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Christmas at Rufford

With the festive season fast approaching, there are lots of interesting events taking place at Rufford, which capture the magic of Christmas.

Helping families create magical moments at Rufford Abbey Country Park this year is a traditional Christmas ride to 'transport' visitors to the North Pole to meet Santa from Rufford Craft Centre's Courtyard!

Christmas at the Savile Restaurant

Enjoy a Christmas lunch or evening meal at the Savile restaurant. This year as an alternative to the traditional Christmas Pudding, we're offering Christmas Pudding Strudel, complete with flaky pastry and Christmas mincemeat!

View our Christmas menu and booking form [PDF 1.71MB]

Children's Christmas trail

Weekends and school holidays to Friday 23 December - 10.30am-3.30pm

Join our self guided family trail following clues that will take you on a tour around the park ending at Santa's Grotto.

Discover some of Santa's secrets along the way, collecting a sweet reward when you complete the trail.

Trails are £1.50 from Rufford Craft Centre.

Santa Claus

Santa's Christmas Grotto

Sunday 20 November to Sunday 18 December - weekends only plus 21st, 22nd, 23rd December, 11am-4pm

Please be aware: Santa has proved very popular at Rufford with record attendance figures, so please be prepared to queue.

Create some magical memories by bringing your little one to visit Santa in his winter grotto. Our charmingly traditional ride will transport you to the North Pole where Santa will be waiting to greet you.

£5 per child, including a gift. Last admission 3.30pm.

New venue for this year - Rufford Craft Centre courtyard. Weekend car parking charge of £3 applies.

View a flyer for Santa's grotto [PDF 4MB]

Christmas tree

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