Join in with all kinds of Christmas fun at Matlock Farm Park, featuring a Santa’s Grotto Experience, Breakfast with Santa and more! Available on selected dates in December, make your booking on Matlock Farm Park’s website.
Matlock Farm Park is decorated over the festive period with Christmas characters around the park. Of course, there’s all the animal and playtime fun of the farm park too!
The Christmas Experience
The BIG Man in Red and his elves are returning from the North Pole to Matlock Farm Park’s magical grotto!
As you make your way to the grotto, you’ll enter the Christmas Crafts area. Here, get stuck in making food for Santa’s Reindeer ready to put out on Christmas Eve.
Children can also make a lovely decorative keepsake to take away and be able to write a letter to put in the North Pole post box or hand over to Santa himself.
After the crafts rooms, enter the Christmas Canopy area filled with beautiful Christmas scenes. A friendly Elf offers you the chance to try our Naughty or Nice-o-meter. Find out if individuals in your family are on Santa’s good list – how will the grown ups in the group fair?
Then it will be time to be taken through to meet the Big Man in Red for a special chat with your child about all of their Christmas wishes! Santa has a lovely early Christmas gift waiting for them.
Tickets include Farm Park entry. You are welcome to spend the day around the farm enjoying festive activities, animal and playtime encounters before and/or after your Grotto time slot.
Relaxed Santa Sessions
Matlock Farm Park has been in deep discussion with Santa Claus to provide a special experience for your loved one. Their Relaxed Santa Experience offers a calmer, more relaxed experience at a pace suited to you. Upon booking, choose a specific time slot and let the team know the requirements of your loved one – you may also wish to call them prior to visiting to discuss their needs in more detail.
On arrival, meet with the friendly staff member first to familiarise yourselves with the area and the team will finalise details for the most memorable experience.
Gently-spoken Santa can either greet you in his low-lit Grotto or come outside for a more relaxed chat. Visiting Santa is a magical experience for everyone, but Matlock Farm Park want to make sure they tailor your visit to your own needs. Your loved one will also be able to select a gift of their choosing from Santa, with sensory items available.
The Park also features a transition room again this year to provide you and your loved one a calm, safe and inviting atmosphere before or after you visit Santa. As well as this, there is a chance for a special one-to-one small animal petting session before meeting Santa Claus.
You may prefer to purchase tickets for our Santa’s Grotto Christmas Experience, which is available on other dates. However, these sessions will be busier, noisier and have less time with Santa. The Autism Friendly Santa sessions are designed for loved ones who prefer a calmer experience.
Siblings are welcome – please book a child ticket and add a note in the information box provided. (Under 2 siblings with paying child and adult ticket holders go free, without a gift).
Find out more on the Matlock Farm Park page for what your ticket includes.
Breakfast with Santa
There is also the option to join Santa for breakfast at Matlock Farm Park.
The Big Man in Red visits your family during breakfast and learns the names and interests of the children in your party. Have a lovely chat with Santa and share your Christmas wishes.
Following breakfast, there will be a special story time in a separate room with Santa’s sister, Mary Christmas! Find out more about Santa Claus’s reindeer and the children receive a bag of magical reindeer food to sprinkle at home on Christmas Eve.
All adults will receive a hearty breakfast cob of bacon, sausage, egg & hash brown (or vegetarian alternative), plus refillable tea or coffee. Children will have a choice of Pancakes with fruit and syrup, Beans on toast or a Mini Full English. Make your selection when booking.
This event is organised by Matlock Farm Park. Events must be pre-booked here.
