Christmas at Charlecote Park
Celebrate Christmas in style at Charlecote Park with family and friends. Wonder at the extravagantly decorated house styled as a Christmas party from the mid-1800s and enjoy festive food and shopping.
Christmas 2024 has now finished at Charlecote Park
The below information is for Christmas 2024. Please check back here closer to Christmas 2025 to see the exciting plans we have in store.
Best times to visit
Over the Christmas period, Charlecote Park tends to be at its busiest between 11am – 2.30pm during weekends and school holidays, and house tickets might sell out before noon. For a quieter visit, explore Charlecote in the week or outside of these times.
A house fit for a Christmas party
The sumptuous Victorian home at Charlecote Park is elaborately dressed for a Christmas party. Imagine that Mary Elizabeth and George Lucy, the Victorian owners of Charlecote Park, are inviting you to their Christmas party. Collect your "invitation" at the Visitor Reception, and wander around the bedecked house and outbuildings to immerse yourself in the Christmas spirit. Discover the favourite pastimes and objects of the Lucy family in the five dressed rooms. Visit the cafés for some delicious festive favourites, or pop to the shop to find Christmas cards, gifts and baubles.
Christmas Trail
Follow the Christmas trail with family or friends, play games and charades, solve riddles, and explore Charlecote Park in a different way.
Gift-giving & Christmas shopping
Don’t forget to stop by our shop, situated just behind the Victorian Kitchen, in the old servants' hall. The shop is fully stocked with artisan gifts, festive accessories and food offerings for those special gifts for friends and family.
Or why not gift a National Trust membership to a loved one? Enquire at Visitor Reception about membership, and get ready to create future memories with your loved one.
Christmas in a nutshell
- House: Enjoy the decorated house from November till early January. Collect a timed ticket (or "invitation") at Visitor Reception when you arrive.
- Trail: Follow the trail around Charlecote Park.
- Deer park walks: The parkland will be open every day from 9am - 4pm with last entry at 3pm to explore the frosty grounds.
- Eating & Drinking: Warm up with a hot chocolate and other delicious festive treats from one of our food outlets.
- Shopping: Browse a selection of eco-friendly and sustainable gift ideas in the Servants' Hall Shop.
- Dogs: Continue to be welcome along the designated dog walking routes in the parkland.
- Access: Hire out a tramper for free to help you explore the parkland this winter – contact us to book it in advance.
- Car Park: Due to limited space in the car park, we recommend arriving before 11am or after 2pm on the busiest days (weekends from mid-December onwards, bank holidays, week between Boxing Day and New Year).
FAQs
Exploring the parkland at Charlecote Park
Walk through an estate brimming with wildlife, from fallow deer to spotted Jacob sheep, and find out what else there is to see on a visit to Charlecote Park in Warwickshire.
Visiting Charlecote Park with your dog
Charlecote Park is a two-pawprint rated place. There's plenty of space to explore with your dogs along our special walking routes. With acres of beautiful parkland to visit, come and wander with your four-legged friend.
Eating and shopping at Charlecote Park
Whether you’re looking for a quick snack with your dog or relaxing lunch with friends, we’ve got a choice of places to eat, drink, and shop at Charlecote.
Things to see and do in the house at Charlecote Park
Discover a fine example of a Victorian home at Charlecote Park, with its vast collection of treasures and immaculately preserved Victorian kitchen and outbuildings.
Family-friendly things to do at Charlecote Park
Entertain the whole family this autumn at Charlecote Park. Picnic, play and explore the estate, and spot the wild deer herd, the flock of Jacob sheep, as well as lots of wildlife.