Fill your Christmas 2022 with festive sparkle from magical winter wonderlands to town-centre Xmas lights celebrations.
Norwich Tunnel of Light
The magnificent Tunnel of Light returns to light up Norwich city centre from November 17. The walk-through illumination will once-again shimmer with ever-changing patterns and colours from Millennium Plain to Gentleman’s Walk.
Magnificent Blickling
The gardens of the magnificent National Trust mansion are lit for Christmas from November 28 to December 18 with the walled garden, parterre and avenues transformed into a shimmering wonderland. Christmas food and drink add to the atmosphere. Tickets must be booked here.
Luminate Sandringham
A mesmerising illuminated trail, set to ambient music, will wind through the parkland of the royal Sandringham estate from November 11 to December 18. Book tickets at luminate.live/sandringham-estate.
Enchanting Thursford
As well as hosting the country’s biggest Christmas Thursford, near Fakenham, stages its Enchanted Journey of Light. The illuminated indoor and outdoor trail passes penguins, polar bears and more, through fields of lanterns and glowing sculptures ranging from the sea to the North Pole. Starts November 19. Tickets £20 and children go free. thursford.com
Garden lights
See Fairhaven Woodland and Water Garden in South Walsham beautifully illuminated for Christmas from November 27 to December 23. The twinkling lights trail through the garden will be open from 4-8pm, Thursday to Saturday.
Traditional Xmas lights switch-on events are back!
Towns across the county will sparkle with festive cheer as traditional Christmas lights events return.
The festivities begin in Holt on Friday November 18, with the switch-on event including the traditonal pantomime horse race down the High Street plus a firework display at 7pm.
Christmas races into Great Yarmouth on Friday December 2 with the lights switch-on in the Market Place, as part of a weekend of festivities taking in Christmas in the Parks at St George’s Park in Yarmouth and the Priory Gardens in Gorleston plus a Santa's Grotto at The Waterways and a Christmas tree and crib festival in the Minster.
Aylsham Christmas switch-on is also am on November 25 (with music and Santa’s grotto), followed by the festive North Walsham event on November 26 (with Father Christmas in attendance)
Fakenham’s Christmas Lights event is on Saturday November 26, with the town’s traditional Christmas tree festival at the church running from December 1 to 8.
See Cromer sparkle into Christmas on December 3. (And the church Christmas Tree Festival begins on November 28.)
Swaffham will have a live animal nativity, ice-skating and a Christmas market at its festive lights switch-on over the weekend of December 3 and 4, with the actual switch-on at 5pm December 4.
