We’re huge followers of festive lights โ lantern parades, illuminated gardens and fantastical installations that actually gentle up your faces and dance to their very own seasonal tune. They add a contact magic to the lengthy winter nights. The Bournemouth Christmas Tree Wonderland is one such occasion.
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Household information to Bournemouth Christmas Tree Wonderland path
On this put up Iโm sharing what you possibly can count on when Bournemouthโs Christmas lights return in 2024, together with every part it’s essential know for a magical time out or keep in Bournemouth.
The Christmas Tree Wonderland takes place from 15 November to 31 December 2024.
What’s the Christmas Tree Wonderland?
Greater than 100 illuminations and light-weight installations run from the well-known pier, by way of the Victorian Decrease Gardens to an Alpine type market in The Sq., as much as the Triangle, Beale Place, Horseshoe Widespread and the Lansdowne roundabout.
Alongside the way in which there are avenue stalls and cafes promoting bratwurst, scorching chocolate, churros and the compulsory seaside ice cream, in addition to an ice skating rink.
On the pathโs centre is Bournemouthโs personal walk-through Wonderland Tree stands 60ft tall with 30,000 individually programmed lights that carry out to music.
There may even be replicas of worldwide Christmas timber, representing cities from throughout the World. After we visited, the one modelled on Seattleโs tree was my favorite.
Bournemouth Christmas Tree Wonderland map
Decide up a path map at one of many entrances to Decrease Gardens to be sure to donโt miss something. You too can discover the Christmas Tree Competition map on-line.
The 2024 map might be accessible on the Wonderland web site when it launches.
Attending to Bournemouthโs Christmas lights
By automotive โ there are many automotive parks in Bournemouth city centre. The PaybyPhone app is broadly used for automotive park and on avenue parking in Bournemouth.
By bus โ Bournemouth buses cease close to the route of the Christmas Tree path. Bus stops to goal for are: Bournemouth Pier, Westover Highway, Bournemouth Sq., Wootton Gardens and Lansdowne.
By prepare โ Bournemouth Prepare Station is a ten minute stroll from the path at Lansdowne roundabout. From right here you possibly can comply with the prepare in direction of the seafront.
How lengthy do you want for the Christmas Tree Wonderland path?
We spent six hours benefiting from the entire expertise, beginning with ice skating when the rink opened at 10.30am and managing to maintain our women (aged six and four-years-old on the time) going lengthy sufficient to see the lights at nightfall.
What time do the lights come on in Bournemouth?
To see the lights at their best possible arrive after 4pm when the sunshine and audio exhibits begin. These often occur each half an hour between 4pm and 9pm.
Keep in mind that the path might be at its busiest after darkish, so is likely to be tougher with younger children.
There are a number of routes by way of or across the gardens and illuminations in the event you get caught in a crowd.
Is the Christmas Tree Wonderland free?
Sure! Itโs FREE to stroll by way of Decrease Gardens and see the Christmas Tree Wonderland itself, however you could wish to funds for a number of further actions to make it a particular Christmas time out.
For an outline check out our Christmas Tree Wonderland Bournemouth video:
You may also wish to learn my information to Christmas occasions in Hampshire.
Extra issues to do at Christmas in Bournemouth
Right hereโs some extra issues to do if you are having fun with a festive time out in Bournemouth:
Bournemouth Christmas Market
Bournemouth Christmas Market is on this yr with meals and reward stalls in an alpine setting round Bournemouth Sq..
Thereโs additionally an Alpine Bar and Apres Terrace.
The market is open between 14 November 2024 and 1 January 2025.
Go to a pantomime in Bournemouth
This yrโs pantomime at Bournemouth Pavilion, Jack and the Beanstalk, is filled with glowing units, lavish costumes, superb track and dance numbers, comedy and baggage of viewers participation.
E-book tickets for Jack and the Beanstalk, 7 December 2024 to five January 2025.
Ice skating
Skate is an actual ice rink on the high of Decrease Gardens. It was a very long time since both Mr Tin Field or I had been ice skating and the women had solely had a go on plastic rinks.
Itโs protected to say skating was a success, regardless of me feeling like a child giraffe and everybody getting soggy socks.
The rink is outdoor so the rain from the evening earlier than had settled on the ice making the floor moist. However that didnโt detract from the skating expertise, which was improbable.
We booked for the ten.30am when the rink was quieter and there have been loads of skating aids. This was the best time to go for wobbly me and the youngsters who took a little bit of time to realize confidence on the ice.
In the meantime, Mr Tin Field shortly regained his skating abilities gained as a teen!ย
After skating itโs good enjoyable to go to the Alpine Bar which is connected to the rink. We will advocate a luxurious scorching chocolate for serving to you heat up. Thereโs additionally avenue meals, music and festive cubicles for chilling in after a skate.
This yr the rink is open from 14 November 2024 till 5 January 2025.
Go to the Skate Bournemouth web site to purchase ice skating tickets.
Smugglers Cove journey golf
This 18 gap journey golf course was nice enjoyable to do after lunch.
The staging is sensible and there have been some tremendous difficult holes that introduced out the aggressive streak in Mr Tin Field and I, even when the women have been content material with whacking the ball round as a lot as potential.
Verify the Smugglers Cove web site for the most recent opening instances and costs.
In case you have extra time within the space, try my information to issues to do in Poole and Bournemouth.
The place to eat in Bournemouth
There are avenue meals stalls on the seafront finish of Decrease Gardens, in the midst of the park and on the market on the high. A scorching spot for seeing and being seen is the Alpine Bar.
If you wish to sit down for meals then theย Promenade Cafeย serves all kinds of snacks and meals together with a festive menu. That is the place we stopped for lunch and located there was one thing for everybody.ย
The ladies tucked right into a scorching canine, sausage roll and chips,ย whereas Mr Tin Field had the haloumi burger andย I devoured a scrumptiousย Penang curry and rice.
The cafe is basically fashionable, so get there early if you wish to bag a window seat with a sea view.
Should you select to go exterior Bournemouth city centre for lunch or dinner we are able to additionally advocate City Reef at Boscombe. We ate dinner there after seeing the Christmas timber.
I liked consuming right here a few years in the past with associates and had excessive hopes that the meals was nonetheless simply nearly as good. We werenโt upset.
Thereโs a large selection of meals on the primary menu in addition to specials and a kidsโs menu. I had mussels with essentially the most unbelievable charcoal focaccia, and Mr Tin Field had brisket with a root vegetable casserole, mash and dumplings. The ladies each opted for a scrummy trying pasta and meatballs.
In fact, we couldnโt resist dessert. The pumpkin pie, cheese cake and chocolate brownies that adopted have been divine.
That is someplace to go for a particular meal with a sea view through the day and a comfortable, intimate environment at evening.
The place to remain
If, like us, you might be coming from additional afield for the Christmas Tree Wonderland in Bournemouth we are able to advocate staying at Bournemouth Seashore Lodges.
These bijou lodges come fashionable seaside huts accommodate as much as six folks proper on the seaside at Boscombe. We stayed for 2 nights and liked the expertise of listening to the waves and having the golden sands inside touching distance.
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Disclosure: we have been invited to expertise the Christmas Tree Wonderland in Bournemouth as a part of an press journey. Our lodging, experiences and bills have been coated. All opinions are my very own and my householdโs.