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Christmas at Saltram 2023
Find out all you need to know about Saltram's Christmas event for 2023, how to book and what's on offer this festive season.
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.
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
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.
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