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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.

Top Christmas days out in Wiltshire

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 

The lights will be twinkling at Lacock once more for Christmas 2024. The Community Christmas Tree festival returns to set the Cloister glittering with twinkly lights and handmade decorations. The Great Hall will be decked out in traditional decorations. Mother Christmas will be settling down to read another Christmas story, and you'll be able to post a letter in the Christmas post room and pose for a picture in the sleigh parked in the Courtyard.

A closeup of a handstitched apple slice decoration, with ivy and bright yellow Christmas lights in the background
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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 exterior of Mompesson House, Wiltshire, in winter, dusted with a light covering of snow.
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Christmas at Mompesson House 

For Christmas 2024, take a trip back in time to 1846 at Mompesson House. As the Townsend family sleep on Christmas Eve, their books come to life...

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.

A man with a young girl on his shoulders looking at Christmas lights
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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 2024.

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Christmas in and around Dorset 

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Christmas around Bath and Bristol 

Find out how the magnificent houses and peaceful gardens around Bath and Bristol were transformed for Christmas.

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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.

Two adults and a child look at the house, with its pediment supported by columns, at Stourhead, Wiltshire

Discover more in Wiltshire

World-famous gardens, villages and ancient landscapes, and some lesser-known gems can all be found in Wiltshire.