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Christmas in the South West
Add a little sparkle to your festive days out in the South West this Christmas. Discover houses dressed to impress, enjoy winter illuminations after dark, and find the best places to meet Father Christmas with all the family.
Christmas 2024 has now finished at the spaces we care for across the South West
The information below is for Christmas 2024. Please check back here later in the year to find out about what is happening to celebrate Christmas 2025.
Christmas in Cornwall
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Christmas at Cotehele
Celebrate Christmas with a festive day out to Cotehele. Our team are busy preparing for Christmas 2025, so check back nearer to Christmas to hear more about our plans for this year.
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Christmas at Trelissick
Here's where we shared how you could celebrate a Cornish Christmas at Trelissick in 2024.
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Book to see the Winter Lights at Trengwainton
Ensure you don't miss out on this magical festive treat, by booking your tickets early for Trengwainton's Winter Lights.
Christmas around Cornwall
Find out how the ancient houses and exotic gardens around Cornwall and Plymouth are being transformed for Christmas and plan a festive day out for all the family.
Christmas in Devon
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Christmas at Killerton
For Christmas 2024 we invited you to immerse yourself in traditional festive cheer, with decorations and garlands filling the house and stable block. and the tradition themed children's trail took you through the garden and Chapel grounds with laughter and fun all the way. The community trees lit up the chapel, along with music from local choirs. The Christmas offer has now finished, please check back here nearer the time to see what's in store for Christmas 2025.
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Buckland Abbey Christmas
During Christmas 2024, you were invited to get into the festive spirit at Buckland with seasonal shopping, treats, music and a beautiful historical display in the Great Barn and Abbey.
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Christmas at Castle Drogo
Experience a unique Christmas at Castle Drogo. With stunning wintery walks, music, festive food and of course Christmas shopping. There's something for everyone to enjoy.
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Christmas at Saltram 2024
Thank you for celebrating Christmas at Saltram with us. The house is now closed for its winter break from January 1 to February 15. When we reopen, visitors can enjoy the West Wing route once again. Our elves will be hard at work packing away the decorations and starting preparations for Christmas 2025. Stay tuned for updates later in the year.
Christmas around Devon and Exmoor
Discover unique houses and gardens in Devon and Exmoor transformed for Christmas.
Christmas in Somerset
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Christmas at Dunster
Explore the seasonally decorated rooms at Dunster Castle this Christmas, stock up on gifts for your loved ones from the Stables Shop and take in the winter views from the garden. The castle and gardens are open 10am-4pm at weekends throughout December and daily 16 December-5 January. The Stables Shop, Watermill Tearoom, parkland and car park open daily.
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Christmas at Montacute House
2024 Reindeer World Tour: A Christmas journey at Montacute House. This offer has now finished, please check back here nearer the time to see what's in store for Christmas 2025.
Christmas in and around Somerset
For Christmas 2024 discover magnificent houses, enchanted winter woodlands, Elizabethan revelry and seasonal food and drink in and around Somerset. Here's a few suggestions to start planning your festive visit in 2024.
Christmas in Dorset
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Christmas wishes at Kingston Lacy
Christmas 2024 brought the magic of wishes to Kingston Lacy, with a house transformed by festive decorations and a family trail through the garden. There was a vintage carousel and Storytelling with Santa. We hope Kingston Lacy provided a memory-making, festive family day out and made your wishes come true.
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Christmas at Corfe Castle
Join our Lord of Misrule on a festive storytelling tour, help Monty Mouse and his wife Matilda find gifts in our new family quest, warm up around our fire pits, toast marshmallows, make a Christmas wish on our wishing tree or come along to our evening Christmas lights and solstice events.
Christmas in and around Dorset
Plan your festive day out at places around Dorset. From illuminated trails, festive walks to Christmas traditions at houses and gardens, there's something for the whole family to enjoy.
Christmas in 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.
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Festive fun at Stourhead
Get ready for a season of festive joy at Stourhead, with a schedule full of wonderful activities and a spectacular after-dark illumination trail. Experience a magical Christmas season and make magical memories.
Christmas in Wiltshire
From after-dark illuminated trails to festive decorations, we've something for the whole family this Christmas around Wiltshire. Here's a few suggestions to start planning your visit.
Christmas in Bath and Bristol
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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.
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Christmas 2024 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.
Christmas around Bath and Bristol
There are plenty of opportunities for wintry walks, warming treats, festive family trails and Christmas decorations galore around Bath and Bristol.
Christmas in Gloucestershire and the Cotswolds
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Christmas at Newark Park
For Christmas 2024, we invited you to enjoy a traditional Christmas at Newark Park, with festive decorations adorning the house, wintry walks in the garden, and a visit from Father Christmas himself. The Christmas offer has now finished, please check back here nearer the time to see what's in store for Christmas 2025.
Christmas around Gloucestershire and the Cotswolds
See how houses and gardens around Gloucestershire and the Cotswolds are being transformed for the festive season.
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Christmas
Whether you want to make your own Christmas wreath, visit Father Christmas or enjoy winter illuminations at a historic location, we have plenty of festive events and things to do at the places in our care. Plan your festive day out today.