Feel the holiday excitement in Burgess Hill! Discover all the top festive events and activities with our guide. Whether you're rediscovering Burgess Hill or seeing it for the first time, this guide maximizes your holiday enjoyment.
One highlight of the festive season is Santa's Workshop at The Activity Cafe, where families can get hands-on with seasonal crafts while enjoying a warm drink. The Burgess Hill Small Makers Market provides a unique experience, featuring local artisans selling handmade gifts and festive treats. And don't forget the It's Christmas in Burgess Hill event, which brings together the community with a variety of activities and entertainment. See more details on these and other fun events and activities below!
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Top Holiday Events In and Around Burgess Hill
- It's Christmas in Burgess Hill
- Santa's Workshop at The Activity Cafe
- Time 4 Children Winter Fayre (Hassocks)
- Burgess Hill Small Makers Market
- Glow Marwell (Colden Common, Winchester)
- Leonardslee Lights (Lower Beeding, Horsham)
- Christmas Lights Switch On (Haywards Heath)
- Waddesdon Christmas (Aylesbury)
- Hever Castle Christmas (Edenbridge)
- Windsor Great Park Illuminated (Englefield Green)
See these and even more events listed below!
Burgess Hill Holiday Light Displays
Leonardslee Lights
What to Expect:
Interactive light and sound installations in a historic garden setting.
Description:
Explore the beautifully lit woodland gardens at Leonardslee, featuring a new winter trail with impressive installations and seasonal food and drink.
Where: Lower Beeding, Horsham | More Info: Leonardslee Lights
Windsor Great Park Illuminated
What to Expect:
Dazzling light trail with woodland creatures and festive moments.
Description:
Windsor Great Park Illuminated brings the woodland to life with dazzling lights, spectacular displays of colour, and breathtaking reimagined projections. The event features a forest trail full of music and light where woodland creatures come to life, and festive moments await visitors. Enjoy delicious dishes, mulled wine, and hot chocolate at cosy rest stops.
Where: Englefield Green | More Info: Windsor Great Park Illuminated
Hever Castle Christmas
What to Expect:
Reimagined classic tales and festive light displays.
Description:
Hever Castle Christmas offers a seasonal experience celebrating 10 years of festive joy. Witness reimagined classic tales on the Christmas Trail, meet beloved characters, and enjoy shopping, dining, and fairground rides. The grounds are transformed with festive lights as darkness falls, and beautifully decorated rooms inside the Castle highlight Christmas themes from the past decade.
Where: Edenbridge | More Info: Hever Castle Christmas
Battle Abbey Christmas Lights
What to Expect:
Illuminated historic abbey with festive activities and light displays.
Description:
Battle Abbey is transformed into a spectacular setting with dazzling light displays, festive activities, and historical significance. Visitors can follow the Christmas Light Trail through the abbey's grounds, explore the Enchanted Woodland Walk, and meet Father Christmas in his grotto. Children can participate in festive craft workshops, creating their own Christmas decorations and cards.
Where: Battle | More Info: Battle Abbey Christmas Lights
Poole Christmas Maritime Light Trail
What to Expect:
Nautical-themed light trail with various maritime installations.
Description:
Poole Christmas Maritime Light Trail is a free Christmas attraction featuring thousands of twinkling lights that take you on a nautical journey through Falkland Square, the High Street, and onto Poole Quay. The trail includes impressive light installations such as a galleon, walk-through lantern, bauble, anchor, and Christmas tree installations, including a 13-meter blue sealife tree in Falkland Square. The event also features garlands, icicles, beautifully wrapped trees, and a marine ceiling of light featuring fish and starfish.
Where: Poole | More Info: Poole Christmas Maritime Light Trail
Bournemouth Christmas Tree Trail
What to Expect:
Dazzling light trail with international Christmas tree replicas and festive market.
Description:
Bournemouth Christmas Tree Trail features over 100 illuminations and light installations, including replica Christmas trees from around the world, an Alpine Market, and an ice skating rink in the Lower Gardens.
Where: Bournemouth | More Info: Bournemouth Christmas Tree Trail
Marlow Christmas Lights
What to Expect:
Celebrity guest switches on festive lights amidst stilt walkers and snow.
