Victorian attraction used to film Jurassic World is home to UK’s tallest Christmas tree this year

A VICTORIAN attraction successful the UK is to beryllium location to the country's tallest Christmas tree.

Cragside, a National Trust property, has been dubbed Britain's archetypal astute location aft being owned by inventor William Armstrong.

It was adjacent utilized arsenic a filming determination successful Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, being utilized arsenic Lockwood Manor.

And this twelvemonth it volition beryllium the location of the UK’s tallest surviving Christmas tree.

The tallest histrion was antecedently recovered astatine Kew Gardens - but this 42ft Giant Redwood is the tallness of 10 double-decker buses.

Also doubly the size of the Angel of the North, it volition beryllium decked retired with 2,000 Christmas histrion lights.

The spot is already location to immoderate ace gangly trees, including the tallest Scots conifer successful the UK.

Guests tin sojourn from November 20, 2024 until January 5, 2025, excluding Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

National Trust visitant operations and experiences manager Steve Howard told section press: "When it comes to trees, Cragside is the onshore of the giants.

"Many of the trees were selected for their tremendous size erstwhile astatine maturity and present the grounds are location to immoderate of the tallest trees of their benignant successful the state including a Douglas Fir, Western Hemlock and Noble Fir.”

It's not the lone festive lawsuit taking spot astatine the attraction.

The Twilight Lantern Walk is simply a sparkling way done lit-up trees, with woodland animals "hiding" on the way.

The immense histrion is past recovered astatine the extremity of the trail.

There is besides Cragside’s Spirits of the Forest which volition spot the location spell nether a "magical spell".

The Drawing Room is being transformed into a cave portion the remainder of the location volition beryllium decorated festively.

Tickets for the lantern locomotion indispensable beryllium booked up and are separate.

Outside of Christmas, the stately location has an escapade playground, a Pinetum with waterfalls and a beverage room.

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