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Discover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: Christmas at Mottisfont

28 November 2022, 00:01 | Updated: 30 November 2022, 15:56

Step into a Narnia-inspired Christmas at Mottisfont. Picture: National Trust Image/Arnhel de Serra

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: Christmas at Mottisfont.

If you're looking for a fun day out with your family this winter, look no further.

You can step into a Narnia-inspired world at the National Trust’s Mottisfont this Christmas, with scenes, decorations and a family trail inspired by C. S. Lewis’s beloved story, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

Find out more about The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: Christmas at Mottisfont here

From the moment you enter the gardens you’ll be in Narnia - a single lamp post lighting your way across the bridge to the house, where the magic begins.

Inside, imaginatively decorated rooms set in a 1940s Christmas take you on an adventure with wartime evacuees Edmund, Lucy, Susan and Peter into a world where the White Witch reigns.

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: Christmas at Mottisfont. Picture: National Trust Image/Arnhel de Serra

Pick up your special invitation card to hunt out objects with Narnian powers, as you walk through the famous wardrobe and into a landscape of snow, sparkle and Turkish Delight.

Upstairs are beautiful original artworks by Pauline Baynes, who illustrated The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe for C.S. Lewis.

There are Narnia-inspired activities in the garden too; enter the Beavers’ cottage on the riverbank, find Father Christmas’s sleigh, and sit in the throne room at Cair Paravel.