Christmas at Chatsworth - Derby Days Out

Christmas at Chatsworth offers the opportunity to experience the house decorated for the season, a garden light trail, and the farmyard and adventure playground.

Each year, our decorations celebrate a different theme, and we will announce our 2024 theme in mid-September.

What is included in the ticket?

Christmas at Chatsworth tickets provide entry to the house, garden, farmyard and adventure playground on the day of your visit.

One car parking space is included per transaction. If you require additional car parking spaces, please add these to your booking before you check out. Please note, every car included in your booking will need a copy of the booking confirmation and QR code to be scanned on arrival.

If you are visiting Chatsworth in a larger group, you may wish to consider making separate transactions for those travelling in separate cars. You can still visit all together, just remember to choose the same house entry time for each booking.

We have car park capacity for a small number of pre-booked mini-buses each day. Please call the booking office on 01246 565430 to check availability and book in. Please note that we cannot accommodate mini-buses that have not pre-booked.

Ticket information

All tickets must be booked in advance, including Friends and pass holders.

Christmas at Chatsworth tickets include:

- admission to the house
- admission to the garden
- admission to the farmyard and playground
- one car parking space per transaction

If you visit between 9 November and 1 December inclusive, your ticket also includes access to the Christmas market.

You can arrive at Chatsworth at any time after 9am on the day of your visit. View all festive opening times.

Prices:

Adults: from £32.00

Children (3-16 years): from £8.00

Children aged 2 years and under do not require a ticket.

A full calendar showing the ticket prices for each day will be displayed at the start of the booking process.

‘With donation’ and ‘without donation’ ticket prices

When you book online, you will have the opportunity to add a small donation to the Chatsworth House Trust charity to your booking.

If you select the 'with donation' ticket option and you are a UK taxpayer, you can add Gift Aid to your booking at no extra cost. Gift Aid allows the Chatsworth House Trust charity to claim an additional 25% from the government. All income from ticket sales, donations and Gift Aid goes to the charity to be reinvested in the preservation and improvement of Chatsworth.

Important Information

Visits during 9 November to 1 December

If you visit from 9 November – 1 December inclusive, your tickets include access to the Christmas Market.

Over this period, parking arrangements will be different to those you may be used to. As well as in the main car park, cars will be parked on trackway across the parkland and we will be operating a tractor and trailer shuttle service between shuttle stops and the house car park.

During periods of wet weather, the trackway and immediate areas may become slippery and muddy. We recommend you wear sturdy shoes suitable for walking on uneven ground and in muddy and wet conditions. We will not take responsibility for any damage to footwear. You may also wish to have access to a torch.

The tractor and trailer shuttle service is wheelchair accessible. Visit our accessibility web pages for more information.

View a map of parking arrangements during the Christmas market here.

Visits from 2 December to 5 January

If you visit from 2 December to 5 January inclusive, your tickets do not include access to the Christmas Market.

Over this period, cars will be parked in the main car park with some overflow parking within short walking distance on parkland or trackway. During periods of wet weather, the trackway and immediate areas may become slippery and muddy.

We recommend you wear sturdy shoes suitable for walking on uneven ground and in muddy and wet conditions. We will not take responsibility for any damage to footwear. We recommend you have access to a torch.

Opening and entry times

Our opening times vary over the Christmas and New Year period. You can view a full list of house, garden and farmyard opening times, including last entry times, here: View festive opening times.

You are welcome to arrive at Chatsworth any time after 9 am on the day of your visit. Our garden, farmyard and playground, and many of our shops and restaurants open at 10 am.

If you choose a house entry time of 4.30 pm or later, we recommend you visit the garden light trail before you enter the house so you have enough time to enjoy the full experience.

Unless you are entering the garden from the house, last entry to the garden is one hour before closing. Our light trail takes approximately 45-90 minutes to experience and is best viewed from dusk.

Please note that some of the projections may finish slightly earlier than the garden closing time so please allow plenty of time to complete the trail. The Orangery shop and Flora’s café will close when the garden closes.