Presented by HARIBO, Yorkshire’s Winter Wonderland is York's favourite festive event, offering a magical winter experience for all ages, with its glistening outdoor ice rink, thrilling funfair, magical Santa’s Grotto and cosy alpine café The Chalet.
Yorkshire's Winter Wonderland is free to enter, with separate tickets required for skating and for Santa's Grotto. Tokens for the funfair rides can be purchased on site.
Yorkshire's Winter Wonderland is home to the North of England’s largest outdoor ice rink, with 975 sq m of real ice and a showstopping 30ft high Christmas tree at its centre, sprinkled with Starmix sweet decorations and topped with a HARIBO Goldbear!
This year the rink has a newly landscaped woodland scene as its backdrop, featuring large LED Christmas trees, wooden cabins and illuminated gingerbread men, candy canes and deer, providing the perfect setting for winter skating.
Using new ice-making technology for the first time, the extra-thick glistening rink is flanked by the après-skate Chalet café and terrace as well as the skate hire marquee, decorated with vintage alpine posters and photographs and even a cow-bell or two to set the scene.
NEW THIS YEAR.....!
Frequent Skater Pass - Make the most of the seven-week season - collect a stamp from the box office over five skating sessions and the 6th visit is free!
Gift Card - the perfect festive present! Choose the amount you wish to spend, give them a Yorkshire's Winter Wonderland digital Gift Card and they can decide the rest! Just email us at admin@yorkshireswinterwonderland.com and we'll sort it.
Our cosy rinkside café The Chalet is the perfect place to warm up before or after your skating session, or for non-skaters to relax and watch all the action, with the outdoor terrace bringing you even closer to the thrills and spills of skating.
The alpine-themed cafe offers a range of hot and cold drinks including warming mulled wine or hot chocolate, and is fully licensed. Delicious winter-warming food and sweet treats, as well as a Kids' Corner make for a delightful apres-skate experience. Private parties can also be arranged.
New this year is the outdoor German Grill offering delicious bratwurst cooked on a charcoal swing grill as well as festive drinks, while the Enchanted Forest with its picnic tables offers an alternative outdoor eating area.
There's some eerie goings-on at the funfair this year - take a walk through our Haunted House and be prepared for some surprises! For the speedsters and thrill-seekers we have a Twister and Waltzer plus there's everyone's favourite, the vintage Dodgems dating from 1937.
There is also plenty to enthral younger visitors with four children’s rides as well as game stalls offering prizes every time.
SANTA'S GROTTO
Christmas wouldn't be the same without a visit to Santa and his elves in the Enchanted Forest.....
But this year the Enchanted Forest is full of surprises…. Santa has a new team of helpers! Meet Gertrude the Giraffe, Oliver the Ostrich, the Polar Bear Band and other colourful animal characters who've escaped from York Zoo on a mission to help the reindeer!
Swing by the South Entrance of York Designer Outlet and see what mischief they're up to, then follow the glittering light tunnel to find Santa in his Grotto where a warm welcome and a special gift awaits.
A reservation is required to visit Santa.
For those seeking a festive retail experience a boutique Christmas market with 12 cabins will offer gifts with a difference, from clothes and toys for little ones, to treats for your pooch, to candles and crystals, ceramic and wooden gifts.
Why not spice up your Christmas with Indian pickles and mixes, then refresh with handcrafted ales and lagers from Brew York, and finish off with chocolates, fudge or festive tipples!
And of course, York Designer Outlet is the perfect place to tackle the Christmas shopping!
Enjoy a fun-filled family day out at Yorkshire’s Winter Wonderland - there’s something for everyone!
Booking fees apply to all tickets booked online.
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