Skip to content
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.

Top Christmas days out in Wiltshire

A mother and daughter beside a Christmas tree
Article
Article

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
Article
Article

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.

Christmas lights at Stourhead
Article
Article

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
Article
Article

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.
Article
Article

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. 

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.