Description:
Marlow's Christmas Lights Switch On is a vibrant event where the town's spectacular Christmas lights are illuminated by a well-known guest. The High Street is filled with stilt walkers, festive music, and real snow, creating a lively atmosphere.
Where: Marlow | More Info: Marlow Christmas Lights
Burgess Hill Holiday Markets and Shopping
Santa's Workshop at The Activity Cafe
What to Expect:
Hands-on Christmas crafts for kids.
Description:
At Santa's Workshop at The Activity Cafe, children can engage in various festive crafts, including Christmas plaster painting and reindeer food making.
Where: Burgess Hill | More Info: Santa's Workshop at The Activity Cafe
Burgess Hill Small Makers Market
What to Expect:
Local artisans and producers showcase their unique handmade goods.
Description:
The Burgess Hill Small Makers Market is a monthly event featuring a wide range of handmade crafts and local produce at the Burgess Hill Academy sports hall.
Where: Burgess Hill | More Info: Burgess Hill Small Makers Market
Waddesdon Christmas
What to Expect:
Immersive festive experience with themed displays and light projections.
Description:
This Christmas at Waddesdon Manor, the house and grounds are transformed with new festive displays and decorations inspired by the tale of Sleeping Beauty. Enjoy beautifully decorated interiors, new light projections on the Manor façade, and a glittering light trail in the gardens. The event includes a popular Christmas Fair with artisan stalls and a Food Village offering takeaway food and drink.
Where: Aylesbury | More Info: Waddesdon Christmas
Fareham Town Centre Lights Switch On
What to Expect:
Indoor Christmas market with festive activities and entertainment.
Description:
Fareham Town Centre Lights Switch On features a Christmas market, children's activities, fun fair rides, food and drink, street and stage performers, all held indoors in Fareham Shopping Centre.
Where: Fareham | More Info: Fareham Town Centre Lights Switch On
Burgess Hill Holiday Shows and Entertainment
Christmas Lights Switch On
What to Expect:
Community event with local choirs, bands, and dance performances.
Description:
Join Haywards Heath Town Council and Orchards Shopping Centre for a fun-filled afternoon of family entertainment and Christmas shopping opportunities. The event will feature a packed programme of entertainment on the stage, including local choirs, bands, and dance performances. Enjoy funfair rides, food stalls, and festive strolling characters. Face painting and fun children's activities will be available, along with a visit from Father Christmas and his friends. The event will create a buzzy street vibe with a variety of stalls offering Christmas gift ideas from not-for-profit groups and small businesses. There will also be a competition running for the Best Dressed Shop Window and a fun Christmas Trail for children.
Where: Haywards Heath | More Info: Christmas Lights Switch On
Burgess Hill Other Holiday Activities
It's Christmas in Burgess Hill
What to Expect:
Community-driven holiday event with local performances and market stalls.
Description:
Join Burgess Hill for a vibrant celebration featuring local performers, a mini-Christmas market, and street entertainers. Enjoy music from Sussex Harmonisers and Burgess Hill Marching Youth, and marvel at the street performers and charity stalls.
Where: Burgess Hill | More Info: It's Christmas in Burgess Hill
Time 4 Children Winter Fayre
What to Expect:
Accessible SEN session for children with special needs.
Description:
Time 4 Children Winter Fayre is a festive event featuring local business stalls, Father Christmas's grotto, and a pop-cafe offering hot and cold drinks, cakes, and snacks. The event supports Time 4 Children's fundraising efforts.
Where: Hassocks | More Info: Time 4 Children Winter Fayre
Glow Marwell
What to Expect:
Immersive wildlife experience with diverse animal exhibits.
Description:
Marwell Zoo offers a family-friendly day out with hundreds of animals, including giraffes, tigers, and penguins, across 140 acres of parkland. The zoo features 5 adventure playgrounds, animal feeds, cafes, and a gift shop. Guests can explore the Tropical House, Hippo Haven, and other exhibits designed to mimic natural habitats.
Where: Colden Common, Winchester | More Info: Glow Marwell
Walmer Castle Christmas
What to Expect:
Interactive Georgian Christmas Extravaganza with storytelling and wreath making.
Description:
Join the Georgian gentlemen at Walmer Castle for a weekend of festive fun as they prepare for Christmas. Enjoy storytelling, Georgian dancing, and wreath making in the Drawing Room.
Where: Deal | More Info: Walmer Castle Christmas
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