North Wiltshire & Gloucestershire: What's on in December

 

Please click the links below for a selection of local upcoming events and bookmark this page for any future updates! (Updated events will be added weekly and will show in bold text to indicate they are new)

Individual events in date order

Fri 20 Dec - 'Christmas Sparkle' Brush Party in Watchfield, near Shrivenham

Fri 20 Dec - Christmas Disco at Jungle Kingdom, Swindon

Fri 20 Dec - Enjoy a Christmas outdoor swim session at South Cerney lakes

Fri 20 Dec - Community Carols at Tetbury Goods Shed, near Malmesbury

Fri 20 Dec - Charity Christmas Music Night at The King's Arms, Malmesbury

Fri 20 Dec - Screening of The Muppet Christmas Carol in Box, near Corsham

Fri 20 Dec - Kids Christmas party at Colerne Station Community Centre

Fri 20 Dec - Christmas party at The Old Crown in Weston, Bath

Sat 21 Dec - Christmas Festival Of Fun at Almondsbury Creative, Bristol

Sat 21 Dec - Shepton Mallet Lantern Parade, Somerset

Sat 21 Dec - Christmas Matinee Movie at St Patrick's, Corsham

Sat 21 Dec - Cars Galore Christmas Party in Pewsham, Chippenham

Sat 21 Dec - Cirencester Festive Farmers' Market

Sun 22 Dec - Christmas Princess Afternoon Tea in Cheltenham

Sun 22 Dec - Carols and kids activities in Sandford Park, Cheltenham

Sun 22 Dec - Christmas Party at Jolly Roger adventure play, Swindon

Sun 22 Dec - An afternoon with Santa at The Wheatsheaf Inn, Calne

Sun 22 Dec - Tractor 'N Tinsel Run and Market, Devizes

Tue 24 Dec - Early Birds and the Great Big Nativity in Corsham

Tue 24 Dec - Christmas Quiz in Gloucester

Sat 28 Dec - A Home Alone Candlelight Experience in Chippenham

Tue 31 Dec - Kids daytime NYE party at Almondsbury Exchange, Bristol

Tue 31 Dec - Apres Ski NYE at Almondsbury Exchange, Bristol

Tue 31 Dec - Charity quiz night at The White Hart in Ford, near Colerne

Tue 31 Dec - New Year 'house party' (children welcome until 2100) at The Three Brewers, Corsham

Tue 31 Dec - NYE Party at Seend Community Centre, near Devizes

Tue 31 Dec - NYE Extravaganza at The Cellar, Chippenham

Tue 31 Dec - NYE Party at Churchdown Community Centre, near Innsworth

One event/location, multiple dates

Sat 9 Nov-Sun 5 Jan - Visit Longleat's Festival Of Light (selected dates)

Fri 15 Nov-Sun 5 Jan - Bath On Ice

Fri 22 Nov-Sun 5 Jan - Ice skating sessions at The Gateway Ice Rink, South Cerney

Sat 23 Nov-Sat 21 Dec - Swindon Christmas Market

Sat 23 Nov-Sun 5 Jan - Children's Christmas Story Trail in Swindon

Sat 23 Nov-Tue 24 Dec - Winter Wonderland at Wookey Hole, Somerset

Fri 29 Nov-Tue 24 Dec - Enchanted Gardens Light Trail, Swindon

Sat 7 Dec-Thu 9 Jan - Visit 'The Longest Yarn' display at Tewkesbury Abbey

Sat 14-Sat 21 Dec - Christmas Pop-Up Shop at The Curious Play Cafe, Bristol

Enjoy a Christmas Fair, Adult Christmas Party and a Singing Workshop in Hullavington

Free Yogalates sessions at Buckley Barracks Community Centre, Hullavington

Festive events at Roves Farm, near Swindon

Christmas events at Wroughton's Studley Grange Garden & Leisure Park, near Swindon

