A vintage carousel in front of Kingston Lacy — Christmas at Kingston Lacy | © National Trust/Steve Haywood

Christmas in and around Dorset

The magnificent houses and castle were transformed and formal gardens hosted illuminated trails for Christmas 2024 in and around Dorset. Check back later to plan your festive day out and find lots of things to see and do with all the family for Christmas 2025.

Christmas decorations on a tree, with a family in the background

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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.

Corfe Castle at dusk with lights and fire pits

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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.

Festive house decorations and spectacularly decorated Christmas trees, Stourhead, Wiltshire

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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.

The exterior of Mompesson House, Wiltshire, in winter, dusted with a light covering of snow.

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Christmas at Mompesson House

For Christmas 2024, we invited you to take a trip back in time to 1846 at Mompesson House. As the Townsend family slept on Christmas Eve, their books came to life... The Christmas offer has now finished. Please check back nearer the time to see what's in store for Christmas 2025.