A close-up image of a Christmas tree with lights and baubles at Uppark, with more lights out of focus in the background — Festive decorations on a Christmas tree | © National Trust Images/John Millar

Christmas in Wiltshire

Find out how world-famous landscapes and magnificent houses around Wiltshire are transformed for Christmas. Plan your festive day out and find lots of things to see and do with all the family.

A mother and daughter beside a Christmas tree

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Christmas at Avebury

Join us at Avebury this festive season as we tell the story of The Twelve Days of Christmas. The manor will be decorated with hand-crafted ornaments made by the volunteers team and each room will be dressed to reflect a different part of this traditional Christmas carol.

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

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Christmas at Lacock

All is bright and full of light at Lacock for the Christmas festivities this year. Follow the reindeer trail around the village and abbey, find the Community Christmas Tree festival in the Cloister and traditional decorations in the Great Hall. Bring the kids for a cosy festive Storytime in the Lacock Christmas Grotto and write a letter to Santa to send from the Bakehouse mailroom.

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Christmas lights at Stourhead

A million twinkling lights are set to bring the garden to life as the Christmas at Stourhead illuminated trail returns in 2023.

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

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Festive fun at Stourhead

Get ready for a season of festive joy at Stourhead with a schedule full of wonderful activities and a beautifully decorated house. Experience a magical Christmas season and make magical memories.

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

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Christmas at Mompesson House

Enter Charles Dickens' world and discover the sights, sounds and smells of a Victorian Christmas. Thursday 23 November to Saturday 23 December, Thursday to Sunday, 11am to 3.30pm (last entry at 3pm). Normal admission charge only.