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A vintage carousel in front of Kingston Lacy
Christmas at Kingston Lacy | © National Trust/Steve Haywood

Christmas in and around Dorset

The magnificent houses and castle were transformed and formal gardens hosted illuminated trails for Christmas 2024 in and around Dorset. Check back later to plan your festive day out and find lots of things to see and do with all the family for Christmas 2025.

Top Christmas days out in and around Dorset

Christmas wishes at Kingston Lacy 

Christmas 2024 brought the magic of wishes to Kingston Lacy, with a house transformed by festive decorations and a family trail through the garden. There was a vintage carousel and Storytelling with Santa. We hope Kingston Lacy provided a memory-making, festive family day out and made your wishes come true.

Christmas decorations on a tree, with a family in the background

Christmas at Corfe Castle 

Experience the charm of Corfe Castle this Christmas. Explore the ruins to find festive scenes, toast marshmallows around firepits, enjoy family crafting activities or for an extra touch of magic, experience the ambience of the castle at night.

Corfe Castle at dusk with lights and fire pits

Festive fun 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

Christmas at Mompesson House 

For Christmas 2024, we invited you to take a trip back in time to 1846 at Mompesson House. As the Townsend family slept on Christmas Eve, their books came to life... The Christmas offer has now finished. Please check back nearer the time to see what's in store for Christmas 2025.

The exterior of Mompesson House, Wiltshire, in winter, dusted with a light covering of snow.

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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

Christmas around Bath and Bristol 

There are plenty of opportunities for wintry walks, warming treats, festive family trails and Christmas decorations galore around Bath and Bristol.

Staff and volunteers decorate a 1940s style Christmas tree

Christmas around Devon and Exmoor 

Discover unique houses and gardens in Devon and Exmoor transformed for Christmas.

Images show an adult holding a small girl who is reaching towards the Christmas decorations in the house at Killerton
An early morning view across Corfe Castle, Dorset in winter

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