Winter Forest Lights Breaks
Ready to shake off the winter blues? If you join us between Friday 10 January and Sunday 23 February 2025 you'll get to experience a spectacular Winter Forest Lights breaks at Center Parcs.
Get ready to discover brand-new innovation and immersive experiences, all lighting up the forest in the dark winter months.
Young Family Offer*
Limited time special offer for term-time family breaks with under 5s! Book by Friday 9th August with code SAVE35 for £35 off your booking, two free visitor day passes and you can make amends to your booking with no fee up to seven days before you arrive – ideal for busy family life.
Discover Winter Forest Lights
Watch our video and explore our spectacular Winter Forest Lights break
- Unlimited entry to The Wishlight Village and the Enchanted Light Garden
- Animated Storytime - Get cosy on the couch and watch our exclusive animated stories following the tale of The Lost Wishlights on your lodge TV, every evening from 6pm
- Three brand-new dazzling light themed experiences; Celebration of Light, Wildlight Encounter and Light up the Forest
- Winter Storytime in the Tipi with a friendly storyteller bringing the characters from our storybook to life (places must be booked in advance)
Discover our exciting new experiences
Explore the new experiences on offer for your Winter Forest Lights break
Wildlight Encounter
An innovative, immersive experience using 3D holographic technology. See our wildlife come to life with light!
Celebration of Light
Watch dazzling illuminated performers light up the forest in the Wishlight Village, every Tuesday and Saturday from 6pm until 7pm.
Light up the Forest
An interactive experience where you can cycle or spin to light up the forest. Who in your family can make the forest light up first?
Be inspired
See how all of our villages are brought to life with innovative, immersive experiences and dazzling lights displays this winter.
Winter Forest Lights activities
Here are a selection of some of our most popular winter activities! There's something perfect for all ages to enjoy.
Frosty Chocolate Chefs Academy
In Frosty Chocolate Chefs, your little ones will create a range of winter-themed chocolate treats, join in with lots of fun and games and become a master chocolatier. Ages 3 to 9 years.
Available at all locations.
Frosty Cupcake Decorating for Little Ones
Little ones will learn special cake decorating techniques and create four delicious, winter-themed cupcakes. The best part? You get to eat them all afterwards! Ages 3 to 9 years.
Available at all locations.
Frosty Cupcake Decorating
Piping bags at the ready as you learn some professional, impressive techniques for decorating and embellishing a box of six winter-themed cupcakes. Minimum age 8 years.
Available at all locations.
Winter Forest Adventure
Let little imaginations run wild in this magical indoor forest adventure led by woodland friends. Discover a wintery world of make-believe in this session filled with crafts, creativity and games! Ages 3 to 9 years.
Available at all locations.
Winter Cookie Decorating
Let your little ones get creative in this fun session led by our pixies and fairies. They'll decorate some delicious cookies and finish the session with an enchanting winter story. Ages 3 to 9 years.
Available at all locations.
Enchanted Willow Weaving
Learn how to weave delicate willow fronds into a beautifully illuminated willow ornament decked out with fairy lights to brighten up your home during the winter months. Minimum age 8 years.
Available at all locations.
Family Winter Quest
Discover a new immersive indoor family activity. Solve clues, puzzles and riddles as you learn about the wildlife that call our winter forest home, in your quest to reach the secret forest cabin.
Available at all locations.
Frosty Forest Discovery Trail
Weave your way through the winter woodland, following the map to find the clues and solve the puzzles. Learn all about the fascinating forest in this outdoor family experience. Suitable for the whole family.
Available at all locations.
Messy Owls
Get stuck in with lots of squidging, sticking and splashing fun in this owl-themed activity. Our Activity Den is packed with creative play stations where you can get messy together. Ages 18 months to 5 years.
Available at all locations.
Enchanted Light Garden
This winter we’re lighting up the forest with a free Enchanted Light Garden. Wrap up warm and sip hot chocolate from Forest Fayre as you wander through thousands of twinkling lights and bright bursts of colour. Dance along to the enchanting musical soundscape and feel the magic in the forest together this winter.
Suitable for all ages and wheelchair/ buggy accessible. Open 5pm – 9pm every evening.
Winter Quest
The Winter Quest is an immersive, exploratory experience for the whole family. Solve clues, puzzles and riddles as you guide your way through the Lodge of Light to discover the secret forest cabin at the end, learning all about wildlife that call the winter forest home.
This activity is in the Lodge of Light, within The Wishlight Village and is additional to the cost of your break.
The Lost Wishlights storybook
Deep in the forest, light-catcher Luminessa and Beacon the owl collect magical wishlights and hang them along the woodland paths, bringing hopeful light tothe dark winter months. But one day, the wishlights mysteriously disappear. Where could they have gone? Two little badgers named Twiglet and Starr wouldn't happen to know anything about it... would they?
Tune in to watch the animated version of our Winter Forest Lights storybook on your lodge TV every evening between 6pm - 8:30pm.
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Discover Winter Forest Lights
On top of our hugely popular Winter Wonderland experience, we have launched Winter Forest Lights. Prepare to be enchanted and find out how to join us for wintery magic in the forest.
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The Winter Forest Lights story
Watch our brand-new animated story of The Winter Forest Lights and find out how you can discover wishes and light on a January and February break.
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How we transform our villages for Winter Forest Lights
It’s not just the pixies working hard to capture all the wishes – there’s been plenty of magic going on behind the scenes too as we prepare for our Winter Forest Lights experience.
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A breath-taking winter woodland experience
Get ready to discover our brand-new winter experience, Winter Forest Lights. New to 2022 the forest will be transformed into a magical world of wishes and light.
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Discover winter at Center Parcs
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