The Rock's Santa’s Grotto – Christmas 2026

Santa’s Grotto Returns to The Rock for Christmas 2026!

The magical Santa’s Grotto is back this festive season—and it’s FREE to enter!

While entry is free, visitors are kindly asked to consider making a donation to Bleakholt Animal Sanctuary, helping support the amazing work they do for animals in need

Opening Dates:

The grotto will be open on various dates from Friday 4th December until Wednesday 23rd December. 

Closed for 30 minutes every day at 1pm.

Please note: Once the queue has reached capacity, it will be closed.

Friday 4^th December 10am – 3pm
Saturday 5^th December 11am – 4pm
Sunday 6^th December 11am – 4pm (Quiet hour 11am-12pm)

Friday 11^th December 10am – 3pm
Saturday 12^th December 11am – 4pm
Sunday 13^th December 11am – 4pm (Quiet hour 11am-12pm)

Friday 18^th December 10am – 3pm
Saturday 19^th December 11am – 4pm (Quiet hour 11am-12pm)
Sunday 20^th December 11am – 4pm

Monday 21^st December 11am – 4pm (Quiet hour 11am-12pm)
Tuesday 22^nd December 11am – 4pm
Wednesday 23^rd December 11am – 4pm

Admission is free and includes a free chocolate lolly.

You are also welcome to take your own photos with your own devices. Santa’s little helpers will be on hand to assist with this.

QUIET HOUR:

For our Quiet Hour sessions the following measures are in place to make the Grotto more accessible to those with additional sensory needs

1. Relaxed performances, Elves will calm their Christmas joy just a little and Father Christmas will use his indoor voice only
2. Any lighting will be set to static
3. Any music will be turned off
4. Families can enjoy the grotto at a more leisurely pace
5. Parents/carers can speak to our ‘door Elf’ and let them know if there are any other ways we can make the experience enjoyable, Elves will try their hardest to achieve this.