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Winter Forest Lights breaks

Step into the enchanted forest in January and February

Winter Forest Lights breaks

Step into the enchanted forest in January and February

Ready to shake off the winter blues? If you join us between Friday 9 January and Sunday 22 February 2026 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.

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Watch our video and explore our spectacular Winter Forest Lights break

Family with two children and a costumed fairy smile and chat among snow-dusted Christmas trees and lights, by a path, while one adult kneels and gestures beside red-and-white mushroom decorations.

What's included in your Winter Forest Lights break

Your Winter Forest Lights break features plenty of activities and experiences that you can enjoy at no extra cost, including:

  • 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
  • Two dazzling light themed experiences; Forest Festival of Light and Light up the Forest
  • Free, unlimited entry into The Subtropical Swimming Paradise heated to 29.5C, perfect for aquatic adventures with the whole family, whatever the weather!

Discover our exciting experiences

Explore the new experiences on offer for your Winter Forest Lights break

 

Two performers dance, one lifting the other, in front of a wooden building decorated with colorful lights and a sign reading LODGE OF LIGHT at night, while spectators watch.

Forest Festival of Light

Join us to celebrate light in the forest! In the heart of The Wishlight Village, you’ll find spectacular illuminations, captivating performances and enchanting surprises. Enjoy hands-on creative crafts led by our pixies and interactive experiences that bring the forest to life with light. Whether you come with family or friends, it’s an unforgettable celebration of light, nature and wonder you won’t want to miss!

A family pedals stationary bicycles in a wooded park at dusk, facing colorful light installations; trees sparkle with blue and white strands, and ground patterns glow green and red.

Light up the Forest

Cycle at the speed of light or spin the wheel to make the lights glow around you in these new interactive experiences. Who can light up the forest fastest? Ready, set glow!

 

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.

Costumed storyteller reads an open picture book to two children, smiling and gesturing, in a brightly decorated room with oversized mushroom murals and whimsical garden props.

A Wishlight Adventure

An enchanting indoor adventure in a wintery world of make believe, where little ones can enjoy a range of creative crafts and playful games. Ages 3 to 6 years. Available at all locations.

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Three costumed people pose smiling, arms around each other, wearing leaf-collar outfits, green wings, and yellow hats, in front of a rustic wooden cabin with a decorated doorway.

Pixie Dress Up Experience

Transform into a pixie or fairy with wings, face paint, costumes, hair braiding and accessories in this brand-new magical dress-up experience. Ages 3 to 9 years. Available at all locations.

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Framed fantasy illustration—fairy sits atop a red-spotted mushroom, holding a wand as a glowing streak passes. Hands hold the frame; forest scene shows trees, mushrooms, cottage; festive blue fireworks surround.

Winter Storytime in the Tipi

Join us for this Winter Storytime session in the Tipi, where your little ones can listen and enjoy watching our storytellers bring our Winter Forest Lights characters to life in this storytime session. Minimum age 2 years. Available at all locations. Please note we charge a £1 charitable donation for Winter Storytime in the Tipi.

Winter Storytime in the Tipi
Family trio hugs closely, smiling; adults in winter coats hold a bundled child. Outdoors near a tree, beside glowing holiday lights, warm hats and soft daylight create a festive scene.

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.

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Child decorates a clear bauble with marker while two adults, including one in a fairy costume with green wings and floral crown, assist and smile at a craft table indoors.

Winter Lantern Workshop

Join our pixies and fairies to craft your own glowing wishlight lantern. Decorate it with stencils, stickers, sparkles, and light, then settle in for a cosy story about the magical Winter Forest Lights. Ages 3 to 9 years. Available at all locations.

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Wreath—being decorated with greenery by a smiling adult and child—indoors, under warm lighting, with a wooden backdrop and casual clothing.

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.

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Toddler claps while engaging with colorful sensory noodles; adult mirrors the action, encouraging play. Context: a brightly decorated classroom with shelves of toys and other children in the background.

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.

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  • An adult and child walk together on a forest path, hands outstretched; overhead, vertical multicolored light tubes glow among tall trees, with soft bokeh orbs sparkling in the foreground.
  • Three people pedal stationary bicycles, generating colorful light patterns on the ground and trees, in a wooded park at dusk. Fairy lights drape trunks; blurred bokeh glows in the foreground.
  • LED light tubes hang and glow, illuminating a winding forest path at night, while two people walk beneath tall trees; blurred colorful bokeh dots float in the foreground.
  • Child walks along a winding garden path, surrounded by hanging string lights and glowing flower-like decorations at dusk; soft bokeh orbs sparkle in the foreground, creating a festive atmosphere.

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.

  • A family of four sits at a wooden counter, sipping hot drinks and smiling, inside a warmly lit tent decorated with string lights; colorful bokeh dots blur the foreground.
  • Child reaches into a cardboard food bowl while seated beside an adult. They wear pink coats at a wooden table inside a warmly lit space with blue festive lights outside.
  • Two people wearing winter coats share hot drinks and a plate of food, smiling under night-time holiday lights among trees. Text on cups: "Winter ... Lights" (partially unreadable).
  • Girl spoons topping onto man's dessert cup as seated woman laughs. They sit at wooden tables inside a warm-lit tent; another bundled person sits at a table in the background.

