christmas
Enjoy ice skating at Whitehall Garden Centre
CHRISTMAS MARKET & SANTA TRAIN
Hope Nature Centre, Southwick Hope Nature Centre is excited to be getting into the Christmas spirit and will be hosting a Christmas Market on 1 December, between 11am and 3pm. They’ll have over 30 stalls with crafts and local made goods, a grand raffle, festive treats and the Animal Park will be open to explore. Entry is only £1 per person, and all funds will go to the Hope Nature Centre charity. The Centre’s popular Santa Train returns for 2019, bigger and better than ever. Join them on selected dates from 30 November through to 22 December as Santa makes Hope Nature Centre his ‘pit-stop’. Enter on to their festive train, and take a journey around the Animal Park, before meeting the big man himself in his grotto. Tickets are limited and pre-book only, so don’t miss out. • hopenaturecentre.org.uk 46 THEWESTWILTSMAGAZINE
"They’ll have over 30 stalls with crafts and local made goods, a grand raffle, festive treats and the Animal Park will be open to explore."
you book these in advance as spaces are limited, see website for more details. There is also a fab Gin & Jazz Evening on Friday 6 December, which gives guests a chance to meet Whitehall’s suppliers while trying up to 15 gin samples. There will be canapés and a gin bar for you to enjoy whilst ICE SKATING & listening to a live Jazz band. Book SANTA GROTTO any festive event via the website. Whitehall Garden Centre, Lacock • whitehallgardencentre.co.uk Why not bring your little ones along to Whitehall’s Father CHRISTMAS FAIR Great Chalfield Christmas Grotto Experience The tenth annual Christmas Fair to make theirs a Christmas to at Great Chalfield will be in the remember. You can even meet medieval Hall on Saturday 14 their real-life nativity animals. Be sure to stop off for a skate on their December (10.30am-4pm) with festive ice rink from only £6.99 too. a welcoming log fire and a fine decorated Christmas tree. Opposite Another option is to head over for the tree there will be carol singers Whitehall’s Ladies Shopping Night on the Minstrel’s Gallery in the on Wednesday 6 November. This is morning. More than a dozen stalls are expected offering local foods, a fun filled, pampering shopping gifts and candles and also seasonal night with 10% off all purchases wine to take home. The Friends of (T&C’s Apply). Whitehall’s sell out Great Chalfield will be launching Festive Wreath Decorating and Hugh Wright’s new book ‘Story of Festive Table Decoration events Great Chalfield’ which covers the last also return this year, make sure