Christmas Light Trails - Guide to Christmas in Cheshire & Beyond
Christmas Light Trails 2026 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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✨ The Magic Lamp at Bents 2026
📅 20th Nov - 30th Dec
This winter, the Hidden Garden Light Trail will bring the story of The Magic Lamp to life. Perfect for all ages, this experience invites you to journey through imagination, mystery and enchantment, with dazzling theatrical light installations, immersive soundscapes and magical storytelling.
🐕 Only guide dogs allowed
📍 Warrington WA3 5NT
🎟️ Family of 4 Off Peak £60/ On Peak £80
✨️ Winter Light Trail at Trentham Gardens 2026
📅 20th Nov - 3rd Jan
This year’s trail takes exciting new twists and turns across more than a mile, featuring never-before-seen displays, mesmerising new soundscapes and plenty of interactive installations. Plus, enjoy an après bar and cosy mini chalets, local independent food vendors, children’s funfair rides and amusements, marshmallow toasting
🐕 Dog friendly
📍 Stoke-on-Trent ST4 8JG
🎟️ Family of 4 Super Off Peak £50/ On Peak £72.50
✨️ Christmas at Dunham Massey
📅 20 Nov - 2 Jan
Celebrating its 10th anniversary. From a sweeping sea of light to memorable selfie worthy moments, Christmas at Dunham Massey transforms the historic house and garden into a glowing landscape of colour, fire and festivity.
With seasonal treats, fairground rides & meeting Father Christmas along the way.
🚗 Free parking for National Trust members
🐕 Dog friendly plus sessions with only assistant dogs allowed
📍Altrincham WA14 4SJ
🎟️ Family of 4 Off Peak £63.50/ On Peak £91.50
✨️ Festive Lights at Biddulph Grange Garden
🗓️5, 6, 11-13, 18-20, 22-23 & 27-29 Dec
Enjoy the Festive Lights wandering through the garden, from the Candy Cane Terrace to the Nutcracker steps and on to discover the illuminated reindeer forest and more. Take a selfie in the Christmas sleigh, have a go at the Christmas games and then warm up with a hot drink by the fire in the Drawing Room.
🎅 Father Christmas will be there Fri & Sun evenings up to 20th Dec to wish you a Merry Christmas.
☕️ All adult & child tickets (over 3 years old) include a free hot drink.
🐕 Only guide dogs allowed
📍 Stoke-on-Trent ST8 7SD
🎟️ Family of 4 £45 on all dates and includes a hot drink each
✨️ Enchanted at Knowsley Safari
📅 Selected dates 20th Nov - 23rd Dec
Follow an all-new extended illuminated trail through the Foot Safari, where dazzling displays, glowing animal installations and magical surprises await around every corner.
🍔 Festive food, marshmellows & family rides
🎅 Add on Meeting Santa in his magical grotto and receive a large plush toy gift
Book before 1st November and enjoy free marshmallow toasting included with every ticket
🐕 No dogs allowed
📍Prescot L34 4AN
🎟️ Family of 4 Off Peak £39.80/ On Peak £100
✨️ RHS Glow at RHS Bridgewater
📅 26th Nov - 30th Dec
Starting with a mosaic of colour, this year’s RHS Glow takes an exciting new route through the woodland, where you’ll encounter interactive light and sound installations, admire a magical moon and see the beautiful new Yangzhou Scholars’ Garden all aglow. More new highlights for 2026 include two mesmerising light art commissions, an animated forest, and immersive sunrise to sunset installation
🐕 Only guide dogs allowed
📍 Manchester M28 2LJ
🎟️ Family of 4 Super Off Peak £29.50/ On Peak £58
✨️ Christmas at Bewilderwood
📅 28th Nov - 23rd Dec
Snowmen, Sparkly Lights & Magical Panto Moments!
✨ Follow a sparkly light trail through the woods, filled with snowy surprises & festive fun for the whole family.
⛄ Meet delightful snowmen dotted along the trail
🎭 Enjoy our much-loved mini pantomime bursting with festive cheer
🎄 Meet your favourite BeWILDerwood characters
🎅 Keep an eye out for Father Christmas along the way
🐕 Only guide dogs allowed
📍 Whitchurch SY13 4JF
🎟️ Family of 4 £78 on all dates
✨️ Lights of Abraham at The Heights of Abraham Matlock
📅 20th Nov - 30th Dec excluding 24th, 25th & 26th Dec
Experience the Heights in a new light!
Make your way down the festoon-lit riverside walkway before arriving at the base station to board your gondola and take a moonlit cable car flight across the river and above an avenue of colour.
Once you arrive at the summit set off on the trail that winds through illuminated gardens, across boardwalks and along woodland paths. Look out for the neon forest, the giant swans, interactive stepping stones & ice garden. The Vista Bar will be open serving festive tipples and pizzas
They also have firepits to toast marshmallows on.
🐕 No dogs allowed due to salt & grit used
📍 Matlock DE4 3NT
🎟️ Family of 4 £84.50 on all dates
✨️ Yuletide at Tatton Park
📅 14th Nov - 23rd Dec (selected dates)
Step into a world of folklore, curious creatures and festive mischief as the Tatton gardens come alive after dark. As dusk settles over the trees, visitors will see light installations, live performance, music, puppetry and fire.
