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

Blackpool Pleasure Beach is forecast quietest over Christmas holidays, a typical day at 16% crowd level, and Legoland Windsor busiest at 48%. Across all 6 UK parks the week averages 31%, which is quiet.

19 December 2026 to 3 January 20276 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: Friday 25 December at 19%. Busiest: Tuesday 29 December at 39%.

  1. 1Blackpool Pleasure Beach quietest Sun 3 Jan at 12% · busiest Sat 19 Dec at 19%16%
  2. 2Thorpe Park quietest Fri 1 Jan at 20% · busiest Sat 19 Dec at 25%22%
  3. 3Paultons Park quietest Fri 1 Jan at 15% · busiest Tue 22 Dec at 31% · shut 2 days25%
  4. 4Alton Towers quietest Mon 21 Dec at 18% · busiest Mon 28 Dec at 35% · shut 3 days28%
  5. 5Chessington World Of Adventures quietest Sun 3 Jan at 24% · busiest Tue 29 Dec at 69% · shut 2 days48%
  6. 6Legoland Windsor quietest Fri 1 Jan at 22% · busiest Mon 28 Dec at 63% · shut 3 days48%

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. Sat1927%
  2. Sun2026%
  3. Mon2130%
  4. Tue2233%
  5. Wed2331%
  6. Thu2426%
  7. Fri2519%
  8. Sat2622%
  9. Sun2730%
  10. Mon2838%
  11. Tue2939%
  12. Wed3039%
  13. Thu3136%
  14. Fri126%
  15. Sat226%
  16. Sun322%

Frequently asked

Which UK theme park is quietest over Christmas holidays 2026?

Blackpool Pleasure Beach, forecast at 16% on a typical day of the break, with its quietest day on Sunday 3 January at 12%.

Which is busiest?

Legoland Windsor, at 48% on a typical day and peaking on Monday 28 December at 63%.

What is the quietest day of Christmas holidays?

Across every UK park we forecast, Friday 25 December is the quietest day at 19% and Tuesday 29 December the busiest at 39%. 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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