Light up Christmas with these awe-inspiring light displays - see gardens, estates and woodland lit up by thousands of twinkling lights and watch breath-taking light shows
Christmas at Kew Gardens: go on a twinkling after-dark adventure around Kew Gardens, lit up with more than one million sparkling Christmas lights. Follow the illuminated path around the gardens, enjoy live performances and be treated to immersive installations and spectacular displays. Encounter hundreds of moving lights with the Field of Light, see 300 sparkling origami boats floating on the lake, discover a magical trail featuring firework trees lit up with bright colours, a walkway filled with ribbons of light, the 100m-long Cathedral of Light tunnel and gasp at the spectacular light, music and water display in front of the iconic Palm House.
Glow Wild Light Festival at Wakehurst: trees, plants, ponds and woodland are lit up by hundreds of lanterns and torches of fire. See the UK's tallest living Christmas tree decorated in lights for the festive period. Warm up with local cider, mulled wine or hot chocolate.
Christmas at Bedgebury: follow a mile-long sparkling path through the National Pinetum in a magical after-dark experience. Enjoying the sights and sounds of Christmas, wander beneath unique canopies drenched in seasonal colour.
Blenheim Palace Light Trail: walk through the Palace's magnificent gardens and admire trees decorated with shards of light, frosty snowflakes, stars and glistening baubles. Catch a glimpse of Santa and his elves along the way. Highlights include a Field of Light, scented Fire Garden, Canopy of Light and the mesmerising voices of the Singing Trees.
Christmas Glow at RHS Garden Wisley: explore RHS Garden Wisley after dark and see some of its most iconic features in a whole new light. Following a twinkling trail around the garden, visitors will discover larger-than-life botanical illuminations including arches of gladioli over the Wisteria Walk, a bouquet of alliums on Seven Acres, waterlilies on the Jellicoe Canal and interactive colour-changing flowers. The magnificent Glasshouse transforms into a magical Woodland Realm, with elves, treehouses and Santa’s reindeer.
Saltram: visit the gardens at night and discover the magic of a winter landscape.
The Festival of Light at Longleat: experience the UK’s original and biggest lantern festival. Hundreds of breath-taking, illuminated lanterns, set in over 30 acres of splendid ‘Capability’ Brown landscaped grounds, transform Longleat as darkness falls.
