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🛡 A Christmas Festive Feast Trail at Dunstable Downs
Time: 10:30 - 16:00
🛡 Join the grand Knight’s Festive Feast and celebrate the year’s triumphs in true medieval style at Dunstable Downs! As you journey through the trail, find out who plays a part in bringing a medieval banquet to life.
👨👩👧👧 SUITABILITY
Children of all ages are welcome. Well behaved dogs are welcome on leads.
🗓 2025/2026 DATES
The trail takes place between Saturday 6th December 2025 and Sunday 4th January 2026, from 10:30am to 4pm, with last entry at 3:30pm.
(We are closed on the 24th and 25th December 2025).
⚔️ TRAIL DETAILS
👨👩👧👧 SUITABILITY
Children of all ages are welcome. Well behaved dogs are welcome on leads.
🗓 2025/2026 DATES
The trail takes place between Saturday 6th December 2025 and Sunday 4th January 2026, from 10:30am to 4pm, with last entry at 3:30pm.
(We are closed on the 24th and 25th December 2025).
⚔️ TRAIL DETAILS
Take on tasks, follow clues, and gather everything needed to complete the festive banquet table. Adventure, laughter, and merriment await—let the feast begin!
Join us for this 10 station trail with a congratualtions prize at the end!
✨️ ALTERNATIVE TRAIL
For an alternative trail option, we also have themed sensory bags, a sensory trail, and spotter sheets to ensure everyone can join in the adventure!
💳 ADMISSION FEE
✨️ ALTERNATIVE TRAIL
For an alternative trail option, we also have themed sensory bags, a sensory trail, and spotter sheets to ensure everyone can join in the adventure!
💳 ADMISSION FEE
Prices are £3 per trail which includes the trail and prize. No booking required.
♿️ ACCESSIBILITY OF DUNSTABLE DOWNS
The visitor centre, courtyard and trail is step free and suitable for wheelchairs and pushchairs. Please note that the majority of the trail is on grass.
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/essex-bedfordshire-hertfordshire/dunstable-downs-and-whipsnade-estate
🅿️ PARKING
Parking at Dunstable Downs costs £3.50 for a day for non-National Trust members and is free for National Trust members. Blue badge holders can also park for free. The parking is paid via a pay and display machine, and members can scan their membership card for free parking. (Parking charges can change at anytime)
ℹ️ CONTACT DETAILS
☎️ Phone: 01582500920
📧 Email: dunstabledowns@nationaltrust.org.uk
♿️ ACCESSIBILITY OF DUNSTABLE DOWNS
The visitor centre, courtyard and trail is step free and suitable for wheelchairs and pushchairs. Please note that the majority of the trail is on grass.
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/essex-bedfordshire-hertfordshire/dunstable-downs-and-whipsnade-estate
🅿️ PARKING
Parking at Dunstable Downs costs £3.50 for a day for non-National Trust members and is free for National Trust members. Blue badge holders can also park for free. The parking is paid via a pay and display machine, and members can scan their membership card for free parking. (Parking charges can change at anytime)
ℹ️ CONTACT DETAILS
☎️ Phone: 01582500920
📧 Email: dunstabledowns@nationaltrust.org.uk
Related Blogs
🛡 A Christmas Festive Feast Trail at Dunstable Downs
Time: 10:30 - 16:00
🛡 Join the grand Knight’s Festive Feast and celebrate the year’s triumphs in true medieval style at Dunstable Downs! As you journey through the trail, find out who plays a part in bringing a medieval banquet to life.
👨👩👧👧 SUITABILITY
Children of all ages are welcome. Well behaved dogs are welcome on leads.
🗓 2025/2026 DATES
The trail takes place between Saturday 6th December 2025 and Sunday 4th January 2026, from 10:30am to 4pm, with last entry at 3:30pm.
(We are closed on the 24th and 25th December 2025).
⚔️ TRAIL DETAILS
👨👩👧👧 SUITABILITY
Children of all ages are welcome. Well behaved dogs are welcome on leads.
🗓 2025/2026 DATES
The trail takes place between Saturday 6th December 2025 and Sunday 4th January 2026, from 10:30am to 4pm, with last entry at 3:30pm.
(We are closed on the 24th and 25th December 2025).
⚔️ TRAIL DETAILS
Take on tasks, follow clues, and gather everything needed to complete the festive banquet table. Adventure, laughter, and merriment await—let the feast begin!
Join us for this 10 station trail with a congratualtions prize at the end!
✨️ ALTERNATIVE TRAIL
For an alternative trail option, we also have themed sensory bags, a sensory trail, and spotter sheets to ensure everyone can join in the adventure!
💳 ADMISSION FEE
✨️ ALTERNATIVE TRAIL
For an alternative trail option, we also have themed sensory bags, a sensory trail, and spotter sheets to ensure everyone can join in the adventure!
