2018 Christmas at Charlecote

The house is open and decorated for Christmas up to and including 23 December. Come and join us for all the traditional festivities. Entry to the house by timed ticket only at the weekend - not bookable in advance, limited numbers.

Please note: The 2018 booking date for Father Christmas will be announced in September here on the website and social media. It is likely to be late October before we accept bookings. We are unable to accept bookings via email.

Deck the halls...

At weekends, some of our staff and volunteers will be in costume.

If your choir would like to come and sing at Charlecote on any of the other December weekend days, do get in touch!

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What’s on your list?

The Servants’ Hall shop has the best of all the National Trust Christmas ranges in stock with gifts and treats for everyone, and tastings too.

We have Christmas decorations and gifts, as well as local pot-grown Christmas trees and festive wreaths for sale in our Plant Centre shop next to the car park (open Thursday-Sunday, 10.00am-3.00pm).

Bring us some figgy pudding

Our volunteers in the Victorian kitchen will be cooking up lots of festive goodies, pop in to warm up by the fire if it's chilly outside.

Please note that we don't have enough volunteers to cook every day though. If your New Year resolution is to try something new, how about joining the team? Take a look at our volunteering section.

The Orangery tea-room will be preparing hundreds of mince pies and plenty of hot soup – just what you need after a walk round the parkland this winter.

Why not get together with friends, family or colleagues for a Christmas meal in the Orangery? Last date for Christmas meals - 29 December, book before 24 December please.

At weekends we'll have mulled wine tastings in the brewhouse and hot spiced apple juice to Mrs Horton's recipe in the Victorian kitchen.

For families

If you haven't booked to see Father Christmas do wave at him in the summerhouse during the festive weekends - he'll be checking his Nice List and he'll look out for everyone!

Children can post a letter to Father Christmas in the gatehouse - please include a legible email address if you’d like a reply!

And afterwards…

We're closed on 24 and 25 December, but don’t forget that the park and gardens are open on Boxing Day – try out those new hats and scarves and walk off Christmas dinner around the parkland with friends and family.