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The Enchanted Gardens Light Trail
Enjoy a Festive Lights Trail
Price: Under 4s + Carers: Free (with paying ticket holder), Child: £6, Adults: £11
Availability: 29th November - 24th December 2024
About: South Swindon Parish Council's very own Christmas light trail is returning to the Old Town Gardens this December. Take a tour through the marauding lights of the transformative gardens and be left in amazement as Christmas comes to Swindon.
The gardens will be showcasing an amazing 1.5km festive light trail boasting state-of-the-art Christmas lighting effects as the traditional town venue is turned into The Enchanted Gardens Light Trail. There will be a limited amount of tickets available for the Swindon Christmas light walk with allocated time slots every 15 minutes from 5pm.
Longleat
Safari Park Day Out!
Price: £30 Child, £40 Adult
Availability: 10:00-17:00 on weekdays, 10:00-18:00 on weekends
About: Enjoy a safari trip this Christmas season for a Christmas Party full of family fun! Longleat is renouned for being the first drive through Safari outside of Africa and is luckily right on our doorstep. Visit the giraffes, koalas, wolves, crocodiles and expect to have a few monkey friends on your car!
Boom Battle Bar
Entertainment Games Bar
Price: From £12pp, varies between games
Availability: 15:00-23:00 on weekdays or 12:00-23:00 on weekends.
About: Enjoy plenty of fun party games at Boom Battle Bar in Swindon for your Christmas Party! If you're not wanting to put too much stress and planning into your Christmas Party then this is the perfect place to go. Enjoy drinks at the bar and play the following games:
- Axe throwing
- Electric darts
- Nine-hole crazy golf
- Table tennis
- And more!
Co-Decode
Live Escape Room Experience
Price: From £23pp, varies between rooms.
Availability: Thursday to Sunday
About: Looking for an entertaining and unique Christmas Party in Swindon? Co-Decode offer an exciting Live Escape Room experience that is the perfect fit! Assemble your team, enter an immersive Live Escape Room, with 60 minutes on the clock you'll have to find clues, collect items, solve puzzles and work together to try and escape before time is up!
For further information or to book, call 07759 185264 or visit co-decode.co.uk
Barnes Coaches
Barnes Christmas Day Trip
Price: From £26pp
Availability: Throughout November and December 2024
About: Make this Christmas extra special and celebrate the festive season with Barnes Coaches. They provide numerous fun day trips that take place all throughout the lead up to Christmas.
From a visit to Winter Wonderland, Manchester's Christmas Markets, BBC Good Food Show, Longleat and more, you really are spoilt for choice.
Book now by calling 01793 821303 or visit their website here.
Active Reality
Virtual Reality Experience
Price: Various
Availability: 9:00-21:00 on weekdays, 9:00-19:30 on weekends.
About: If you are wanting a fun and active Christmas Party Activity then VR is the perfect option. VR games allow you to play in multiplayer; so, battle zombies, act as a gormet chef or save the world with your party members!
- Taster Experience - (up to 6 payers)
- Open Play 30 mins - (up to 6 players)
- Private Party 45mins – (up to 6 players)
- Private Party 60mins – (up to 10 players)
- Private Party 75mins – (up to 12 players)
- Bespoke Parties available - contact here.
Ruby Reign Events
Party Planning
Price: Various
About: Want a professionally organised Christmas Party that you will not forget? Why not hire a professional! Work with the team over at Ruby Reign Events to have the perfect party. Let them know your party size, ideal venue, schedule and more, and look forward to a great day or night!
- Corporate Events
- Private Events
- Public Events
- Book Artists & Vendors Online
Book now by emailing [email protected] or calling 01793 380394
Steam Museum
Christmas at STEAM
Price:
- Adult £3.50
- Child (3-15yrs) £1.00
Availability: 7th and 8th December 2024
About: Enjoy plenty of sparkles as you step into a wonderland of over 50 Christmas market stalls set amidst STEAM’s award-winning museum displays and iconic GWR locomotives. It's the ideal activity for your Christmas party, whether you're celebrating with friends, family or colleagues you will all be promised great fun and magical memories at STEAM.
From hand crafted silver jewellery, photographic prints, glass artworks and home furnishings, to Christmas tree decorations, wooden toys, traditional games, Christmas tree decorations, chutneys and luxury confectionery, their market stalls really do offer it all.
Book by calling 01793 466646 or visit their website here.
Adventure Point
Family Entertainment Centre
Price: Various
Availability: 10am-10pm, 7 days a week.
About: If you're wanting an active Christmas Party full of games and excitement then Action Point has plenty of options. You can pick from their many activities - listed below - or select an 'Explorer ticket' for £35 to be able to explore all the action!
Including -
- Laser quest
- Escape rooms
- Adventure golf
- Arcade area
- Party rooms
- A bar for the parents!
Bounce R Us
Santa's Grotto & Snow Globe
Price:
- Santa's Grottos - £200
- Snow Globe - £200
Availability: Throughout November and December
About: Celebrate the festive season with magical Bounce R Us inflatables! If you're hosting a festive party why not get a fantastic inflatable santa's grotto or an inflatable snow globe.
The package includes, Santa grotto, Santa chair, xmas tree with led lights, santa sleigh & 2 reindeers, some picket fencing to fence of the goodies outside the grotto. Plus, you can then add on the snow globe for extra fun.
Book by calling 08004880867/07769 169 003 or visit their website here.
Wyvern Theatre
Christmas Panto - Cinderella
Availability: Sat 7 Dec 2024 - Sun 5 Jan 2025
The Wyvern pantomime returns for 2024 with the magical fairytale Cinderella. Starring Coronation Street’s Lisa George as Fairy Godmother, Ben Goffe as Buttons and Swindon’s Favourite Dame, the hilarious David Ashley as Dame Molly Miggins, Cinderella is the hilarious family pantomime suitable for all ages, with tons of slapstick comedy, plenty of audience interaction and stunning musical numbers that you are guaranteed to be singing for days afterwards.
Book your tickets by calling the ticket office on 01793 524481 or visit their website here.
David Lloyd Swindon
Spa Day!
Price: Various prices
Availability: Open times from 6:00-22:00 on weekdays and 7:00-21:00 on weekends
About: If you're looking for a relaxing celebration of the festive period or end of the work year then a spa day would be a perfect Christmas Party! David Lloyd Swindon boast many spa ammenities, including:
- Two steam rooms
- Sauna
- Indoor whirlpools
- Heated rock beds
- 25m heated outdoor pool
- 25m heated indoor pool
Book now by clicking here or calling 01793 746560
Lydiard House Museum
Historic Estate and Museum
Price: £5 Adult, £2.75 Child
Availability: 11:00-16:00 from Wednesday-Sunday
About: Enjoy a relaxed and enriching Christmas Party at Lydiard House Museum! Wander around this Grade 1 listed building, showcasing portraits and photographs of the St John family, who lived there from the Elizabethan times!
Lydiard House Museum also offers a great programme of special exhibitions, family activities and tours - contact for details on current exhibitions and to plan tours on 01793 465270.
Book here or at the venue.