Spectacular New Festive

Light Trail at Stourhead

Thousands of lights will illuminate the night sky as Christmas at Stourhead opens for the very first time on Friday 29th November.

The new mile-long festive trail will showcase 17 Christmas themed installations, including 12 Days of Christmas created by local willow artist Woody Fox, a scented Fire Garden and the sensory splendour of Squid Soup's Feast of Light.

“For the very first time our gardens at Stourhead will be utterly transformed into a magical festive wonderland. We are excited to see the landscape garden lit up and to see the iconic vista in a whole new light,” said Stourhead's General Manager Philip Neimand.

The trail will also feature installations from Australian lighting designers Mandylights including a Laser Garden and the popular Cathedral of Light featuring thousands of bud-lights.  Carol of the Bells, which is created from over 550 spheres of light, will light up the grounds and illuminate the famous Palladian Bridge, which featured in the 2005 production of Pride and Prejudice.

Culture Creative's Zoe Bottrell said: “Creating the illuminated trail at Stourhead took almost three weeks of round-the-clock work by our amazing team and nine months of planning and we work with award-winning lighting designers and artists from all over the world to create this interactive and immersive trail. 

“We have taken inspiration from Stourhead's stunning landscape and sought to showcase the gardens and parkland in a way that will enchant and delight visitors of all ages,” she added. 

Christmas at Stourhead is brought to you by leading events promoter Raymond Gubbay Limited, a division of Sony Music, in partnership with the National Trust (Registered Charity 205846).  The trail is created by Culture Creative Limited.

• For more details and to book visit: nationaltrust.org.uk/stourhead
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For more information please contact: Melodie Manners | melodie@flamingo-marketing.co.uk | 01637 873379 or 07815 709548

Notes to Editors

About Stourhead

Stourhead is a Palladian house and world-famous landscape garden. When it first opened in the 1740s, a magazine described it as 'a living work of art'. The world-famous landscape garden has at its centrepiece a magnificent lake reflecting classical temples, mystical grottoes, and rare and exotic trees, and offers a day of adventure.

The history of Stourhead can be uncovered in the house with its unique Regency library, Chippendale furniture and inspirational paintings. 

The Palladian house is set amid 'picnic perfect' lawns and extensive parkland (2,650 acres), where chalk downs, ancient woods and farmland are managed for wildlife.

nationaltrust.org.uk/stourhead

About the National Trust 

The National Trust is a conservation charity founded in 1895 by three people who saw the importance of our nation's heritage and open spaces, and wanted to preserve them for everyone to enjoy.  More than 120 years later, these values are still at the heart of everything the charity does. 

Entirely independent of Government, the National Trust looks after more than 250,000 hectares of countryside, 780 miles of coastline and hundreds of special places across England, Wales and Northern Ireland.  

More than 26 million people visit every year, and together with 5.2 million members and over 61,000 volunteers, they help to support the charity in its work to care for special places for ever, for everyone. 

For more information and ideas for great seasonal days out go to: www.nationaltrust.org.uk

About RGL, a Division of Sony Music

Leading events promoter, RGL (Raymond Gubbay Limited), a division of Sony Music, has been delivering illuminated Christmas trails for over six years.  The chosen partners for national and international heritage and prestigious venues including Blenheim Palace; The National Trust; The Forestry Commission; The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and Botanic Gardens, Chicago, USA.

Each trail is designed to showcase the natural and unique environment of the individual location, so no two trails are ever the same. RGL also presents over 500 concerts annually throughout the UK.

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About Culture Creative

Culture Creative is a creative project and production management company based in the North East of England. The Company works across a wide range of cultural fields including art, sport, heritage, tourism, festivals and events, developing projects from concept to delivery. Since 2013 Culture Creative has worked closely with leading entertainment promoter Raymond Gubbay Ltd. a division of Sony Music, to create My Christmas Trails – a series of illuminated trails held in various venues across the UK including Kew Gardens and Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. In 2018 the company developed its first indoor Christmas experience themed around the story of Cinderella, and this year will produce Alice in the Palace themed around the story of Alice in Wonderland for Blenheim Palace. 
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