Santa Specials and more at Moors Valley Country Park

Alongside traditional favourites like Christmas crafts, carol singing and a pantomime, new attractions include stable animals to meet and the opportunity to make memories with a special family photograph featuring a white falcon or owl, adding to a programme of events especially created to provide family fun at Moors Valley Country Park this winter.

The fun begins on the first weekend of December as The Old Fairy Godmother weaves storytelling magic as she decorates her tree for a rather special visitor. ‘The Fairy Godmother’s Christmas Tree’ is on 2, 3 and 9 December at 11am and 2pm. Booking is essential.

Festive Fun Weekends also start on Saturday 2 December and run on Saturday and Sunday from noon–3pm until 17 December with family crafts to enjoy from just £2.

It’s all aboard the Santa Special from Saturday 9 December. The Moors Valley Railway trips to visit Santa in his station grotto are hugely popular and early booking is recommended.

However, there’s no need to book to enjoy the stable animals in the forest shelter this Christmas. Longdown Dairy Farm is bringing some of its animals to Moors Valley on Sundays 10 and 17 December.

A different sort of animal stars in the Moors Valley pantomime this Christmas. The Frog Prince hops in to the park on Monday 18 and Tuesday 19 December courtesy of Forest Forge and Bumblefly Theatre. Expect madcap humour with a sprinkling of magic to get you singing all the way home. The fun starts at 6.30pm and booking is essential.

Other events include carol singing at dusk on 9 and 16 December at 4pm, and Moors Valley’s Family Festive Quiz trail from Boxing Day to New Year’s Day will test your knowledge of 2017 whilst providing fun festive questions to keep little ones entertained along the way.
Moors Valley also provides the perfect setting to choose your Christmas tree. Holly wreathes and mistletoe are also on sale and visitors can all take home a free Christmas tree sapling with every tree they buy. The Christmas tree shop opens from 1 to 17 December or until stock runs out.

In the true spirit of Christmas, parking is free at Moors Valley when you buy a tree from the Christmas Tree Shop, visit Santa at the Moors Valley Railway or for all pre-booked Christmas meals at Seasons Restaurant.