This Christmas, Haddon Hall will come alive with Experience Christmas- a seasonal programme filled with traditional crafts and rousing live music until 23rd December 2019. The hall will be decked out with magnificent medieval decorations, glistening lights and trees, and stories on the traditions of Christmas through the ages. Joyous music will be performed daily by local community choirs and bell ringers in the Banqueting Hall and visitors will be able to take part in a variety of demonstrations including wreath making, cake decorating, candle making and gift wrapping.

Visitors will have the opportunity to sign Haddon Hall’s longest ever Christmas card – spanning the length of the gallery, where local artists will add a new creation to it daily, before it is delivered to the Queen in time for Christmas Day.

In the quiet of the evening, the much-loved Candlelight Tours will offer a different take on the Hall’s Christmas façade by candlelight, and will allow a glimpse into its nine-hundred-year history, steeped in the engravings, tapestries and art adorning the walls. The festive tours begin with a glass of mulled wine and a mince pie before embarking on a truly beautiful roam through the Hall with a knowledgeable guide. All tours need to be pre-booked, which can be done online.

Open daily until 23rd December, feasting, fun and festivity can also be enjoyed by all with the Haddon Restaurant and the beautiful, cosy Gardener’s Cottage.