Lighten up – (Father) Christmas is just around the corner!

At the moment we're planning for a new Christmas event, when Father Christmas arrives at Tatton during a magical twilight lantern parade on Friday, December 9.

We're encouraging children and families to 'light his arrival' to Tatton and welcome the merry marvel for the beginning of his stay at the farm this Christmas!  He'll process along a lantern-lit walk to the stableyard where star guests – the farm’s reindeer, Prancer and Dancer - will be waiting in anticipation.


Father Christmas at the Farm with Frosty the Donkey and elves!


Children will also be able to post a Christmas wish-list and families can enjoy festive tunes from a choir and band and indulge in some Christmas shopping.

The event is also an opportunity to ‘give a little back’ by donating any unwanted toys to Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital charity, where they will find a very welcome home.

St Nick will be arriving just in the nick of time – for he starts three weekends at the farm on Saturday, December 10. At the farm, our younger visitors will be able to meet Father Christmas and his elves in his grotto and receive a special Christmas gift.

If your little ones would like to learn how to light Santa’s way - they can take part in a free lantern making workshop in the main stableyard barn room on Sunday, December 4. On the weekends of 10/11 December and 17/18 December children can also take part in free festive hat making sessions in the stableyard barn room. Park entry charge applies for both these events.


• The Lantern Parade takes place on Friday, December 9 from 6pm-8pm. Free entry to Tatton Park and to the event.

• Lantern-making workshops take place on Sunday, December 4 from noon-4pm. Workshop admission free, Park entry charge of £5 per car applies.

• ‘12 days of Christmas’ hat making sessions take place on the weekends of December 10/11 and 17/18 from noon to 4pm. Free event, park entry charge of £5 per car applies.

Father Christmas at the Farm takes place on the weekends of December 10/11, 17/18 and on Saturday, December 24. Times: noon-4pm, last entry 3pm. Prices: Adult £5, Child £4. Prices apply to National Trust members. The usual park entry charge of £5 per car applies. All paying children receive a free gift from Father Christmas.

Eleanor Gorsuch, Marketing