Christmas Light Trails 2025 - Christmas in Cheshire & Beyond
- Jennifer Kozyra
- Sep 17, 2024
- 7 min read
Updated: Nov 2
Christmas Light Trails 2025 in Cheshire & Beyond
Have you got your Christmas Lights booked yet?
There is something special about wandering around Christmas Lights, wrapped up in your warm coat holding your little ones gloved hand. Stopping at a stall to buy a mulled wine or hot chocolate to warm your hands. Finally, roasting marshmallows on a flickering fire pit.
Make sure you book your tickets in advance as a lot of the light trails sell out quickly especially the weekend slots.
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To head back to "Your Ultimate guide to Christmas in Cheshire"
Find your favourite "Christmas Light Trails" in Cheshire
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From small to big Grottos with my "Where to See Santa" Guide
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To look through lots of "Christmas Activities & Events"
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Make your Santa visit even more special with a Santa Sleepover or Festive Short Break
To find gifts and get into the festive spirit with a Christmas Markets and Light Switch ons
Book a special treat with a Festive Afternoon Teas in Cheshire.
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✨ Alice in the Hidden Garden at Bents 2025
📅 5th - 30th Dec
Follow the glow of twinkling lights and step into a spellbinding retelling of Alice at the all-new Wonderland Light Adventure in the Hidden Garden. Perfect for all ages, the Light Trail invites you on an after-dark adventure through imagination, mystery, and enchantment. Expect dazzling theatrical light installations, immersive soundscapes, and magical storytelling touches around every corner. Enjoy seasonal treats and winter warmers from our Winter Food Market, brimming with festive flavours and feel-good bites or Cosy up in the Outdoor Christmas Teepee, the perfect place to soak up the seasonal spirit with a warm drink in hand.
✨ Yuletide at Tatton Park
📅 15th Nov - 23rd Dec
With enchanting lights as your guide, you’ll dance and interact with actors, puppets, and lanterns along the way, taking part in ancient Yuletide traditions as their characters come to life before your very eyes! With live performers and acrobats
📍Knutsford, Cheshire
✨🎄 Christmas at Magical Woodland
📅 28th Nov - 24th Dec
Get into the Christmas spirit this year and experience never-seen-before light features, in our 15-acre enchanted Cheshire Woodland. Fully immerse yourself into a world of pure festive magic; with special guests Mr & Mrs Claus making an appearance this year! With unlimited opportunities to re explore; stay for as long as you like! Make sure you leave time to refuel and warm up with tasty snacks and hot drinks around the firepits in "Grub in the Wood" and get some marshmallows for roasting on the flames.
📍Northwich, Cheshire
✨Festive Lights at Biddulph Grange Garden
📅13th - 28th Dec
Bring along your family to explore the Garden after hours, beautifully lit with Christmas lights. Each ticket comes with a hot drink voucher to redeem in the Tearoom. A perfect chance soak up the seasonal atmosphere and make wonderful memories.
📍Biddulph, nr Congleton, Cheshire
✨ Enchanted Winter Walk at Quarry Bank 2025
📅 27th Nov - 22nd Dec
Get together with friends and family and enjoy the Enchanted Winter Walk. Wrap up warm and enjoy the magic of Quarry Bank at twilight. Tickets £9.50 per person, includes entry and hot drink for adults. And for children tickets include entry, reindeer food and child size hot drink
📍Wilmslow, Cheshire
✨ Enchanted Winter Walk Quiet Sessions 2025
📅 6th & 18th Dec
Wrap up warm and enjoy the magic of Quarry Bank at twilight on one of our quiet sessions. These sessions will involve less lighting, no music and fewer ticket holders per sessions.Tickets £9.50 per person, includes entry and hot drink for adults. And for children tickets include entry, reindeer food and child size hot drink.
📍Wilmslow, Cheshire
✨ RHS Glow 2025 at RHS Bridgewater
📅 26 Nov – 30 Dec
With brand-new captivating light displays and seasonal sounds, see much-loved areas of the garden transformed into a botanical winter wonderland.
Wander through the spectacular Weston Walled Garden, and prepare to be dazzled by a brand-new installation in the Paradise Garden. Stop by the Stables Café for pizza, hot drinks, mulled wine and festive treats. Enjoy a choice of warming plates in the Bridgewater Café, including Bratwurst sausages, jacket potatoes, pasties, sausage rolls and more.
📍Manchester
✨ Christmas at Dunham Massey 2025
📅 14th Nov - 3rd Jan 2026
Explore the majestic grounds of Dunham Massey as they are transformed into a glowing winter wonderland. Created by Sony the award-winning light trail producers, this breathtaking illuminated trail features the very best in twinkling lights and immersive seasonal sounds.
Marvel at new awe-inspiring installations including the playful “Field of Stars” filled with colour-changing stars over 5 metres high, larger-than-life glowing flowers on “Crocus Lawn” and “Pixel Trees” where a cluster of contemporary Christmas trees made from thousands of LEDs create a dynamic light show with lots of guaranteed sparkle.
Enjoy the festive fairground, indulge in delicious seasonal treats, and sip on mulled wine or hot chocolate from the food and beverage stalls. And of course, don’t miss a magical glimpse of Father Christmas along the way!
📍Altrincham, Cheshire
✨ Lanterns and Light at Chester Zoo 2025
📅 13th Nov - 3rd Jan 2026
So much more than just a light trail, Lanterns and Light is an experience that will amaze and delight you at every turn. Interact with playful puppets, drift through the Ribbon Tunnel, gaze at kaleidoscope stars and explore the Laser Garden - plus discover new installations for 2025, including Airquarium, Bubble Walk and Submergence.