💳 ADMISSION FEE
Prices are £3 per trail which includes the trail and prize. No booking required.
♿️ ACCESSIBILITY OF DUNSTABLE DOWNS
The visitor centre, courtyard and trail is step free and suitable for wheelchairs and pushchairs. Please note that the majority of the trail is on grass.
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/essex-bedfordshire-hertfordshire/dunstable-downs-and-whipsnade-estate
🅿️ PARKING
Parking at Dunstable Downs costs £3.50 for a day for non-National Trust members and is free for National Trust members. Blue badge holders can also park for free. The parking is paid via a pay and display machine, and members can scan their membership card for free parking. (Parking charges can change at anytime)
ℹ️ CONTACT DETAILS
☎️ Phone: 01582500920
📧 Email: dunstabledowns@nationaltrust.org.uk
♿️ ACCESSIBILITY OF DUNSTABLE DOWNS
The visitor centre, courtyard and trail is step free and suitable for wheelchairs and pushchairs. Please note that the majority of the trail is on grass.
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/essex-bedfordshire-hertfordshire/dunstable-downs-and-whipsnade-estate
🅿️ PARKING
Parking at Dunstable Downs costs £3.50 for a day for non-National Trust members and is free for National Trust members. Blue badge holders can also park for free. The parking is paid via a pay and display machine, and members can scan their membership card for free parking. (Parking charges can change at anytime)
ℹ️ CONTACT DETAILS
☎️ Phone: 01582500920
📧 Email: dunstabledowns@nationaltrust.org.uk
Related Blogs
🛡 A Christmas Festive Feast Trail at Dunstable Downs
Time: 10:30 - 16:00
🛡 Join the grand Knight’s Festive Feast and celebrate the year’s triumphs in true medieval style at Dunstable Downs! As you journey through the trail, find out who plays a part in bringing a medieval banquet to life.
👨👩👧👧 SUITABILITY
Children of all ages are welcome. Well behaved dogs are welcome on leads.
🗓 2025/2026 DATES
The trail takes place between Saturday 6th December 2025 and Sunday 4th January 2026, from 10:30am to 4pm, with last entry at 3:30pm.
(We are closed on the 24th and 25th December 2025).
⚔️ TRAIL DETAILS
👨👩👧👧 SUITABILITY
Children of all ages are welcome. Well behaved dogs are welcome on leads.
🗓 2025/2026 DATES
The trail takes place between Saturday 6th December 2025 and Sunday 4th January 2026, from 10:30am to 4pm, with last entry at 3:30pm.
(We are closed on the 24th and 25th December 2025).
⚔️ TRAIL DETAILS
Take on tasks, follow clues, and gather everything needed to complete the festive banquet table. Adventure, laughter, and merriment await—let the feast begin!
Join us for this 10 station trail with a congratualtions prize at the end!
✨️ ALTERNATIVE TRAIL
For an alternative trail option, we also have themed sensory bags, a sensory trail, and spotter sheets to ensure everyone can join in the adventure!
💳 ADMISSION FEE
✨️ ALTERNATIVE TRAIL
For an alternative trail option, we also have themed sensory bags, a sensory trail, and spotter sheets to ensure everyone can join in the adventure!
💳 ADMISSION FEE
Prices are £3 per trail which includes the trail and prize. No booking required.
♿️ ACCESSIBILITY OF DUNSTABLE DOWNS
The visitor centre, courtyard and trail is step free and suitable for wheelchairs and pushchairs. Please note that the majority of the trail is on grass.
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/essex-bedfordshire-hertfordshire/dunstable-downs-and-whipsnade-estate
🅿️ PARKING
Parking at Dunstable Downs costs £3.50 for a day for non-National Trust members and is free for National Trust members. Blue badge holders can also park for free. The parking is paid via a pay and display machine, and members can scan their membership card for free parking. (Parking charges can change at anytime)
ℹ️ CONTACT DETAILS
☎️ Phone: 01582500920
📧 Email: dunstabledowns@nationaltrust.org.uk
♿️ ACCESSIBILITY OF DUNSTABLE DOWNS
The visitor centre, courtyard and trail is step free and suitable for wheelchairs and pushchairs. Please note that the majority of the trail is on grass.
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/essex-bedfordshire-hertfordshire/dunstable-downs-and-whipsnade-estate
🅿️ PARKING
Parking at Dunstable Downs costs £3.50 for a day for non-National Trust members and is free for National Trust members. Blue badge holders can also park for free. The parking is paid via a pay and display machine, and members can scan their membership card for free parking. (Parking charges can change at anytime)
ℹ️ CONTACT DETAILS
☎️ Phone: 01582500920
📧 Email: dunstabledowns@nationaltrust.org.uk
Related Blogs
🛡 A Christmas Festive Feast Trail at Dunstable Downs
Time: 10:30 - 16:00
🛡 Join the grand Knight’s Festive Feast and celebrate the year’s triumphs in true medieval style at Dunstable Downs! As you journey through the trail, find out who plays a part in bringing a medieval banquet to life.
