I visited the Fulham Palace Illuminated Light Trail at the end of November. I tried to get tickets to another well-known and long-going light trail in London, but when I last looked to book, the day that I went to book had sold out on all tickets. So, I was left with the opening day of Fulham Palace Illuminated Light Trail. My photographs are below.
First, the cafe next to the palace entrance was open, so I had a hot chocolate.
Finally, we got to enter. We walked past the small Christmas market, which consisted of about four stalls, four of which were selling food items and one selling crafts and jewellry. In front of us, the palace was illuminated with snowflakes.
The trail commenced with a heart tunnel.
In the distance, we saw some illuminated animals, but these were rather far away to really appreciate.
We saw a couple illuminated trees, but I was expecting a lot more than this.
Another illumination was a bauble, which I walked through.
The rest of the trail continued with some quite small displays and immersive "selfie" displays. The angel wings and sleigh allowed some photographs. There were a few other small displays of trees, polar bears, and penguins. These were all very small lights.
A couple of the trees were also covered in lights.
And some lanterns were hung around here and there but did not make too much of impact.
More light illuminations on the trees would have had a nicer impact.
The trail was also a little confusing in knowing which way to go. Santa was there outside of the walled garden, which we entered to see more lights and had a multi-colour light tunnel.
The greenhouse was also illuminated and one of the glass houses contained a row of illuminated nutcrackers.
We had another light tunnel.
A small herd of illuminated deer lit the grounds.
The illuminated tree looked like it was not completely finished.
A "Cinderella" style display was at the end of the light trail with pumpkins and illuminated carriage, dress, and slipper.
We walked back out through the same gate and went past the Christmas market.
Overall, I felt that this was very overpriced and did not offer a good value for money. There were not too many illuminations, and what there was was at a very small scale with a couple of strands of lights here and there. Also, there wasn't any music except for two small points of very quiet music on the trail. I do not know if they were having trouble with the displays. There was also meant to be a magician. I was very disappointed in this trail.
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