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The Festival of Light: British Icons at Longleat

Longleat, Warminster, Wiltshire, BA12 7NW

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The Festival of Light: British Icons at Longleat

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Season (8 Nov 2025 - 11 Jan 2026)

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Explore iconic sights as you embark on a grand day out this Christmas as The Festival of Light presents British Icons with Wallace & Gromit and friends!

Meet fan-favourite characters from Shaun the Sheep, Chicken Run, Wallace & Gromit and more while you journey to some of the UK’s most famous landmarks, marvel at native wildlife and sights - all spectacularly reimagined in lantern form.

Make it a Christmas to remember at The Festival of Light on selected dates from 8 November 2025 – 11 January 2026.

All this included in your Day Ticket:

  • Marvel at our spectacular lantern trail experience
  • Get in the festive spirit with The Enchanted Christmas Tree show
  • Drive round a Winter Safari to see tigers, lions, wolves and many other species
  • Sail across Half Mile Pond on our boat cruise to see gorillas, Colobus monkeys and sealions
  • Discover the mysterious bat cave
  • Unleash your imagination in our Adventure Castle
  • Get lost in our maze
  • Includes free parking.

Other ticket types available, including Twilight tickets and Non-safari Day Tickets, allowing you to choose the best option for your visit.

Explore London – walking under a breath-taking 15m tall Tower Bridge – travel through Stonehenge and to Shaun the Sheep’s own Mossy Bottom Farm. Marvel at the spectacular Welsh dragon before heading to Blackpool and the great British seaside. Then journey to Scotland and Giant’s Causeway as well as West Wallaby Street to meet Wallace & Gromit on their adventures – come along lad!

We will also be marking the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth as we focus on writers, celebrating British native wildlife and landscapes, plus iconic singers through the decades. All this and so much more await on this awe-inspiring lantern experience, bigger and better than ever!

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