Christmas at Chatsworth

Highlights from Christmas at Chatsworth 2024

Pre-booked ticket event

All tickets must be booked in advance.

Event details

8 November 2025 - 4 January 2026

Step inside Christmas at Chatsworth: The Enchanted Garden and be transported by the quiet beauty and hidden magic of the natural world in midwinter.

Created in collaboration with acclaimed British artists and animators, this immersive, multi-sensory experience invites you into a realm where the mystical spirit of the outdoors reigns. 

Explore 20 extraordinary spaces transformed with light, sound, and shadow play. Discover towering Christmas trees, a grand cluster of mistletoe, shimmering copper toadstools, and twirling oak leaf archways, each inspired by the wonders of nature.

Through animated projections, enchanted fairies are awakened, while woodland creatures crouch in secret corners, and tiny doorways hint at pathways to hidden lands. 

The experience weaves together treasures from the Devonshire Collections with new commissions by Peak District-based artists Winning Works, Everdenes, Wirksworth Pottery and Waney Grain, alongside majestic willow sculptures by internationally renowned artist Emma Stothard. 

Celebrated mixed-reality artists Studio McGuire have crafted bespoke animations, projections, and music, enriching the experience with layers of storytelling and atmosphere.  

The Enchanted Garden is the culmination of a year spent honouring the beauty and resilience of the natural world at Chatsworth. As winter settles in, we invite you to pause, explore, and celebrate the magic of the season. 

In the garden – entry included with your Christmas at Chatsworth ticket

In the garden, discover enchanting spaces where reality and magic intertwine along an immersive light trail. 

Created by Luminism, the trail transforms some of Chatsworth's best-loved garden landmarks, including the Cascade, Willow Tree Fountain, Rock Garden, Ring Pond and Maze.

Your journey concludes with a spectacular animated light and sound projection on the house, inspired by this year’s theme and brought to life by Studio McGuire. 

Please note: Last entry to the garden is one hour before closing. The projection on the house will finish approximately 20 minutes before the garden closing time. Please ensure you leave enough time to complete the trail. View opening times. 

At the farmyard and woodland adventure playground – entry included with your Christmas at Chatsworth ticket

The farmyard will be dressed for Christmas with decorations and lights. Meet our friendly farm animals and cuddly guinea pigs. There will be Christmas crafts, and children can explore our woodland adventure playground. 

Last entry is 4.30pm, one hour before closing.

Ticket Information

All tickets must be booked in advance, including Friends and pass holders.
Please read our Important Information before booking.

Christmas at Chatsworth tickets include:

- admission to the house
- admission to the garden (including the garden light trail)
- admission to the farmyard and playground
- one car parking space per transaction

You can arrive at Chatsworth at any time after 9am on the day of your visit. View opening times.

Prices

Adults (17+ years): from £36.00 (£32.73 without donation)

Children (3-16 years): from £10.00 (£9.09 without donation)
 
Children aged 2 years and under do not require a ticket.

Unfortunately, our Universal Credit tickets have now sold out.

A full calendar showing the ticket prices for each day will be displayed at the start of the booking process. 

Essential carer tickets

Visitors with disabilities may bring an accompanying carer free of charge when paying for a full price ticket. Supporting documents are required at the entrances. Learn more.

Friends Christmas tickets

If you are a Friend of Chatsworth, you are welcome to book a Friends ticket to visit at any time over the Christmas period, subject to availability. However, we have also set aside dates and times in December that are exclusive to Friends. Learn more.

Not yet a Friend? Discover the benefits of Friends membership. 

‘With donation’ and ‘without donation’ ticket prices

When you book online, you will have the opportunity to add a small donation to the Chatsworth House Trust charity to your booking.  

If you select the 'with donation' ticket option and you are a UK taxpayer, you can add Gift Aid to your booking at no extra cost.

Gift Aid allows the Chatsworth House Trust charity to claim an additional 25% from the government. All income from ticket sales, donations and Gift Aid goes to the charity to be reinvested in the preservation and improvement of Chatsworth.

Important Information - please read

Visits between 8 November and 14 December

If you visit from 8 November – 14 December inclusive, your tickets include access to the Christmas Market (the market runs from 8 Nov - 14 Dec).

Market opening times are 10am - 5.30pm (Mon - Thurs) and 10am - 6pm (Fri - Sun).

Over this period, parking arrangements will be different to those you may be used to. As well as in the main car park, cars will be parked on a trackway across the parkland, and we will be operating a tractor and trailer shuttle service between shuttle stops and the house car park. The tractor and trailer service ends 15 minutes after the closure of the garden (view garden opening times). 

The tractor and trailer shuttle service is wheelchair accessible. Visit our accessibility web pages for more information. 

View a map of parking arrangements during the Christmas market here.

Visits between 15 December and 4 January

If you visit between 15 December and 4 January inclusive, your tickets do not include access to the Christmas Market (the market runs from 8 Nov - 14 Dec).

Over this period, cars will be parked in the main car park with some overflow parking within a short walking distance on parkland or a trackway.

Please note, for all visits:

During periods of wet weather, the trackway and immediate areas may become slippery and muddy. We recommend you wear sturdy shoes suitable for walking on uneven ground and in muddy and wet conditions. You may also wish to have access to a torch.

We will not take responsibility for any damage to footwear or other personal possessions, including prams and pushchairs. 

Please note that we do not have dedicated parent and child parking, and we cannot guarantee a parking space close to the house or the toilets/ baby changing facilities. 

Opening and entry times

Our opening times vary over the Christmas and New Year period. You can view a full list of house, garden and farmyard opening times, including last entry times, here: View opening times.

If you have a Christmas at Chatsworth ticket, you are welcome to arrive at Chatsworth any time after 9 am on the day of your visit. Our market (8 Nov - 14 Dec), garden, farmyard and playground, and many of our shops and restaurants open at 10 am. You may visit the garden before your entry time for the house. 

If you choose a house entry time of 4.30 pm or later, we recommend you visit the garden light trail before you enter the house so you have enough time to enjoy the full experience. 

Unless you are entering the garden from the house, last entry to the garden is one hour before closing. Our light trail takes approximately 45 minutes to experience and is best viewed from dusk. 

Please note that the projection may finish 20 minutes earlier than the garden closing time, so please allow plenty of time to complete the trail. The Orangery shop and Flora’s Temple Tearoom will close when the garden closes. 

Weather

During high winds, access to some areas of the garden will be restricted. This is part of our health and safety protocols, designed to help ensure the safety and well-being of our visitors and colleagues.
 
*Select rooms on the upper floor of the house, including the State Bedrooms, will be closed for annual conservation during Christmas at Chatsworth.

Christmas at Chatsworth FAQs

View our Frequently Asked Questions here.

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Please note: Please be aware that for technical, operational or safety reasons, some facilities may be removed or closed, or entertainment and event timetables cancelled and/or altered at any time, including at short notice.  Chatsworth reserves the right to change the programme of attractions and entertainment if, at any time, it is deemed necessary or appropriate to do so, this may also include closing attractions or areas of the estate. We apologise in advance for any disappointment caused should this need arise.

Images and video footage show decorations from previous years and are for illustrative purposes only.