Our Halloween theme features some family favourites, including: Dinosaurs, Ghostbusters, Under the Sea, Hocus Pocus and more! This gorgeous array of lights and visuals is enough to transport even the most irritated, stressed out Londoner to an enchanted realm of tranquillity. Should you visit west London’s Syon Park from Friday, November 11, you will be taken on a trail through the estate’s 600-year-old gardens, which have been spectacularly transformed in an Enchanted Woodland, showing the full spectrum of stunning colours. Photo: @isaacgperez The National Trust has introduced two new illuminated trails this year at Kingston Lacy and Gibside. The new Ignite trails, boasting “light, lanterns, fire and fantasy”, aim to showcase features of the individual parks and gardens. Around Kingston Lacy’s elegant estate, there will be fairies in the fernery or plants lit up alongside a “magical soundscape”, which includes everything from Jingle Bells to whale music. The Georgian landscape garden at Gibside, commissioned by coal baron George Bowes, was originally designed to impress spectators. With winding paths, large wooded grounds and views across the Derwent valley, it’s another perfect venue for the ¾-mile Christmas walk-through, featuring fiery fish and willow sculptures. Illuminated by a trail of magical giant light sculptures, this Christmas, Lightwater Valley will be home to Alice, the Mad Hatter, the Cheshire Cat, Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum, Humpty Dumpty and many more of those Lewis Carroll’s childhood characters we all know and love.

All proceeds from the Enchanted Woodland are re-invested directly into the Gardens and Great Conservatory, for any necessary renovations and works. Over the last few years, proceeds from the Enchanted Forest has gone towards the specialist restoration of the historic stone vases on the terrace of The Great Conservatory; re-surfacing tarmac paths around the lake with a dressed gravel finish; installation of a new path from Queen’s Gate to Mercury Pool; and much more! Any profits from this November’s event will go directly towards more work on the beautiful attraction. Photo: @maria_michalak In the heart of the Cheshire Countryside, experience nature in all its Autumnal glory, lit up bydazzling cathedral canopies of fairy lights, interactive light features, and dancing tunnels of Borealis-style lasers. Hundreds of magical lanterns will illustrate stories from Alice in Wonderland and Alice through the Looking Glass. Watch the Mad Hatter prepare for his crazy tea party, marvel at a four-metre tall Alice lantern and come face to face with the infamous Queen herself. As you wander through our magical trails with crunchy leaves underfoot, watch in amazement as our state-of-the art light features guide you into a world like no other.Discover a fantastical new seasonal adventure at Lightwater Valley this Christmas with the enchanting Alice in Winterland. Our spooktacular, Magical Woodland Experience. Featuring BRAND NEW themes to guarantee you an evening of Halloween family fun! Be careful: you may bump into one of our Dinosaurs where you can get up close and personal if you dare! We even have quirky characters lurking in our woodland - from Wednesday Addams to Winifred from Hocus Pocus, to Captain Hook and a Mad Scientist! This immersive experience is perfect festive fun for all the family, whatever your age. From a life-size chessboard with an Alice pawn to the iconic Mad Hatter’s tea party, there’s ways to get involved throughout the experience.

In any season, there are several landscapes condensed into wooded Wollaton Park, just west of central Nottingham: lakes full of waterlilies, avenues of purple rhododendrons and herds of deer roaming grassy parkland. New for this year, a dramatic illuminated trail uses different areas of the wintry park to create a fiery forest, a moonlit glade, a carpet of rainbows and more.