A winter light trail around Tatton Park filled with folklore and tradition at Yuletide. A Glittering Trail with puppets, fire juggling, storytelling and folk music.
Back for its second year inside the wonderful gardens at Tatton Park, Knutsford Cheshire is "Yuletide". A Christmas trail with a completely different feel to the ones you're used to.
Top Info
🗓️24th Nov - 23rd Dec
📅 It runs on Sat & Sun evenings from 3 pm with the last timeslot being 7.30 pm.
🔥 The fire juggling is on for 20 minutes each hour so you can watch this before or after you do the trail.
👣 The trail is about 1km and a circular loop.
♿ The trail is flat and suitable for pushchairs and wheelchairs.
📚 The book about Yuletide is available from the box office for £10. We didn’t get the book and we were still able to enjoy the trail. It would make a nice keepsake though.
☕ There are hot drinks and marshmallows for sale in the gardens
🍕 If you want savoury food this is just outside the gardens, in the stable yard.
🧣 You would easily spend a few hours at Yuletide so dress appropriately. Wrap up warm.
🚻 The only toilets are back out of the gardens in the stable yard. You are given a stamp on your hand so you can come and go during your time.
🐕 Guide dogs and assistance dogs are welcome.
🚗 Parking is free after 2pm for Yuletide ticket holders.
🌎 Tatton Park Gardens, Knutsford
🚗 You will need to enter Tatton park via the Rostherne entrance (use WA16 6SG for sat nav)
For Yuletides website click here. Yuletide – A Glittering Winter Adventure
As you step foot into the gardens and are transported to a different world. With magical folk music, mythical creatures & stories from long ago.
Our evening started by watching the fire juggling show. Two performers took it in turn to wow the audience with fire. Flinging it around their body and head. One of them started literally jungling with balls of fire!
Setting off on the trail, we instantly fell under the spell of Yuletide and were totally blown away with the first glimpse of the Rainbow Bridge installation.
This year you took a different way around the garden so after being teased with the sight of the rainbow road, you had to wait till the end to actually walk or dance down it as my daughter did.
This is not your classic Christmas trail. You won't find "rocking around the Christmas tree" music playing as you wander around the festivities. It's magical folk music.
Along the trail, we met lots of mesmerising creatures. From snotty ogas and wild bores to fluttering birds and friendly foxes. These lit up puppets looked fantastic and interacted with us in a magical way. Well, apart from the snotty ogas wiping their snot on the bunting!!!
These puppet creatures glowed in the darkness and had such delicate movements that you almost forgot they were being controlled by a puppeteer.
The Japanese Garden, one of the most striking parts of the garden, beautifully lit up with the lights, picked up the detail of the ornate bridge and pagoda perfectly.
As we got back , the rainbow road, it was just as beautiful as before. This is a really great place to get some photos of your time at Yuletide, and it was a lovely end to the trail
Your evening hasn't finished yet however. Finish your trail with the classic roasting of marshmallows around the campfire with the fire licked at them, making them bubble and start to burn. Inside the large marque is live music, a folk style band was playing with plenty of room to have a dance.
Anyone familiar with JustSo festival will know how good their campfire stories are. Ian Douglas is back at Yuletide to regale you with a 300 year old story. And this year he brings a new story in the form of a song. He stands infront of the Magic Lantern with the audience sitting on a circle of benches. He in his element as excited children were hanging on his every word.
Back outside the gardens in the stableyard there are a few food and drink stalls. And a cool wooden seating area has been put up specially for the event.
🎟 Ticket Prices
Adults £20 (16+)
Children £12 (Age 3-16)
2 and under Free
For Yuletides website click here.
Press Visit Nov 2024
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