The fourth edition of Christmas at Wimpole is now open to the public - with a new route and a host of dramatic light installations.
The trail is open at the National Trust property in Arrington until Sunday, December 31.
New installations for 2023 include Crystal Garden, by Output Arts, which comprises clusters of glowing shards which sparkle and shimmer.
Studio Vertigo are displaying Nova and the Ghosts, the latter of which is built from recycled polypropylene, with structural elements created using folding techniques found in origami.
Meanwhile Pyrite Creative's Light as a Feather is a series of steel feathers painted to glow in the dark, twisting and turning as though lifted by a sudden gust of wind.
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Another of the new features is Mycelium Network, by Stevie Thompson of Custom Fibre Optics, which was inspired by the "magical and medicinal" properties of mushrooms.
Along the edge of the trail route are ArtAV's Rainbow Trees and Spiral Spinners, while Woody Fox's 12 Days of Christmas, uses colour, fabrics and recycled materials to create large-scale wicker figures.
Visitors can also glimpse Father Christmas along the route.
Details of times and tickets are available at www.christmasatwimpole.co.uk.
Hilary Wilson, Wimpole’s experience and visitor programming manager, said: "We’ve been working hard for 10 months to bring this trail to life, and it’s wonderful to hear the many positive reviews we’ve received so far.
"Opening weekend went phenomenally well, with more than 2,500 visitors out to help us launch this year’s event.
"This is shaping up to be the best year yet for Christmas at Wimpole, with new installations and one of the longest light tunnels in the UK.
"Feedback online has been superb with some people even saying that they were moved to tears!
"The response has been so amazing that tickets are now selling like hotcakes, with some days almost sold out.
"Tickets are still available, and we’ll be adding more early evening time slots in the coming days. We hope that Christmas at Wimpole creates many happy memories for our visitors."
Wimpole Estate was bequeathed to the National Trust by Rudyard Kipling's daughter in the 1970s.
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