Book to see the Winter Lights at Trengwainton

Planning your visit to the Winter Lights 

• The Winter Lights will be on for 11 days over 3 weekends: 29 Nov-1 Dec, 5-8 Dec, 12-15 Dec. Timed entry slots available every 15 minutes from 4.30-7.00pm.  
• Booking is essential as there will be no tickets for sale on the door. 
• Ticket prices: Adult £8, child (5-17) £4. Under 5s free (no need to book). Charges apply to members and non-members alike. 
• Free essential companion tickets are available for carers accompanying a paying disabled visitor. 
• Car parking spaces are limited so please car share as much as possible and don’t arrive more than 15 minutes before your timed slot. 
• Baby changing facilities available in the main car park and the accessible toilet next to the bookshop. 
• Toilets (including accessible) in the car park and in the garden next to the bookshop.  
• CAST café will be selling hot drinks, warming soup, cheese toasties, sausage rolls and sweet treats (GF & VG options) from an outdoor stand. Trengwainton café will be closed. The shop will be open for Christmas gifts and goodies from 4.30 till 8.30 (no ticket necessary if only accessing shop). 
• The Winter Lights route is accessible to pushchairs/wheelchairs. 

What will there be to see and do? 

Community is at the heart of our Lights festival. In collaboration with Tough Dough CIC, withy and tissue paper lanterns are made by local schools, community groups and artists. Stroll through the walled gardens and orchard lit by these creative lanterns, hundreds of fairy lights and feature lighting provided by students on the BA(Hons) Technical Theatre Arts course at Falmouth University, led by tutor Paul Joines.

Make a Christmas wish by hanging a bauble on the wishing tree or gather your family and friends there for a picture. Pop into the bookshop for some winter reading, where children can make a Christmas craft.  

Eating and shopping 

From an outdoor stand, CAST café will be serving a selection of hot and cold food and drink (see details above under Planning your visit) with many locally sourced ingredients and will include gluten free and vegetarian options. The shop will be open for gift shopping, plus the second-hand bookshop. 

To book 

The best way to book your tickets is online using the button below.

If you’re unable to book online then call our central box office on 0344 249 1895. Please note, we’re unable to take bookings at Trengwainton itself. Tickets cannot be exchanged for alternative dates or times, nor be refunded.

Be sure to bring either printed or electronic confirmation of your tickets on the night. 

Other useful information 

Accessibility: Car park surfaces are gravel as are the paths in the walled garden and orchard. A tarmac path runs from the car park to the reception (1:9 gradient) and there's a steep incline (1:12) on a tarmac path into the walled garden. Electric mobility Tramper available to hire and a manual all-terrain wheelchair - booking strongly recommended for these T: 01736 363148 

See this article for terms and conditions of hire: Accessible visits to Trengwainton|Cornwall | National Trust

Dogs: Assistance dogs only at this event due to the combination of limited lighting and narrow paths.  

Car parks: Locked and lights switched off at 9.00pm