👨👩👧👧 SUITABILITY
Children of all ages are welcome. Well behaved dogs are welcome on leads.
🗓 2025/2026 DATES
The trail takes place between Saturday 6th December 2025 and Sunday 4th January 2026, from 10:30am to 4pm, with last entry at 3:30pm.
(We are closed on the 24th and 25th December 2025).
⚔️ TRAIL DETAILS
👨👩👧👧 SUITABILITY
Children of all ages are welcome. Well behaved dogs are welcome on leads.
🗓 2025/2026 DATES
The trail takes place between Saturday 6th December 2025 and Sunday 4th January 2026, from 10:30am to 4pm, with last entry at 3:30pm.
(We are closed on the 24th and 25th December 2025).
⚔️ TRAIL DETAILS
Take on tasks, follow clues, and gather everything needed to complete the festive banquet table. Adventure, laughter, and merriment await—let the feast begin!
Join us for this 10 station trail with a congratualtions prize at the end!
✨️ ALTERNATIVE TRAIL
For an alternative trail option, we also have themed sensory bags, a sensory trail, and spotter sheets to ensure everyone can join in the adventure!
💳 ADMISSION FEE
✨️ ALTERNATIVE TRAIL
For an alternative trail option, we also have themed sensory bags, a sensory trail, and spotter sheets to ensure everyone can join in the adventure!
💳 ADMISSION FEE
Prices are £3 per trail which includes the trail and prize. No booking required.
♿️ ACCESSIBILITY OF DUNSTABLE DOWNS
The visitor centre, courtyard and trail is step free and suitable for wheelchairs and pushchairs. Please note that the majority of the trail is on grass.
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/essex-bedfordshire-hertfordshire/dunstable-downs-and-whipsnade-estate
🅿️ PARKING
Parking at Dunstable Downs costs £3.50 for a day for non-National Trust members and is free for National Trust members. Blue badge holders can also park for free. The parking is paid via a pay and display machine, and members can scan their membership card for free parking. (Parking charges can change at anytime)
ℹ️ CONTACT DETAILS
☎️ Phone: 01582500920
📧 Email: dunstabledowns@nationaltrust.org.uk
♿️ ACCESSIBILITY OF DUNSTABLE DOWNS
The visitor centre, courtyard and trail is step free and suitable for wheelchairs and pushchairs. Please note that the majority of the trail is on grass.
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/essex-bedfordshire-hertfordshire/dunstable-downs-and-whipsnade-estate
🅿️ PARKING
Parking at Dunstable Downs costs £3.50 for a day for non-National Trust members and is free for National Trust members. Blue badge holders can also park for free. The parking is paid via a pay and display machine, and members can scan their membership card for free parking. (Parking charges can change at anytime)
ℹ️ CONTACT DETAILS
☎️ Phone: 01582500920
📧 Email: dunstabledowns@nationaltrust.org.uk
Related Blogs
🚀 Zoom! - The Hat Factory Arts Centre, Luton
Saturday 31 January 2026
Time: 11:30 - 15:00 Price: £10.00
🚀 Molly knows everything about space. All the planets and their moons; even the number of Saturn's rings. EVERYTHING! Molly is definitely, absolutely going to be an astronaut when she grows up. But when, one wintry night, Molly meets a visitor from outer space she realises she still has a lot to learn about looking after our very own planet, Earth.
🎶 ABOUT
"Zoom!" is a play for children aged 3-8 years with music, songs and puppetry. A gentle introduction for young children into ways they can help to protect their environment.
🕦 SESSION TIMES:
▪️11:30am and 2pm
▪️AGE: 3 - 8 years
🎟 TICKET COST: £10 (inc. booking fee)
ℹ️ CONTACT DETAILS
📧 Email: boxoffice@culturetrust.com
☎️ Phone: 01582 878100
🎶 ABOUT
"Zoom!" is a play for children aged 3-8 years with music, songs and puppetry. A gentle introduction for young children into ways they can help to protect their environment.
🕦 SESSION TIMES:
▪️11:30am and 2pm
▪️AGE: 3 - 8 years
🎟 TICKET COST: £10 (inc. booking fee)
ℹ️ CONTACT DETAILS
📧 Email: boxoffice@culturetrust.com
☎️ Phone: 01582 878100
🎤 Darren Walsh: Do You Like Puns? - The Hat Factory Arts Centre, Luton
Saturday 21 February 2026
Time: 19:30 - 21:30
🤩 ʞɔǝɥ ←flippin' heck! Witness a pun Goliath in person, as Darren Walsh brings his 8ft frame and award winning act on the road.
