Chester Zoo’s Lanterns & Light returns with new route, puppets & adults-only evenings

Chester Zoo’s Lanterns & Light returns with new route, puppets & adults-only evenings

Chester Zoo’s Lanterns & Light is returning this winter with a redesigned trail, spectacular new installations, life-sized animal puppets and, for the first time, adults-only evenings.

Zoo’s Lanterns and Light returns in November

Chester Zoo’s popular winter light trail will return with a redesigned route, new animal puppets and adults-only evenings introduced for the first time. Lanterns & Light will transform the zoo after dark for 42 nights from 13 November 2026 to 3 January 2027, with festive lights, colour and wildlife-themed displays. New for this year, visitors […]