The Garden of Wales Winter Light Trail

We are so excited to be bringing Luminate to the Garden of Wales for the first time this year in the Winter of 2022!

A spectacular, illuminated trail, full of wonder and intrigue, to delight and enthral your senses.

As darkness descends, join us on our enchanting journey, as we weave a captivating light trail through the stunning, gardens and grounds of the Garden of Wales.

Immerse yourself in our mesmerising mile long walk, with our stunning lighting elements and fabulous interactive light play, all set to ambient music.

A timeless experience to be enjoyed by all, young and old alike.

The trail is open nightly from 1st December 2022 until Monday 2nd January 2023 (closed Christmas Day). Tickets must be pre-booked, online in advance.

Rydym mor gyffrous i ddod â Luminate i Ardd Cymru am y tro cyntaf eleni, ar gyfer gaeaf 2022!

Llwybr ysblennydd wedi'i oleuo, yn llawn rhyfeddodau a phethau annisgwyl i'ch difyrru.

Wrth iddi nosi, ymunwch â ni am daith hudolus ar hyd llwybr golau o fewn yr Ardd Fotaneg Genedlaethol.

Mwynhewch ein llwybr hudolus, gyda goleuadau, elfennau rhyngweithiol a chwareus, yn ogystal â cherddoriaeth swynol.

Profiad bythgofiadwy i bawb o bob oed ei mwynhau.

Bydd y llwybr ar agor bob nos, o'r 1af o fis Rhagfyr 2022 hyd at ddydd Llun yr 2ail o fis Ionawr 2023 (ar gau ar Ddydd Nadolig). Rhaid archebu tocynnau ar-lein ymlaen llaw.

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Dates & Times

1st December 2022 - 2nd January 2023

Entry times from 4.30pm to 8pm


Choose your entry time, entry slots are every 15 minutes. The trail will take approximately 60 - 90 minutes, depending how long you dwell along the way


We strongly advise you arrive on time.
Remember, if you miss your slot your tickets are non-refundable.

Ticket Prices

Mon-Wed

(up to Wednesday 14th December 2022)

Adult: £15.00

Child: £11.00

Family: £48.00

Carers: Free

Thurs-Sun

(plus everyday from Monday 19th December 2022)

Adult: £19.50

Child: £14.50

Family: £62.00

Carers: Free

FAQs

A captivating after dark, illuminated trail.

Set to ambient music, you will follow the trail as it meanders through The Garden of Wales. Stunning lighting elements and light play will guide you along the way.

The trail is approximately 1.4km long and (depending on how quickly you walk through) will take circa 60-90 minutes to complete.

Please note that the entire trail takes place outside (obviously during winter and after dark). It will be cold, dark and often wet! Please wrap up warm and wear sturdy footwear.

Please note we will not have 'traditional festive' decorations at Luminate and Father Christmas will not be there - he'll be far too busy getting everything ready at the North Pole!
For the safety and enjoyment of all our visitors, dogs are NOT permitted at Luminate*

*with the exception of Guide dogs and assistance dogs
There is a path all the way around, marked by festoon lighting throughout the duration. So just follow the festoon!
In order to ensure your own safety and enjoyment (and the safety of our other visitors and staff), all visitors must remain on the clearly marked trail at all times. All children and vulnerable adults must be closely supervised at all times. Luminate takes place in the winter, after dark. All areas other than the clearly defined trail will have potential trip hazards and risks to health and safety, which may be difficult to see during the time that Luminate is operational, so please stay on the path at all times and adhere to any instructions/advice given by our stewarding staff.

Conditions on the trail will be continually monitored by our onsite team, but we would remind all visitors that the event takes place in an outside, country setting over winter after dark. So please exercise caution when attending and supervise children and vulnerable adults at all times.

Some of our lighting installations are interactive, so you can enjoy some light play throughout your journey with us. All such installations will be easily identifiable and will have stewards stationed close-by to guide you with what to do. For your own safety and enjoyment, please do not touch any other lights/electrical installations and ensure children and vulnerable adults are supervised at all times, so as to ensure that they do not.
In order to ensure that Luminate can be enjoyed by everyone to the upmost, it has been designed as a continuous experience, with strictly fixed entry time slots, starting from 4.30pm onwards, which must be pre-booked in advance.

To ensure the enjoyment and safety of all our visitors, we allocate a set number of tickets per timeslot and would ask that all visitors adhere to their booked timeslot. Our entry time slots are every fifteen minutes from 4.30-4.45pm through to 8.00pm – 8.15pm. At certain sites, we offer later slots on popular nights (Please check the site ticketing page for more info).

Please note that on the Christmas and New Year Holiday dates, Christmas Eve, Boxing Day, New Year’s Eve & New Year’s Day last entry to our trail will be at 8.00pm. On those dates, the trail itself will close promptly at 9.30pm. Please note on those dates that the food and drink concessions will close by 9pm.
Google Map of The Garden of Wales, Middleton Hall, Llanarthne, South Wales. SA32 8HN

Your new Christmas tradition in Wales
Middleton Hall, Llanarthne, South Wales. SA32 8HN