CENTER Parcs has revealed a multi-million pound Christmas experience at one of their parks this year.
The site in Suffolk has invested £2million to transform its Winter Wonderland, and its opening next month.
Elveden Forest has upgraded certain areas of the park for Christmas, and has added its Woodland Workshop.
From November 7, families will get the chance to meet Santa and his elves who are hard at work before the big day.
You can also get a glimpse of Santa while enjoying brunch at Huck’s, or join the team for a festive dance along to Christmas tunes at Santa’s Greetings.
The wooden chalet will have a snow-capped roof and be wrapped in pine decorations next to a huge Christmas tree.
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There’s a new Christmas Shop too, filled with festive gifts, bespoke decorations, souvenirs and hand-painted baubles.
When the weather gets chilly, guests can warm up in the Tipi, enjoy a hot chocolate, mince pies, traditional sausage rolls, Bratwurst, and Christmas tree-shaped waffles.
Santa’s Woodland Village has been refreshed and visitors can enjoy the new seasonal displays.
It’s there where guests will find the new Snow Zone, a giant snow globe where families can step inside for a festive photo.
Other attractions include the Enchanted Light Garden which is essentially a festive light trail which is open from 4PM-9PM every day.
There are also activities like the Elf Pyjama Party, and festive craft workshops throughout the day.
Lots of activities are included in the price of a break over the festive period – and you can even pre-order decorations to dress up the lodge too.
You can book to stay in Center Parcs’ hotels or apartment, to treehouses, and the newly introduced premium lodges.
If you still want to book, Sun Travel found that a family of four can book a Woodland Lodge for four nights in Elveden Forest from November 17 to November 21 for £629 – which works out at £39.31pppn.
Of course there aren’t just festive activites, at Elveden Forest you can also check out the Subtropical Swimming Paradise which is head to 29.5C.
So you won’t have to worry about being cold while swimming in a number of pools, heading down flumes or the a ‘Tropical Cyclone’ slide and checking out the water rapids.
The site recently announced that it will refurbish Venture Cove in The Subtropical Swimming Paradise, with the site expecting to reopen the attraction on December 19.
The Aqua Sana Spa on-site also underwent refurbishment in 2023, with a new £6.5million Forest Spa opening with steam rooms, saunas, a heated outdoor pool, an ice cave and a number of relaxation rooms.
Other activities include golf, archery, dance classes, inflatable football, glow-in-the-dark badminton and table tennis, to winter workshops.
This new attraction opened at Elveden in summer 2025…
Center Parcs’ new Treetop Glider experience allows guests to glide above the forest canopy, passing views of its lake and the surrounding countryside.
Riders will have to take a leap of faith from a treehouse nestled in the woods, to then glide along a 180-metre track.
Along the route there will be twists and turns, as well as views of the Suffolk countryside and Elveden’s lake.
To go on the ride, guests must be between 1.1metres and 1.87metres tall and each rider will get two laps of the course, per booking.
The experience opened on September 2, 2025.
Set within the Breckland, an area of national importance, there are a number of other treetop adventures at Elveden Forest, including Aerial Adventure, where guests are secured to a harness and get to swing through the trees.
The aerial rope course gets gradually higher, before it finishes with a zip wire experience.
For more Center Parcs upgrades, check out the first pictures of the holiday park coming soon to Scotland.
And for anyone heading to the holiday park soon, Center Parcs has introduced a huge change to check in times.