Longleat has today unveiled its 2027 season ensuring the gift of summer can be given this Christmas.
The move comes as the Wiltshire estate ends its celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the opening of the first Drive-Through Safari outside of Africa which also brought with it a baby boom for the park.
Scott Ashman, Head of Operations at Longleat, said: “With 2026 seeing so many new arrivals from rare Amur tiger cubs to Capybara twins and a pack of wolf pups plus a red panda cub, 2027 promises to be a fabulous year for seeing them grow and thrive.
“We have a packed calendar of activities included in the day ticket from school holiday
fun to our showcase events throughout the year; these often sell out so booking early is advised.”
The Motor Show Weekender takes place on 3 and 4 July in 2027 – the inaugural event this year has been selected as one of three finalists in the Motoring Spectacle category of the 2026 Royal Automobile Club Historic Awards. The winner will be announced at an award ceremony next week.
Scott said: “We were delighted to be selected as a finalist; it is testament to the hard work of all involved, feedback from our guests, the team on site plus every owner, club visitor and member of the event teams who contributed. We can’t wait for it to be back in July 2027.
“For the fourth year we are bringing back Icons of the Sky, an aviation extravaganza bringing hot air balloons and planes to the skies above Longleat for the weekend of 10-12 September.
“We are also unveiling our dates for The Festival of Light 2027 which will open exclusively for our members on 5 November and then run on selected dates from 6 November to 16 January 2028 including Boxing Day.
“Our inaugural sensory day on Sunday when the lights and music was reduced was received so positively, we have already agreed to bring it back in 2027 with the date
confirmed as 7 November.”
Membership prices are being held for another year with guests who buy the annual pass now being able to come to both The Festival of Light this year and next, said Scott.
Mother’s Day and Father’s Day is also being celebrated one free adult ticket with an adult or child ticket using special codes, available via the website. And memory-making VIP experiences are also now available for next year.
“We are also keeping the advance booking incentive which means guests can save money on the ticket price by buying before midnight the day before they want to visit.
“By going on sale with a whole year of fun, summer can start this Christmas.”
The Festival of Light 2026 opened last weekend at the estate. It brings Legendary Worlds to life reimagined in lantern form to the estate with the spectacular lost city of Atlantis, giants, dragons, King Arthur’s Round Table as well as traditional favourites including the Enchanted Christmas Tree and light show on the front of Longleat House.
It runs on selected dates until 17 January 2027 with day tickets on Saturday 28 November and 12 December already sold out.
For the chance to win a bundle of prizes to kick start your New Year, find out more and to book go to longleat.co.uk
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