Tickets for Hever Castle’s Christmas events for 2025 are now on sale.
The magical Christmas Lights experience starts from 4pm, when you can wrap up warm, enjoy a walk under the stars and explore the grounds.
Witness the enchantment of the Castle, gardens and lake awash with fabulous colours and twinkling lights, capturing the excitement of the Christmas season, along with spectacular illuminations and music.
In the Castle you will be met with beautiful traditionally decorated rooms, with welcoming log fires and twinkling Christmas trees.
Christmas in the Land of Oz promises to be a delight for all ages, giving visitors the chance to follow the yellow brick road as they take a magical journey along a special trail, meeting favourite characters along the way.
More festive fun is to be had on the castle forecourt with ‘The Octopus’, a vintage children’s ride, alongside the big wheel and carousel.
If you have daytime tickets you can also spend time at the Play Areas, in the Yew Maze, Garden Exhibition and Military Museum and on Lake Walk. The Miniature Model Houses exhibition will also be open to visitors.
Bring the children to see Father Christmas in his Grotto, enjoy relaxed Christmas shopping in the Gift Shops, and sample delicious festive food in the restaurants.
Hever Castle is supporting Cancer Research UK, its charity of the year for 2025, throughout the Christmas season, and there will be opportunities to donate either when booking or during the event.
Visit Hever Castle & Gardens for a world of seasonal magic. There’s no place like Hever this Christmas!
* Always check details before travelling. Hever Castle reserves the right to close all or part of the Castle, grounds, catering outlets and activities, and to change or cancel events. Tesco Clubcard Vouchers, RHS, Historic Houses and Gardeners’ World offers are not valid during the Christmas event.
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Within the grounds of the Hever Castle Estate, there are two opportunities for you to stay the night with us.
Hever Castle has played host to many important events and celebrations for over 600 years. In 1903 when William Waldorf Astor set about restoring Hever Castle to its former glory, he added the Astor Wing, to accommodate his family and guests, before creating a lake and the spectacular Italian Garden to house his impressive collection of ancient Greek and Roman statuary.
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Set in the mature grounds of the Hever Castle Estate, Hever Castle Golf Club is a 27 hole Kent golf course that will encourage and inspire all golf enthusiasts.
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