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Christmas holidays 2026:
the quietest UK theme parks, ranked.

Paultons Park is forecast quietest over Christmas holidays, a typical day at 21% crowd level, and Legoland Windsor busiest at 64%. Across all 4 UK parks the week averages 47%, which is moderately busy.

19 December 2026 to 3 January 20274 parksSchool holiday

Every park, quietest first

Most schools break up on Friday 18 December and go back on Monday 4 January.

Quietest day across the UK parks: Monday 21 December at 34%. Busiest: Monday 28 December at 54%.

  1. 1Paultons Park quietest Sun 20 Dec at 18% · busiest Wed 23 Dec at 22% · shut 3 days21%
  2. 2Chessington World Of Adventures quietest Mon 21 Dec at 34% · busiest Mon 28 Dec at 56% · shut 2 days48%
  3. 3Alton Towers quietest Mon 21 Dec at 33% · busiest Mon 28 Dec at 65% · shut 4 days54%
  4. 4Legoland Windsor quietest Mon 21 Dec at 49% · busiest Mon 28 Dec at 72% · shut 4 days64%

Day by day, across the country

The mean crowd level over every UK park open that day. Weekends and the first weekday of a break are the usual peaks.

  1. Sat1942%
  2. Sun2040%
  3. Mon2134%
  4. Tue2245%
  5. Wed2346%
  6. Thu2434%
  7. Fri25no data
  8. Sat26no data
  9. Sun2750%
  10. Mon2854%
  11. Tue2954%
  12. Wed3053%
  13. Thu3151%
  14. Fri1no data
  15. Sat2no data
  16. Sun3no data

Frequently asked

Which UK theme park is quietest over Christmas holidays 2026?

Paultons Park, forecast at 21% on a typical day of the break, with its quietest day on Sunday 20 December at 18%.

Which is busiest?

Legoland Windsor, at 64% on a typical day and peaking on Monday 28 December at 72%.

What is the quietest day of Christmas holidays?

Across every UK park we forecast, Monday 21 December is the quietest day at 34% and Monday 28 December the busiest at 54%. Each park's own page has its day-by-day figures.

How are these figures worked out?

The crowd level is a forecast of how long the queues will be against each park's own busiest days, built from the queue times we record every few minutes and scored against what actually happened. 100% is the park's peak; under 30% is a quiet day. The window runs 19 December 2026 to 3 January 2027 to take in the weekends either side of the break.

Other holidays

The same ranking for every other break we hold a forecast for.

October half term 2026February half term 2027Easter holidays 2027May half term 2027Every school holiday
The full crowd calendar for every park