Festive events at Coate Water Minature Railway, Swindon

Santa Specials at Swindon & Cricklade Railway

Festive events at The STEAM Museum, Swindon

Lyneham and Bradenstoke's December events newsletter

Saturday 'Brick Creators' Club' sessions at Calne Library

Christmas events at Chippenham Museum

Dinner with The Grinch at The Pheasant, Chippenham

Festive events at The Neeld Community & Arts Centre, Chippenham

Festive events at Lacock's Whitehall Garden Centre, near Chippenham

Christmas tree display and festive services at Colerne Church

Workshops, comedy, family events and more at The Pound Arts Centre, Corsham

Christmas activities at The American Museum & Gardens, Bath

Makers Market and Christmas Crafting at The Holburne Museum, Bath

Local Christmas Market in Alice Park, Bath

Enjoy nature, craft and more with EcoWild, near Bath

Christmas workshops at Bath City Farm

Breakfast with Santa, Christmas films, bingo and Santa Paws Day at The Water Meadow, Melksham

Workshops and more events at Weston Museum, Weston Super Mare

Bristol Christmas Village

Festive events at Bristol Zoo Project

Events at Avon Valley Adventure & Wildlife Park, Bristol

What's On at Bristol Aquarium

Christmas fun at Noah's Ark Zoo Farm, Bristol

Illuminated light trail, workshops, crafts and more at Westonbirt Arboretum

Festive workshops for children at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester

Family activities, talks & workshops at the Corinium Museum in Cirencester

Cirencester Christmas Gift Markets

Taurus Crafts Christmas Markets in Lydney, Gloucestershire

Santa's Sleigh is coming to Churchdown, near Innsworth

Stories with Santa at National Waterways Museum, Gloucester

Gloucester Cathedral Christmas Experience at night

Festive events including BSL Carols and Christmas workshops at The Eastgate Shopping Centre, Gloucester

Cheltenham Ice Rink

Multiple events/locations

Multiple South West events from The Last Baguette Theatre Company including dates in Corsham, Gloucester Bristol, Tetbury & Devizes

Multiple South West events from Rock The Tots including dates in Corsham, Bath and Bradford-on-Avon

The Santa & Sven Christmas Show - coming to Bath, Bristol and Stroud

Music For Miniatures events in Bristol & Bath this December

'Elf At The Door' is coming to Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and Somerset this Christmas!

Ideas from the Bath & Wiltshire Parent website

Visit Wiltshire this Winter

New Years Eve ideas from the Visit Wiltshire website

County-wide events with Wiltshire Wildlife Trust

National Trust in Wiltshire

Primary Times - Wiltshire list of activities

Brush Party events across Wiltshire including RWB, Calne, Swindon and Malmesbury

What's coming up in and around Malmesbury?

Ideas from Swindon Rocks

Children's Christmas Story Trail in Swindon

Upcoming events listed on the 'One Chippenham' website

What's on this Christmas in Bath

More ideas from the 'Welcome To Bath' website

Christmas events with the National Trust in Somerset

Christmas events with the National Trust in Bath & Bristol

Paint workshops at Creative Bliss, Bristol

Upcoming events in and around Yate, near Bristol

Ideas from Cirencester Rocks

Christmas highlights from the Visit Cheltenham website

Ideas from Cheltenham Rocks

Ideas from Stroud Rocks

Ideas from Gloucester Rocks

Christmas Trainmaster events in Gloucester, Cheltenham and Stroud

County-wide events with Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust

Christmas events at The Orchard Trust, Gloucestershire

'Let's Paint' workshops for Grown-Up's across Gloucestershire

Primary Times - Gloucestershire list of activities

Christmas events at Gloucestershire Libraries

Ideas from the So Glos website

New Years Eve event ideas from So Glos

Christmas events with the National Trust in Gloucestershire & The Cotswolds

Christmas events with the National Trust in Oxfordshire

Please note the inclusion of these events on this list does not necessarily indicate MOD-endorsement.

Information provided by Colerne & Lyneham HIVE's