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Christmas at Saltram 2023

Two staff members decorate two foliage dresses in Saltram's Red Room
Deck the halls, preparing for Saltram's Christmas display | © Steve Haywood

Christmas is now finished at Saltram for 2023! Please check back here later in the year to find out about Christmas 2024.

Christmas is now over for another year at Saltram, thank you so much for visiting!

Come back and check this page later on in the year to find out all about Christmas 2024.

Saltram’s Christmas in Bloom 2023

24 November 2023 - 2 January 2024

Opening times: 11:00am -5:00pm (Last booking slot 4:00pm- 4:30pm) . Closed at 4pm Christmas Eve and New Years Eve (Last booking slot 3:00pm-3:30pm) . Closed Christmas Day and Boxing Day

This Christmas explore in wonder as Saltram brings the beauty, magic, and splendour of an 18th century pleasure garden to life within the walls of its luxurious house interiors. Bringing the outside in, each room will transport you into a beautiful festive landscape, with wow moments around every corner and some woodland friends to lead you on your Christmas adventure.

All visits to the house will need to be booked in advance to guarantee entry to one of the most prestigious events of the season. Please note that tickets cannot be cancelled or refunded so please take care when placing your booking.

Christmas family trail in the house and garden

Pick up a Christmas family trail from the Welcome Centre and go on a festive adventure. The beloved mice are back again, for another Christmas at Saltram. This year, meeting new woodland friends around the house, showing them all the fun that a Georgian pleasure garden has to offer.

You can also help the mice and their new friends find some missing items around the garden, to help them take a very special Christmas journey …

Once you have completed your sheet, remember to head to the Bookshop or Welcome Centre to collect your sticker.

Christmas food and drink

Winter courtyard café

Get into the festive spirit by settling down with a tasty treat beside a giant Christmas tree under a tipi filled with fairy lights. Snuggle up with family and friends with a hot chocolate and a mince pie in the winter courtyard café this Christmas.

Chapel Tearoom

The Chapel tearoom will be offering festive tea and cake on vintage crockery with views across the lawn to the house, the Chapel Tearoom is the perfect location for a Christmassy slice of cake and tea this winter.

Coffee trailer

Why not grab a festive flavour coffee and a sweet treat at the coffee trailer before or after you set off on a frosty walk around the parkland.

BSL Video Tour of the Christmas Route

We are this year pleased to offer a 10 minute British Sign Language video of this years beautiful Christmas displays availble in the house. Upon arrival at the Entrance Hall please ask our volunteers for access to this video which can be carried with you on a portable tablet as you make your way through the Christmas experience. We also have still images of the non-wheelchair accessible spaces of the house available upon request.

A couple cosy up with their dog under Saltram's Christmas Courtyard Tipi
Cosying up with four legged friends under Saltram's festive courtyard tipi | © Steve Haywood

Booking FAQ’s

Storytime with Father Christmas at Saltram, Father Christmas in the Staircase Hall with a Nutcracker.
Storytime with Father Christmas at Saltram, Father Christmas in the Staircase Hall. | © Steve Haywood

Songs and Stories with Father Christmas - SOLD OUT

Dates: 2, 3, 8, 9,10,15,16,17, 20, 21 and 22 of December

All sessions for Songs and Stories with Father Christmas are now sadly sold out. Thank you for your support we hope you have a wonderful time.

Songs and Stories with Father Christmas 2023 | National Trust

Our beloved Father Christmas will be back again this year at Saltram with new exciting stories and songs to share! He will be setting up his cosy room in the stables to share a festive story and some songs.

We are delighted that Father Christmas has been able to come back to entertain one and all with his magical stories and festive songs.

He’s not your average Father Christmas and this isn’t you’re average Father Christmas experience. These story-time sessions are really entertaining for children and adults alike and help everyone feel the magic of this time of year. Children of all ages are very welcome. Under 1’s FREE.

This is a 45 minute sat down story time session. Best enjoyed by children over 3.

At the end of the Storytime there is an opportunity to say 'Hi' to the big man and grab a selfie if you want one.

Every child gets a very special keepsake to take home. As a charity, we ensure that the money raised from every visit to see Father Christmas helps towards the upkeep of Saltram.

Tickets are not refundable or exchangeable. Please select your tickets, date, and time with care.

Relaxed, BSL signed: Songs and Stories with Father Christmas - SOLD OUT

All sessions for Relaxed BSL signed Songs and Stories with Father Christmas are now sadly sold out. Thank you for your support we hope you have a wonderful time.

Relaxed, BSL signed: Songs and Stories with Father Christmas | National Trust

We are delighted that Father Christmas has bought his amazing friend Jason Trotter with him this year to help translate with British Sign Language.

These relaxed sessions are slightly smaller and the songs and stories will be at a slower pace and not too noisy, and of course with British Sign Language interpretation! These story-time sessions are really entertaining for children and adults alike and help everyone feel the magic of this time of year.

This is a 45 minute sat down story time session. Best enjoyed by children over 3.

At the end of the Storytime there is an opportunity to say hi to the big man and grab a selfie if you want one. Every child gets a very special keepsake to take home.

Priority for these sessions are for families who require BSL sign language and those families who need a slower/quieter paced session. Please book onto another session if this does not apply to you.

Tickets are not refundable or exchangeable. Please select your tickets, date, and time with care

The white exterior of the house at Saltram with lawn in front of it

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