From appearing on Comic Relief to his ‘Jokes on the street’ series on social media, he’s been racking up millions of views, but live is where he thrives.
Combining sound effects, videos, one-liners and improvised jokes based off audience suggestions, prepare for a comedy show like no other, bar pun.
Book now, li is two short.
WINNER - Joke of the Edinburgh Fringe
▪️AGE: 16+
🎟 TICKET COST: £19.80 (inc. booking fee)
ℹ️ CONTACT DETAILS
📧 Email: boxoffice@culturetrust.com
☎️ Phone: 01582 878 100
From appearing on Comic Relief to his ‘Jokes on the street’ series on social media, he’s been racking up millions of views, but live is where he thrives.
Combining sound effects, videos, one-liners and improvised jokes based off audience suggestions, prepare for a comedy show like no other, bar pun.
Book now, li is two short.
WINNER - Joke of the Edinburgh Fringe
▪️AGE: 16+
🎟 TICKET COST: £19.80 (inc. booking fee)
ℹ️ CONTACT DETAILS
📧 Email: boxoffice@culturetrust.com
☎️ Phone: 01582 878 100
🪲 The Great Big Bug Show 2026 - The Hat Factory Arts Centre, Luton
Sunday 01 March 2026
Time: 11:30 - 15:00
🪲 Which beetle has a blaster on its bottom? Which minibeast is barely the size of a full stop? Which eight-legged hunter has fangs as big as a cheetah's claws?
▪️AGE: Suitable for ages 4-11 years
🕦 SHOW TIMES: 11:30am and 2pm
🤩 WHAT TO EXPECT
Join poet Simon Mole and musician Gecko for a family show full of poems, raps and songs all about your favourite bugs (and some you haven’t heard of yet!).
A fun & interactive invitation to explore the secret world beneath our feet. As well as being brilliantly beautiful, delightfully disgusting and wonderfully weird, the show is an inspirational call to action to appreciate the smaller creatures in our world. Expect Minibeasts and Massive Beats. Every tune is an earworm - even the ones about woodlice!
🎟 TICKET COST: £10 (inc. booking fee)
ℹ️ CONTACT DETAILS
📧 Email: boxoffice@culturetrust.com
☎️ Phone: 01582 878100
▪️AGE: Suitable for ages 4-11 years
🕦 SHOW TIMES: 11:30am and 2pm
🤩 WHAT TO EXPECT
Join poet Simon Mole and musician Gecko for a family show full of poems, raps and songs all about your favourite bugs (and some you haven’t heard of yet!).
A fun & interactive invitation to explore the secret world beneath our feet. As well as being brilliantly beautiful, delightfully disgusting and wonderfully weird, the show is an inspirational call to action to appreciate the smaller creatures in our world. Expect Minibeasts and Massive Beats. Every tune is an earworm - even the ones about woodlice!
🎟 TICKET COST: £10 (inc. booking fee)
ℹ️ CONTACT DETAILS
📧 Email: boxoffice@culturetrust.com
☎️ Phone: 01582 878100
🦜 The Zoo That Comes To You (March 2026) - The Hat Factory Arts Centre, Luton
Sunday 29 March 2026
Time: 11:30 - 15:00
🦜 The Zoo That Comes To You follows the efforts of two wildlife enthusiasts who provide respite, care and a temporary home to those in need and now have a sanctuary full of animals, however, no-one has come to visit their zoo.
So everybody - animals and humans alike - have decided it is time to get out, see the world, and bring the zoo, to you!
😍 EVENT DETAILS
Come and meet this eclectic group of charming yet cheeky animals, as they discuss their life experiences and the challenges they face. These chatty creatures have a lot of stories to tell and want to inspire people of all ages to take action, because they know small actions can make a big difference in the world.
▪️AGE: Suitable for ages 5+
🕦 SHOW TIMES : 11:30am and 2pm
🎟 TICKET COST: £10 (inc. booking fee)
ℹ️ CONTACT DETAILS
📧 Email: boxoffice@culturetrust.com
☎️ Phone: 01582 878100
So everybody - animals and humans alike - have decided it is time to get out, see the world, and bring the zoo, to you!
😍 EVENT DETAILS
Come and meet this eclectic group of charming yet cheeky animals, as they discuss their life experiences and the challenges they face. These chatty creatures have a lot of stories to tell and want to inspire people of all ages to take action, because they know small actions can make a big difference in the world.
▪️AGE: Suitable for ages 5+
🕦 SHOW TIMES : 11:30am and 2pm
🎟 TICKET COST: £10 (inc. booking fee)
ℹ️ CONTACT DETAILS
📧 Email: boxoffice@culturetrust.com
☎️ Phone: 01582 878100