Along the way, they might encounter acrobats dancing through the trees, fire jugglers lighting up the night, wassailers in the orchards, musicians by the lake or storytellers bringing ancient winter myths to life.
🐕 Only guide dogs allowed
📍 Knutsford WA16 6QN
🎟️ Family of 4 Super Off Peak £69.50/ On Peak £77.94
✨️ Enchanted Winter Walk at Quarry Bank
📅 Selected dates 4th - 31st Dec
With festive lighting and illuminated walkways, wander through the Upper Garden on the Enchanted Winter Walk. Keep an eye out for Mrs Claus preparing the sleigh for Christmas Eve, and little ones, don’t forget to pick up your reindeer food ready for the big day.
🐕 Dog on a lead allowed
📍 Wilmslow SK9 4HP
🎟️ Family of 4 £39.80 on all dates and includes a hot drink each plus reindeer food for kids
✨️ Lanterns & Light at Chester Zoo
📅 13th Nov - 3rd Jan
Come face to face with lit up animal puppets with brand new characters as well as old favourites.
Walk through suspended glowing jellyfish, fibre optic tunnels and floating glistening feathers - new installations designed to surround you with colour, movement and light.
Adult Only Nights on 19th Nov & 8th Dec
🐕 Only guide dogs allowed
📍 Chester, CH2 1EU
🎟️ Family of 4 Off Peak £63 / On Peak £94
✨️ Land of Lights at Gullivers World Warrington
📅 24th Oct - 30th Jan
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.
🐕 Dog friendly nights
📍 Warrington WA5 9YZ
🎟️ Family of 4 Off Peak £50 / On Peak £56
✨️ Northern Lights Manchester
📅 19th Nov - 31st Dec
Journey through the decades and relive the nostalgia of Christmas magic in an unforgettable immersive experience.
Expect 14 original installations, interactive zones, selfie spots, vintage fairground rides, a marshmallow zone and an expanded Christmas Village showcasing artisan food.
🐕 Dog on a lead allowed
📍 Manchester M25 0EQ
🎟️ Family of 4 Off Peak £60 / On Peak £78
✨️ Christmas at Magical Woodland
📅 20th Nov - 24th Dec
Step into a 15 ache world of twinkling lights, christmas music and enjoy character interactions as you meet Santa, Mrs. Claus, the Grinch, the Whos & cheeky elves. Say hello to REAL Reindeers & Owls.
🐕 Only guide dogs allowed
📍 Northwich, CW8 2EB
🎟️ Family of 4 £82.40 on all dates
✨️ Christmas at Warwick Castle
📅 21st Nov - 3rd Jan 2027
As darkness falls wander through the historic grounds of the castle which is now filled with twinkling trees, dazzling lights and illuminations. Combine your visit with ice skating and meeting Santa inside the state rooms.
🐕 Only guide dogs allowed
📍 Warwick CV34 6AU
🎟️ Family of 4 £92 for just trail tickets
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✨️Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas Trail at Arley Hall
📅 22nd Oct - 3rd Jan
Coming to the UK for the first time.
The twisting 1.2-mile trail features all your favourite characters and songs, with over 1,700 captivating light installations, 3D-printed sculptures and interactive video projections. With the eerie Halloween Town to the festive Christmas Town, the trail is designed to evolve with the seasons, and promises to make 'the perfect family experience for both Halloween and Christmas'.
💀 Join Jack Skellington, Sally, and Zero for a frightfully fun frolic through the world of the beloved film
🎶 Discover iconic scenes and songs from the beloved 1993 classic
✨ Marvel at dazzling lights, 3D sculptures, and all-new immersive moments
🌿 Wander through the enchanting landscapes of Arley Hall & Gardens
🐕 No dogs allowed
📍 Northwich CW9 6NA
🎟️ Family of 4 Off Peak £168/ Peak £227 plus £8 parking
✨️ Illuminated Arboretum at National Rememberance Gardens
📅 4th - 22nd Dec Excl 7th & 14th
Around every corner of the National Remembrance Gardens, you’ll find a story waiting to be discovered. With the night sky setting the scene, Illuminated transforms our landscape using light, sound and colour to bring our special stories to life.
🐕 Only guide dogs allowed
📍 Burton-on-Trent DE13 7AR
🎟️ Family of 4 Off Peak £64/ Peak £70
✨️ Christmas at Chatsworth
📅 7th Nov - 3rd Jan
As darkness falls, follow a new light and sound trail through the garden where scenes from the festive song unfold among Chatsworth’s best-known landmarks. The trail leads through the Rock Garden, around the Maze, through Bamboo Walk, and the Broad Walk before culminating in a spectacular animated light show, projected onto the South Façade of the house.
Christmas at Chatsworth tickets include:
Admission to the decorated house, the garden, including the light trail and the farmyard & playground
🐕 Dog on a lead allowed
📍 Bakewell DE45 1PP
🎟️ Family of 4 £94.52 on all days
✨️ Blackpool illuminations
📅 4th Sept - 3rd Jan
The world-famous Illuminations need little introduction. With six miles of traditional festoons, tableaux and interactive features along the Promenade
🐕 Dog on a lead allowed
📍 Blackpool FY1 4BJ
🎟️ FREE for all
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