Cornwall At Christmas 2025

Heligan Night Garden

Best for: A night-time experience like no other. Get lost amongst beautiful lanterns 

When: Saturday 15th November – Saturday 3rd January 

Where: Lost Gardens of Heligan 

Price: Adult £22.50 | Child (age 3 – 16) £13.50 | Child (aged 0 – 2) Free

Lost Gardens of Heligan have once again teamed up with the Liverpool Lantern Company to create a magical winter garden trail exploring woodlands and gardens beautifully lit with lanterns. Discover tunnels of light, trees lit from within and enchanting wildlife instillations. Gather round fire-pits to toast marshmallows and warm up with hot food and warming drinks.

Here, there’s magic everywhere.

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Christmas Fair at Eden Project

Best for: Christmas shopping and entry into Eden

When: Wednesday 19th and Thursday 20th November 

Where: Eden Project

Price: £32 pp for the evening or £20 pp for the day – all proceeds go to Cornwall Community Foundation

Celebrate the beginning of the season at the Cornwall Christmas Fair at the Eden Project. Pick up Christmas cakes and indulgent foodie treats whilst sipping a hot chocolate before chatting to dozens of artisan producers. Both the evening and day events include food and drink as well as entry into Eden.

This is your chance to tick off Christmas gifting before December even starts. And the best bit, you’ll be helping to support Cornwall’s most vulnerable communities.

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Padstow Christmas Fayre

Best for: This is a foodie hot spot not to be missed

When: Thursday 4th – Sunday 7th December

Where: Padstow

Price: Free entry (some chef demonstrations and masterclasses are ticketed)

Quite possibly one of Cornwall’s most iconic and well-known harbours will once again be transformed into an array of twinkling lights and festive merriment. With a large Christmas market at the heart and pop-up tents playing host to some of the UK’s most talented chefs including live demonstrations and masterclasses by Rick Stein, Paul Ainsworth, Yusuf Scarr – from The Pig at Harlyn and Emily Scott as well as many, many others – this is set to be a celebration of Cornwall’s incredible food and drink scene.

A place to enjoy the spirit of Christmas, meet the makers and even up-skill from some of the country’s best chefs ahead of cooking your own Christmas feast.

As fayre line-ups go, this has to be one of the very best.

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Cornwall Christmas Market

Best for: A festive family fun day out and great for picking up last-minute gifts 

When: Friday 12th – Sunday 14th December

Where: Royal Cornwall Show Ground, Wadebridge 

Price: Adults: £7 (+ booking fee) | Children £4 (+ booking fee) | Babies are free

Family Ticket: £18 (+ booking fee) 2 Adults & 2 Children

In December, our favourite Show Ground undergoes quite the seasonal makeover. Over 120 traders arrive to set up their stalls. For just three days, you can buy gifts such as hand-poured candles, unique statement jewellery, candied nuts, knitted beanies, locally made rum, crafted homeware and more. This is Cornwall’s largest Christmas Market so even Santa and his real life reindeer will be here – children can even post their letters from here to the North Pole.

Between shopping, enjoy sipping mulled cider or fill up at one of the several food stalls – indulgent waffles drizzled with chocolate await. Choirs sing Christmas carols throughout the long weekend so make sure you stop to squeeze in a show or two. If Christmas Gifting is still on your list, this is not a weekend to be missed.

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