Christmas at Burton Agnes Hall runs daily 14 November to 23 December, 11am to 5pm, with carol late nights to 9pm on 1 and 10 December. Tickets, parking.

Christmas at Burton Agnes Hall opens on Saturday 14 November and runs every day until Wednesday 23 December, 11am to 5pm. Two evenings stay open late with carols and mulled wine until 9pm: Tuesday 1 December and Thursday 10 December. Those two nights need their own ticket.

The quick answer

  • Dates: daily, Saturday 14 November to Wednesday 23 December 2026.
  • Times: 11am to 5pm. The house, cafe, shop and gardens are all open.
  • Late nights: Tuesday 1 and Thursday 10 December, until 9pm, late night ticket only.
  • Where: Burton Agnes, on the A614 between Driffield and Bridlington. Car park sat nav postcode YO25 4NE. Parking is free.
  • Tickets: through the Hall’s online box office. A Christmas price has not been published separately; standard 2026 admission is below.

What is on

The Hall describes the house dressed in “original, handmade decorations”, many of them made from flowers and foliage grown and dried in its own walled garden. After dark the topiary is strung with lights and the fires are lit.

  • The candy cane trail. Twenty-four giant, hand-carved and painted candy canes, one for each day of Advent, are hidden in the branches of the woodland behind the house.
  • Felt snowmen. Children can look for a handmade felt snowman doll hidden in each room by the Cunliffe-Lister children, the family who live at the Hall.
  • Food and gifts. Wood-fired food, spiced hot drinks and home-baked cakes, and a gift shop selling Christmas decorations.

(Burton Agnes Hall, Christmas at Burton Agnes Hall)

The two late nights

On Tuesday 1 December and Thursday 10 December the Hall stays open until 9pm with carol singing in the house and mulled wine. The rules are strict:

  • Late night tickets are separate and limited, and the Hall says it “will not be able to admit anyone without a late night opening ticket”.
  • Historic Houses membership does not cover the late nights.
  • Burton Agnes Hall and Gardens members are covered, but every member must book a free ticket and show their membership on arrival. Member tickets are limited too.

The event page says the late night tickets will be “available online soon”, and the Hall’s online box office already carries a “Late night Christmas opening, with carol singing” listing. The Hall has not published a late night price on its website; we will add it here when it does.

Prices

The Hall has not published a separate Christmas price. Its standard 2026 admission for the hall and gardens is £18.50 adult, £9.50 child (4 to 15), under 4s free, with family tickets at £28 for one adult and two children and £46.50 for two adults and two children. The Hall warns that “these prices may vary for special events”, so check the booking page before you go. The prices include a voluntary 10% donation towards the upkeep of the house. (Burton Agnes Hall, opening times and prices)

Burton Agnes Hall and Gardens members get in free whenever the Hall is open to day visitors.

Opening dates around it

The Hall’s 2026 calendar shows the house closes after the Halloween trail on Sunday 1 November, and the gardens, shop and cafe are then shut from 2 to 13 November while the Christmas decorations go up. Everything reopens together on 14 November.

Getting there and parking

  • By car: on the A614 York to Bridlington road, midway between Driffield and Bridlington. Follow the brown signs to the car park, a two-minute walk from the house. Parking is free. Sat nav postcode for the car park: YO25 4NE. The estate office address is YO25 4NB.
  • Blue Badge: the bays nearest the entrance in the main car park.
  • By bus: the Hall lists services 121, 45, 45A, 46 and 46A, from Bridlington (6 miles) and Driffield (5 miles).
  • By train: Driffield is the nearest station, 5 miles away, with a bus from outside the station to the Hall.

(Burton Agnes Hall, find us · accessibility)

Access. The ground floor of the house is wheelchair accessible by the side door and an indoor ramp. The first and second floors are not, and the Hall offers a reduced admission charge for that. Motorised wheelchairs and scooters are not allowed in the house; two hand-pushed wheelchairs are available on a first come, first served basis.

If you are driving through Driffield or Bridlington, our roadworks and travel page tracks closures on the routes in, and our parking in Beverley page covers the town if you are combining the trip with a Beverley visit.

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