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A 1940s Christmas tree at Dyrham Park | © National Trust/Steve Haywood

Christmas around Bath and Bristol

The magnificent houses and peaceful gardens around Bath and Bristol were transformed for Christmas once again in 2024. Check back later for festive days out and things to see and do with all the family in 2025.

Top Christmas days out near Bath and Bristol 2024

Christmas at Tyntesfield 

For Christmas 2024, visitors were emersed in Christmas Past at Tyntesfield. They followed the family reindeer trail, tried their hand at craft workshops, experienced a festive carousel ride and soaked in the Christmas spirit with festive decorations in Tyntesfield House and across Tyntesfield Estate. Tyntesfield combined Christmas traditions with wider community themes through stunning art installations, innovative decorations and interactive experiences. Christmas 2024 has now finished at Tyntesfield. Please check back here closer to Christmas 2025 when you will see updates of all the exciting plans we have in store for you.

The Great Hall at Tyntesfield, near Bristol, decorated for Christmas

Christmas at Dyrham Park 

Visitors are invited to go back in time on a journey with Christmas through the ages. The house will be adorned with decorations from different eras, there will be a family trail in the parkland, and a giant wreath and Christmas trees will be dotted around the 270-acre site.

Two woman adjust decorations on a large lit indoor Christmas tree at Dyrham Park

Christmas at Prior Park 

The 12 Days of Christmas will be coming to the garden for 2024, with magical interpretations of this family-favourite carol. Explore the garden and watch it come to life, with fun activities to discover.

A wintery scene with frosty grass and low sun shining behind the Palladian Bridge at Prior Park Landscape Garden, Somerset

Christmas at Lacock 

The lights were twinkling at Lacock once more for Christmas 2024, with santa's sleigh in the Courtyard by the 20ft tree. The Community Christmas Tree festival returned to set the Cloister glittering with twinkly lights and handmade decorations and the Great Hall was decked out in traditional decorations. Mother Christmas settled down in the grotto to read another Christmas story, and visitors could create their own decorations and post a letter to the North Pole in the Botanic Garden Bothy.

Two visitors in the cloister looking at one of the Christmas Trees decorated for Lacock's Community Christmas Tree Festival, Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire

Christmas at Avebury 

Christmas at Avebury begins on Saturday 30 November and includes the chance to meet St. Nicholas, Christmas markets, wreath-making, and our popular winter walks around the stones.

The timber frame ceiling of Avebury's 16th Century Dovecote decorated with black drapes, hanging paper star ornaments, warm fairy lights, and a crescent moon decoration featuring golden star and comet designs.

Christmas at Newark Park 

For Christmas 2024, we invite you to enjoy a traditional Christmas at Newark Park, with festive decorations adorning the house, wintry walks in the garden, and a visit from Father Christmas himself.

Silver Christmas decorations hang on a tree at Petworth House and Park, West Sussex

Christmas 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.

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

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Christmas in and around Somerset 

For Christmas 2024 discover magnificent houses, enchanted winter woodlands, Elizabethan revelry and seasonal food and drink in and around Somerset. Here's a few suggestions to start planning your festive visit in 2024.

A child running towards a Christmas tree at Dunster Castle in Somerset

Christmas in Wiltshire 

From after-dark illuminated trails to festive decorations, we've something for the whole family this Christmas around Wiltshire. Here's a few suggestions to start planning your visit.

A close-up image of a Christmas tree with lights and baubles at Uppark, with more lights out of focus in the background
Tyntesfield House in Spring

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