Visit Father Christmas
Step into a Christmas grotto
There are lots of different things you can do when you visit Father Christmas. At Beningbrough Hall in North Yorkshire, take a seat in the Victorian laundry and listen to him share stories of his adventures, travels and mishaps. Meet Father Christmas and bring a letter along with you to give to him – he loves reading about what you’ve been up to over the past year.
At Quarry Bank in Cheshire there will be a special baby and toddler storytelling and play session with Father Christmas, which includes a private family visit with the man in red. Younger visitors can enjoy story time with Father Christmas in his woodland grotto at Standen House and Garden in West Sussex, where you can meet him afterwards and receive a cup of hot chocolate.
If you’d like to help out in Father Christmas’ grotto, there are festive craft events you can join in with. Join the enchanted elves at Ormesby Hall in Middlesbrough, where you can decorate baubles and make your own Christmas cards before you meet Father Christmas. You can also create wooden crafts in the elves’ workshop at Souter Lighthouse in Tyne & Wear after meeting with the jolly man in red.