Read our blog (October 2024) - Visit Cheshire

There’s no shortage of things to do and see this Christmas, with light displays, performances and several opportunities to give Santa your Christmas list.  

Cascading purple poppies commemorating the role played by animals in war will be on display with traditional red poppy highlights at Cheshire Military Museum from November 7th. 

Mars, Luke Jerram’s mesmerising planetary art installation, moves into a new orbit at Norton Priory Museum and Gardens in Runcorn, Cheshire, after Christmas for a six week visit from Tuesday 28 January to Sunday 9 March 2025.

It’s the run up to 5 November and no doubt people are planning to celebrate the occasion with family and friends.

The highly anticipated Turtle Bay Chester restaurant has now officially OPENED its doors, providing rum, reggae and jerk to the city for the first time. 

Exclusive new flavours in the world’s largest ice cream shop; free entry to Europe's biggest indoor sand and water play area; and an inclusive Santa’s Grotto and Elves’ Workshop are set to make Christmas at The Ice Cream Farm a unique family-friendly experience this festive season.

 

A Christmas Dinner sourced solely from local produce, means that you can enjoy a delicious festive feast whilst feeling good about supporting Chester’s producers.

It's arguably the most important meal of the year and so it's important to get it right. It can be stressful enough cooking it never mind shopping for it, so let us take the stress out of the process for you and show you some of the best places to buy your Christmas Dinner ingredients in Cheshire.

Cheshire is full of great places to find your perfect tree, ready to celebrate the big day.

Searching for inspiration for what to do this week? We’ve put together a list of our top things to do or see across the county as we head into the festive season.

Searching for inspiration for what to do this week? We’ve put together a list of our top things to do or see across the county as we head into the winter months.

Ghosts and ghouls bring a spine-tingling thrill to the National Waterways Museum in Ellesmere Port (known locally as ‘The Boat Museum’), with exciting half term Halloween activities on offer from Monday 28 October to Sunday 3 November.