Light Up Trails at Hillier Gardens | Award-Winning Christmas Light Trail 2025

Spectacular Light Shows

Discover our all-new Enchanted trail with 8 zones, lasers, projections and breathtaking moments.

Explore the Trail

Festive Food & Drink

Tuck in to festive street food, festive drinks, hot chocolate, mulled wine and fire pit marshmallows.

See What’s Cooking

New for 2025

New themed zones, new route, new entertainment and online pre-orders for drinks and merch.

See What’s New

Well worth a visit, we went with family, my grandson loved it, was so special seeing his little face, just magical!

Shirley

Well worth going, went last year too, nice to see they have changed a lot from last year. So if you went last year thinking you’ve seen it, so won’t bother this year…you'd be in for a lovely surprise!

Emily

What a fun family outing! Would highly recommend it to anyone looking for something festive over the Christmas period. Interactive and a very memorable experience!

Emma

Absolutely fantastic, we drove 4 hours to be greeted with one of the most mesmerising displays, a wonderful walk around the gardens and a credit to the artists!

Christian

The gardens are absolutely beautiful! We have done a lot of these different light up gardens over the years and this one was amazing! Lovely evening.

Mandy

February 16, 2025

Light Up Sir Harold Hillier Gardens Wins Gold at Beautiful South Tourism Awards

We are delighted to announce that Light Up Sir Harold Hillier Gardens at Christmas, Romsey has been awarded Gold in the Tourism Event / Festival of the Year category at the prestigious Beautiful South Tourism Awards 2024. This recognition is a testament to the passion, creativity, and dedication of our entire team who work tirelessly to bring this magical experience to life each year.

December 6, 2024

Sir Harold Hillier Gardens Christmas event attracts thousands

Thousands enjoyed the Light Up Sir Harold Hillier Gardens At Christmas event. The event opened on Thursday, November 28, despite thieves stealing cables worth £80,000 from the 180-acre Romsey arboretum just days before.

November 28, 2024

The cable thieves who tried to steal Christmas

A Christmas lights show is due to go ahead despite the theft of £80,000 worth of copper cabling. Months of planning had gone into the Light Up Sir Harold Hillier Gardens At Christmas event in Romsey, organisers said.