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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 18% crowd level, and Legoland Windsor busiest at 63%. Across all 4 UK parks the week averages 44%, 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: Thursday 24 December at 32%. Busiest: Monday 28 December at 47%.

  1. 1Paultons Park quietest Sun 27 Dec at 14% · busiest Tue 22 Dec at 23% · shut 3 days18%
  2. 2Chessington World Of Adventures quietest Sat 19 Dec at 39% · busiest Wed 30 Dec at 48% · shut 2 days44%
  3. 3Alton Towers quietest Sat 19 Dec at 45% · busiest Wed 23 Dec at 53% · shut 4 days50%
  4. 4Legoland Windsor quietest Sun 20 Dec at 50% · busiest Tue 29 Dec at 71% · shut 3 days63%

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. Sat1940%
  2. Sun2038%
  3. Mon2143%
  4. Tue2246%
  5. Wed2344%
  6. Thu2432%
  7. Fri25no data
  8. Sat26no data
  9. Sun2742%
  10. Mon2847%
  11. Tue2947%
  12. Wed3047%
  13. Thu3145%
  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 18% on a typical day of the break, with its quietest day on Sunday 27 December at 14%.

Which is busiest?

Legoland Windsor, at 63% on a typical day and peaking on Tuesday 29 December at 71%.

What is the quietest day of Christmas holidays?

Across every UK park we forecast, Thursday 24 December is the quietest day at 32% and Monday 28 December the busiest at 47%. 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.

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The full crowd calendar for every park