updates of all the exciting plans we have in store for you.

Two woman adjust decorations on a large lit indoor Christmas tree at Dyrham Park

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Christmas at Dyrham Park

In 2024 we invited visitors to go back in time on a journey with Christmas through the ages. The house was adorned with decorations from different eras, there was a family reindeer trail, and golden pears and Christmas trees were dotted around the 270-acre site. The event is now finished. Please check back later in the year for details for Christmas 2025.

A wintery scene with frosty grass and low sun shining behind the Palladian Bridge at Prior Park Landscape Garden, Somerset

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Christmas at Prior Park

The 12 Days of Christmas will be coming to the garden for 2024, with magical interpretations of this family-favourite carol. Explore the garden and watch it come to life, with fun activities to discover.

Two visitors in the cloister looking at one of the Christmas Trees decorated for Lacock's Community Christmas Tree Festival, Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire

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Christmas at Lacock

The lights were twinkling at Lacock once more for Christmas 2024, with santa's sleigh in the Courtyard by the 20ft tree. The Community Christmas Tree festival returned to set the Cloister glittering with twinkly lights and handmade decorations and the Great Hall was decked out in traditional decorations. Mother Christmas settled down in the grotto to read another Christmas story, and visitors could create their own decorations and post a letter to the North Pole in the Botanic Garden Bothy.