NEW: Guide to Christmas at UK Theme Parks 2025
With the Christmas season quickly approaching and plenty of festive events to choose from, we've rounded up this year's highlights at UK theme parks.
We'll be updating this page regularly with the latest updates from every theme park in the UK.
Wonderland at Adventure Island
Dates:
29th-30th November and 6th-7th, 13th-14th, 20th-24th December 2025
Event lineup:
- Meet Father Christmas
- FREE round at Adventure Golf for the child.
- FREE entry to Sealife Adventure for the child and one accompanying adult.
- £2 worth of FREE games at Funtopia Arcade.
- Access to all the rides in Funtopia as well as The Polar Express Christmas Sleigh ride.
- Access to the 6-storey soft play area (for children aged 10 and under).
- FREE Hot Chocolate or Berry Juice (and Mulled Wine for the adults!).
- FREE children’s meal voucher for Sands by the Sea and Feelgoods Diner when purchased alongside a full paying adult.
Advance booking: Required
Christmas at Alton Towers
Dates: Selected dates from 28th November 2025 until 4th January 2026
Event lineup:
- Festive Day Out - with selected rides ideal for families including CBeebies Land and Mutiny Bay
- LIVE Show - The Sprout that Saved Christmas!
- Santa Sleepover - As evening falls, gather your family for a festive evening meal and enjoy our Christmas Panto.
Advance booking: Required
BeWILDerwood Presents Christmas
Dates: 29th-30th November, 6th-7th, 13th-14th, 19th-23rd December 2025
Event lineup:
BeWILDerwood Presents Christmas – A Starry Night of Sparkly Lights & Panto Magic! Wander through twinkling lights, enjoy a mini panto, see silly snowmen and even spot Father. Tickets are just £17.50 per person, book online today. Tickets: £17.50
Advance booking: Required
Christmas Grotto Wonderland at Blackpool Pleasure Beach
Dates: 15th November - 24th December 2025
Event lineup:
- Visit Santa Claus in his Grotto.
- Enjoy a delicious warming hot chocolate with marshmallows.
- Stroll along Heidi Strasse and enjoy Christmas themed games.
- Take a ride on the enchanting Alice in Wonderland.
Advance booking: Required
Christmas at Camel Creek
Dates: 13th, 14th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd & 24th December 2025
Event lineup:
- Meet Father Christmas & Story Time
- Letters to Santa
- Christmas Crafts
- Reindeer Food Making
- Festive Fun
- Mrs Christmas' Bakery (Additional Cost: £6 per child)
- Elves Teddy Bear Workshop (Additional Cost: £17.95)
Advance booking: Required
Winter's Tail at Chessington World of Adventures
Dates: Selected dates from 22nd November until 31st December 2025
Event lineup:
- Meeting Father Christmas in his woodland grotto
- A free gift from the elves in their Toy Workshop
- Letter writing to Father Christmas and a complimentary festive cookie
- A chance to jingle away with our Silent Disco headphones
- All the festive fun the theme park has to offer including a Christmas panto on the Mane Stage, singing carollers and selected rides and attractions.
Advance booking: Required
Christmas at Crealy
Dates: 6th-7th Dec, 13th - 14th Dec, 19th - 23rd December 2025
Event lineup:
- NEW: Aladdin Pantomime
- NEW: Snowflake Express
- Santa's Farewell
- Santa's Magical Post Office
- Buddy & Blossom's Christmas Singalong
- Christmas Sooty Show
- Tik & Tok Pop Up Entertainment
Advance booking: Required
Christmas Wonderland at Drayton Manor
Dates: Selected dates from 22nd November until 24th December 2025
Event lineup:
- NEW: Elves Behavin’ Badly | Elftoria
- NEW: Cinderella Pantomime
- 30 rides and attractions
- Enchanted Christmas Grotto
- Twinkle Express
Advance booking: Required
A Magical Christmas at Drusillas
Dates: 22nd November - 23rd December 2025
Event lineup:
- Santa Experience
- Giant Christmas Tree
- Singing Reindeer
- Festive Photo Ops
- Festive Food & Drink
- Stocking Fillers
Advance booking: Required
Christmas at Flamingo Land
Dates: Selected dates from 29th November until 24th December 2025
Event lineup:
- Christmas Lights Switch On
- PolarCoaster Express
- The Story of Christmas Show
- Rudolph’s Ranger
- Santa’s Grotto
- Santa’s Magical Toy Shop
- Mrs Claus’ Kitchen
- The Decoration Station
- Merry Marshmallow Making
- Magical Milkshake
- Selection Of Rides
- A Letter to Lapland
Advance booking: Required
Christmas at Gulliver's
Dates: Selected dates between 5th November - 24th December 2025
Christmas at Gulliver’s World in Warrington, Gulliver’s Land in Milton Keynes, and Gulliver’s Valley in Rotherham sees the much-loved resorts transformed into winter wonderlands.
