Lanterns and Light
15 Friday November - 1 Wednesday January
Join us on New Year's Day for the first time ever16:30 - 20:00
Book now to secure your preferred time slot
From £12
Festive fun with tickets starting from just £12
Take a look at the magic
Discover the wonders that await you at Lanterns and Light!
New for 2024
We've partnered with Sony Music for the second year to bring you a trail even more unforgettable than before:
- Our longest trail yet
Our reimagined trail is now even longer, packed with brand new features, and for the first time we’re opening on New Year’s Day!
- Brand new interactive puppets
Experience the joy of interacting with never-seen-before animal puppets including energetic meerkats, colourful peacocks, and playful snow leopards, joined by lots of your favourites from previous years.
- And so much more!
Giant candy canes, fairy lights, ribbon tunnel, neon walkways, oversized festive baubles, and loads more exciting new surprises.
What you have to say
Just a short journey to Lanterns and Light magic
Getting to Chester Zoo is easy. We're just a few miles from both Chester and Bache train stations, offering convenient transport links from either station. If you’re traveling by car, we’re easily accessible from the M56 and Chester city centre, plus there's lots of free on-site parking.
- 35 minutes from Liverpool
- 50 minutes from Manchester
- 50 minutes from Crewe
- 1 hour 40 minutes from Birmingham
