Ilam Park: Winter: Operation Save the Sleigh Trail
Embark on a festive quest across the site—solve riddles, uncover clues, and gather the secret numbers!
- Booking not needed
Father Christmas is in a festive fix—he’s locked the magical Reindeer Flying Food in a chest and forgotten the code! Now it’s up to you and your family to crack the clues hidden around the site. Solve puzzles, gather the secret numbers, and race back to the Welcome Team to unlock the chest.
Trail sheets can be bought for a suggested donation of £2 from the Welcome Hut or Bookshop.
Times
Prices
| Ticket type | Ticket category |
|---|---|
| Child | £2.00 |
The basics
- Suitability
All families welcome.
- Meeting point
Meet us at the Welcome hut to find your first clue!
- What to bring and wear
Wrap up warm it gets chilly!
- Accessibility
The trail will be set along our accessible path
- Other
Ilam, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, DE6 2AZ, please follow the brown signs for Ilam Park. Car park at Ilam Park is free for NT members, for non-members the charge is £6 for 4 hours and £8 for all day. Please bring the correct change for the machine or you can pay for your car parking in the tea room. We have very limited mobile phone signal in the area, although you can join our National Trust free wifi available in the stableyard.
Upcoming events
Ilam Park: 2026 Canihike with Nose and Paws Active
Join us for an exciting new kind of event with your four legged friend!
Ilam Park: Bird Box Detectives trail
Grab you detective hat and your binoculars! It's time to explore Ilam Park and solve the puzzles to discover the beautiful birds that live here.
Ilam Park: Summer Theatre: As You Like It by the Handlebards
Pedalling from venue to venue with all of their set, props and costumes on the back of their bikes, the HandleBards will be performing a fantastically funny bicycle-powered production of Shakespeare’s ‘As You Like It’.