Skip to content

Don’t miss out – popular Luminate dates are selling fast! Book now

Light trails

Explore

Buy tickets

Made with love, by family.

Luminate is run by two brothers and one wife and sister-in-law, with a lot of help from the people they love.

A few things we’re proud of

  • 15+years of family-run events
  • 15proposals on our trails
  • 83,000trees planted with Ecologi
  • 8thyear of Luminate in 2026

Family-run magical light trails: enchanting experiences for all ages.

Luminate is a delightful family experience to be enjoyed equally by young and old alike.

We are proudly owned, operated and run by 2 brothers and one Wife/Sister-in-law. Together, we have been running our lovingly curated events for over 15 years. We aim to create amazing, enchanted, sensory light experiences around the country. Suitable for everyone to enjoy – and one that our family and friends would love too!

We decided from the outset to ignore the old adage of “never work with your friends and family” and instead found it became our goal to do the exact opposite. Dads, cousins, aunties, mums, sisters, friends, friends of friends. We have been helped along every step of our journey by an army of loyal helpers, doing anything we need to help us create fabulous events for all of our lovely visitors to enjoy. We have also been lucky enough to make some new friends along the way, courtesy of some of the independent contractors and venue partners who we have had the pleasure of working with.

“Never work with your friends and family”? We decided to do the exact opposite.

We strive to keep our events feeling fresh and exciting every year and we will always be committed to never accepting anything less than the very best, for every element of our magical trails.

It’s a great alternative for date-night, for the romantics amongst us (we are very proud to have had no less than 15 proposals at Luminate now!), a magical family night out, or a different, enchanting take on an evening out with the girls. Not to mention a fab alternative to the traditional works’ Christmas night out.

Having proudly delivered this remarkable and magical event for seven fantastic years alongside our brilliant team, we’re gearing up to make 2026 our most incredible year yet — our 8th year of Luminate!

What our visitors say.

“A fantastic experience for the whole family. It was the highlight of our Christmas festivities.”

Liz

“We had an amazing time. It really is such a beautiful light trail!”

Emma
  • A family with a pushchair on a lit woodland path
  • A family under a walkway of fairy lights
  • A mother and daughter taking a selfie inside a tunnel of lights
  • A family selfie in front of glowing lights

Recently featured by

  • Daily Express
  • ITV
  • BBC
  • Daily Mail
  • The Guardian
  • The Telegraph
  • Daily Mirror

Charities close to our hearts.

We are proud to work with some amazing charity partners across our Luminate venues.

An oak seedling growing from soil, with the Ecologi logo

Driving sustainable practices with solar lighting and tree planting.

We are committed to trying to improve our working practices, to lessen our impact environmentally.

We work closely with all of our venue partners to ensure we produce a beautiful light trail, whilst still protecting the natural inhabitants and flora and fauna of the estate.

We partner with Ecologi and have been able to plant over 83,000 trees so far! Our Luminate forest continues to grow.

We are proud to have sponsored the mature tree planting on the West Car park at our beautiful Sandringham Estate venue.

On the trail.

A curtain of purple light falling like a waterfall over the rocks
Shimmering Falls
A child smiling among glowing pink orbs of light
Pink Orbs
Giant light-up letters glowing on the grass
Giant Letters

Each Luminate venue features a unique selection of installations and experiences. Content varies by venue and from year to year.

Hear about new dates first.

Early ticket releases, new trails and subscriber-only offers.

15% off

24 hours to use this code

NOW15

Buy now or miss out – get the best dates and time slots now.