Enjoy seasonal street food, warming drinks and joyful moments at every turn.
📍Chester
✨Twilight Trail at Depot Mayfield 2025
📅 14th Nov - 31st Dec
Step into the world of enchantment right in the heart of the city this winter. With spectacular light displays, lantern installations and a captivating soundscape guiding you.
RIght next door to Freight Island, and just a short five-minute walk from Manchester Piccadilly Station.
📍Manchester
✨ Enchanted at Knowsley Safari 2025
📅 22nd Nov -23rd Dec
Wander through the dazzling illuminated Foot Safari, discover magical glowing animal installations, and soak up the festive spirit with cosy treats and family fun at every turn.
• A spectacular trail of shimmering lights
• Enchanted animal displays that come alive after dark
• Crackling fire pits, toasted marshmallows and festive street food (marshmallows are included in Enchanted ticket)
• Family rides and attractions to keep the excitement going
• PLUS - A chance to meet Santa in his magical grotto!
Want to meet Santa? Just add the grotto experience at checkout
📍Preston
✨ Winter Light Trail at Trentham Estate
📅 21st Nov - 4th Jan
Step into a brand new illuminated light trail through Trentham Gardens this winter.
Watch little faces light up in awe and wonder at the festive surprises around every corner. This year’s trail takes new twists and turns, over a mile long, and will feature never-before-seen displays, mesmerising new soundscapes.
Plus there’s an apres bar and mini chalets, local independent food vendors, children’s funfair amusements, marshmallow toasting and more!
📍Stoke, Staffordshire
✨ Northern Lights Manchester 2025
📅 20th Nov – 31st Dec
The 1 mile long walk around Heaton Park takes you on an adventure through around 14 illumination zones, each with their own unique personalities and tasty pit stops along the way.
To top it all off they have a Christmas Village full of cracking local food, delicious drinks and plenty of festive cheer!
📍Manchester
✨ Lanterns of the Wild at Twycross Zoo 2025
📅 14 Nov - 22nd Feb 2026
This Winter, see animals in a whole new light at our BRAND-NEW after-dark adventure. See Twycross Zoo transformed and journey across the world, glowing with vibrant colour and wonder, in a lantern experience like no other
🗺 Over a mile of breathtaking lanterns on an epic-scale
🌴 10 immersive zones taking you from lush rainforest to deep oceans, and more
📚 The world's first The Gruffalo lantern experience
🌭 Food, drink and festive treats
❄ The perfect winter experience for all ages
💰 Exclusive discounts for Annual Pass Plus holders & Members
📍Atherstone, nr Tamworth
✨ Christmas at Chatsworth 2025
📅 8th Nov - 4th January
Experience the magic of Christmas at Chatsworth, with a decorated house, garden light trail, and seasonal crafts and activities at the farmyard.
If you book to visit between 8 November and 14 December inclusive, your tickets include access to our Christmas market
Best viewed from dusk | Approximately 1.8km | Allow 45mins to 1hr 30 mins
📍Bakewell, Peak District
✨ Illuminated Arboretum 2025
📅 5th – 22nd Dec
This year’s spectacular Illuminated Arboretum winter light trail will feature special elements that commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War ✨
The new 1.5 mile-long route around the Arboretum will use mesmerising light, colour and sound to bring the fascinating stories of the Arboretum to life in a unique way, featuring fun hands-on elements, immersive spaces and areas for personal reflection.
📍Burton on Trent, Staffordshire
✨ Land of Lights at Gulliver’s world Warrington 2025
📅 25th Oct - 31st Feb
Wander through a world where imagination shines, from majestic monuments to roaring dinosaurs and fantastical dreamworlds, all brought to life with breathtaking colour and creativity.
📍Warrington, Cheshire
✨ Bewilderwood Presents Christmas 2025
📅 29th Nov – 23rd Dec
A Starry Night of Sparkly Lights & Panto Magic!
Wander beneath twinkling stars and through a mesmerising Sparkly light Trail. Enjoy a mini pantomime bursting with festive cheer, suitable for all ages. (Approx. 20 minutes)
Meet your favourite BeWILDerwood characters. Spot Father Christmas along the way
📍Whitchurch, Cheshire
✨ Blackpool illuminations 2025
📅 29th Aug 2025 - 4th Jan 2026
The world-famous Illuminations need little introduction. With six miles of traditional festoons, tableaux and interactive features along the Promenade, no wonder it’s commonly known as the greatest free light show on Earth!
📍Blackpool, Lancashire
✨ Light Trail at Warwick Castle 2025
📅 22nd Nov - 4th Jan
Warwick Castle transforms into a sparkling wonderland this Christmas with a brand-new light trail. Over half a million twinkling lights illuminate 64 acres of our historic grounds.
You can visit just for the evening light trail or soend all day exploring the castle and then stay for when it goes dark and all the twinkly lights turn on.
📍Warwick, Warwickshire
✨Winterfest at Manorafon Farm in North Wales 2025
📅 6th -23rd Dec
Stroll the sparkling light trail, enjoy music-synced shows, meet Christmas characters and catch the circus. Play in the snow, explore photo ops, toast marshmallows, and savour festive food and drinks. A magical night of wonder for families and friends alike.
📍Llanddulas, Abergele, North Wales
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