Each theme park has its own range of packages including:
- The ‘Smasher’, which includes selected Christmas rides, entry to Santa’s Grotto, and the chance for visitors to choose their own gift from the Elf Workshop, to the ‘Festive Breakfast’ and ‘Cracker’, which include a meal.
- At Gulliver’s World in Warrington only, there are off-peak packages, including the ‘North Pole Express’, which takes adventurers on a ride through the winter wonderland.
- All packages at all parks include Santa’s Enchanted Elevator, an immersive experience to enter Santa’s Grotto. After entering the ‘elevator’, families get a magical view through its windows of the North Pole and when the doors open, they are right outside Santa’s Grotto to meet the man himself!
- Guests can also make their festive visit to Gulliver’s even more special with a Santa Sleepover in the colourful, themed accommodation on offer at all three resorts.
Advance booking: Required
Hyde Park Winter Wonderland
Dates: 14th November 2025 until 1st January 2026
Event lineup:
- Santa Land (including Santa's Grotto)
- Luminarie Lane
- Market Square
- Thrillville
- Arctic Circle (including Magical Ice Kingdom)
- Bavarian Village
- Show Town (including Zippos Christmas Circus and Cirque Berserkt)
- Skater's Corner
Advance booking: Required
Winter at Landmark Forest Adventure Park
Dates: Various
Event lineup:
- Letter to Santa (14th-23rd December)
- Ancient Forest Twi-LIGHTS (selected dates only)
- Big Christmas Weekend (13th-14th December)
- Magical North Pole Safari AR Trail (21st of November – 4th January)
Advance booking: Required
Christmas at LEGOLAND
Dates: Selected dates from 22nd November 2025 until 3rd January 2026
Event lineup:
- 20 rides and attractions
- NEW: Elf Training Academy Show
- NEW: Festival of Flurries Show
- Meet LEGO Santa
Advance booking: Required
Christmas at Paultons Park & Peppa Pig World
Dates: Selected dates from 6th December 2025 until 3rd January 2026
Event lineup:
- Peppa Pig World decorated for Christmas
- Santa's Christmas Wish Show
- Frosty and the Snowflakes
- Santa’s Storytime
- Magical Illuminations
- A selection of rides and attractions will be open for Christmas
Advance booking: Required
Christmas Spectacular at Sundown Adventureland
Dates: 15th November - 24th December 2025
Event lineup:
- Night Before Christmas Ride
- Santa’s Magical Grotto
- The Market Place
Advance booking: Required
Christmas Toddler Takeover at The Big Sheep
Dates: 12th November until 15th December 2025
Event lineup:
- Christmas crafts to take away
- Seeing Ms Rachel Xmas show and Puppet Show
- Meet the Donkeys
- Indoor play
- Meet n Greet Santa Stitch
- Making magical Christmas reindeer food
- Christmas photo ops
Advance booking: Required
The Magic of Twinlakes Winter Wonderland
Dates: 29th November - 24th December 2025
Event lineup:
Santa's sleigh is en route, and he's bringing the ultimate Christmas extravaganza your way! This festive fiesta is bursting with so much fun, it'll sleigh you!
The park transforms into a magical wonderland with awesome rides, attractions, and heaps of holiday spirit! Plus, brace yourself for the UK's top-notch family Christmas grotto – it's pure magic! And don't forget to show Rudy the Reindeer some love while you're there!
- Santa's Grotto
- Sparkling Lights
Advance booking: Required
Santa Safari at West Midlands Safari Park
Dates: Selected dates from 22nd November until 24th December 2025
Event lineup:
- Enchanted Elevator
- Santa's Grotto
- Elves’ Workshop
- NEW: Storytime with Mrs Claus
- Christmas Panto
Advance booking: Required
Christmas at Woodlands
Dates: Selected dates from 29th November until 23rd December 2025
Event lineup:
- Santa's Grotto
Advance booking: Required