Forest Fayre

Warm up with tasty treats and indulgent hot drinks at Forest Fayre. From luxury hot chocolate and mulled wine to bratwurst and sweet treats, get nice and cosy in the Tipi or pick up something to enjoy on-the-go as you explore The Wishlight Village. 

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A children’s book is held open; illustrated badgers glow among fireflies. In a cozy indoor seat, a reader looks down. Text: The Lost Wishlights. Written by Erika McGann.

Winter Shop at Winter Forest Lights

Located in The Wishlight Village is the Winter Shop – a one-stop-shop for all your Winter Forest Lights souvenirs! You can buy our magical storybooks (The Winter Forest Lights and The Lost Wishlights), cuddly Beacon and Twiglet plush toys and other mementos including dressing up pixie wings, wishing nets, lanterns and photo frames.

 

  

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 to the 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.

  

Meet the stars of The Lost Wishlights story…

Luminessa
A winged fairy holds a butterfly net aloft, stepping forward to catch something; dressed in a leafy skirt with flower accents and headband, against a plain white background.

Luminessa

Luminessa is a pixie-light catcher and the main character in the story. She is quiet, gentle and kind-hearted, and she loves light of all kinds – especially wishlights!

Beacon the Owl
Cartoon owl faces forward, perching calmly with folded wings. Gray feathers with pink accents, yellow beak and eyes, and yellow talons. Set against a clean white background.

Beacon the Owl

Beacon the Owl is the wisest of all the animals, and he’s old as the forest itself. He helps Luminessa, Glowbud and Gleam to hang the wishlights in the trees. See if you can find him in The Wishlight Village.

Glowbud and Gleam
Two childlike fairies watch a tangled string overhead; one with blue wings and light pants points upward, the other with green leaf-like wings ponders, standing against a blank white background.

Glowbud and Gleam

Glowbud and Gleam are Luminessa’s pixie friends. They make special pixie string to help Luminessa and Beacon hang up the wishlights, and they love to see the forest light up with beautiful lanterns. 

Twiglet and Starr
Two illustrated badgers face each other; one pale badger sits upright with pink paw pads, the other dark badger crouches, sniffing, against a plain white background.

Twiglet and Starr

Twiglet and Starr are the main characters in our newest story, The Lost Wishlights. Twiglet is the sweetest animal in the forest and adored by all the woodland creatures - especially the glow-worms! Starr is Twiglet's older brother, he is very protective and looks after her by bringing her juicy berries to eat and making sure their underground sett is always cosy.

   

Be inspired by Winter Forest Lights

See how all of our villages are brought to life with innovative, immersive experiences and dazzling lights displays this winter.

Decorated evergreen trees glow, lit by colorful lights and hanging icicle lights; oversized mushroom ornaments and a star-shaped sculpture brighten a wooded nighttime park, forming a festive forest scene.
Backpack-wearing person gazes at a glowing tree sculpture wrapped in white and blue string lights, within a fenced winter park area surrounded by snow-dusted evergreens at dusk.
Family of four takes a close selfie, two kids in patterned coats, in a wooded area with hanging lights. Sign behind reads: "Center Parcs Winter Forest Lights — Whinfell Forest 2024."
Child stands arms outstretched, aligning with glowing illustrated wings. Starry blue mural backdrop features snow, stylized pine trees, and dots; child wears patterned snowsuit, mittens, and shoes on brick pavement.
Suspended LED tubes glow brightly over a nighttime forest path lined with small evergreens, a rope-guided walkway, a whimsical mushroom house, and wing-shaped light sculptures, bathing scene in violet-blue light.

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Children running through a wintery forest

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Two children in fairy costumes walk on a rope-lined forest path, pointing upward; snow-dusted trees flank them beneath hanging blue lights at dusk.
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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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Hanging LED light tubes glow purple, suspended from tree branches, illuminating a nighttime forest walkway with dripping-icicle patterns while low garden lights and distant lamps punctuate the dark surroundings.
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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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Hanging neon light tubes glow vertically, illuminating a winter forest. Snow-dusted fir trees border a rope-lined walkway as people stroll; small lit huts appear in the background at dusk.
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Adult wearing knit hat carries toddler in a backpack, smiling and catching falling snow. Context: snow-covered evergreen trees and festive string lights line a wintry outdoor market or tree lot.
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Child extends outstretched hands, catching falling snowflakes. Set in a snowy outdoor scene beside evergreen trees and a wooden fence, wearing a teal coat and pink knit hat, cheeks rosy.

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Child chats with Santa Claus while sitting on a woman’s lap; they smile warmly beside a decorated Christmas tree indoors, with festive lights, wooden walls, and Santa’s ornate red chair.

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Champagne flutes filled with bubbling sparkling wine stand upright, while soft bokeh string lights glow in the blurred background, suggesting a festive indoor setting.

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