Christmas lights in York 2026

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  Stately home / castle · York

  Christmas at Castle Howard

  The great Baroque house is dressed room by room around a story each year — in 2026 a Victorian 'Dickens of a Christmas'.

  ✨ Date night🧒 With kids

  What's there

  • ★Whole house decorated around one theme
  • ★2026: Charles Dickens and Victorian Christmas
  • ★Grounds walk and café

  One of England's most elaborate house decorations — a day trip from York.

  2026

  12 Nov 2026 – 3 Jan 2027 — theme 'A Dickens of a Christmas'

  Last season

  2025 season

  Cost

  Ticketed

  Getting there and parking

  • By car, about 15 miles north-east of York; Malton station is the nearest.

  Castle Howard, York YO60Official site

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