Alton Towers Christmas holidays 2026
Alton Towers is forecast moderately busy over Christmas holidays, averaging 50%. Quietest on Saturday 19 December at 45%, busiest on Wednesday 23 December at 53%.
Quietest day of Christmas holidays
The quietest day Alton Towers is open during Christmas holidays, forecast at 45% against a break average of 50%.
19 December 2026 to 3 January 2027, with the weekends either side. Alton Towers runs moderately busy across the break at 50% on a typical day, and is shut on 4 of the 16 days. The figure is the forecast queue level against the park's own busiest days: 100% is its peak, under 30% is a quiet day.
Most schools break up on Friday 18 December and go back on Monday 4 January.
Alton Towers day by day, Christmas holidays
- Sat 19 Dec45%moderately busy, about 15 min queues · 10am to 4pm
- Sun 20 Dec45%moderately busy, about 15 min queues · 10am to 4pm
- Mon 21 Dec49%moderately busy, about 17 min queues · 10am to 4pm
- Tue 22 Dec52%moderately busy, about 19 min queues · 10am to 4pm
- Wed 23 Dec53%moderately busy, about 19 min queues · 10am to 4pm
- Thu 24 DecClosed
- Fri 25 DecClosed
- Sat 26 DecClosed
- Sun 27 Dec49%moderately busy, about 17 min queues · 10am to 4pm
- Mon 28 Dec53%moderately busy, about 19 min queues · 10am to 4pm
- Tue 29 Dec53%moderately busy, about 19 min queues · 10am to 4pm
- Wed 30 Dec52%moderately busy, about 19 min queues · 10am to 4pm
- Thu 31 Dec52%moderately busy, about 18 min queues · 10am to 4pm
- Fri 1 JanNo forecast · 10am to 4pm
- Sat 2 JanNo forecast · 10am to 4pm
- Sun 3 JanClosed
Crowd levels are modelled from this park's own recorded queue times, school and public holidays, day of the week and the weather forecast, and may not always be right. We score every past forecast against what the queues actually did and publish the result in the crowd forecast accuracy ledger.
Frequently asked
How busy is Alton Towers during Christmas holidays 2026?
Moderately busy: a typical day of the break is forecast at 50% crowd level, against the park's own busiest days at 100%.
What is the quietest day at Alton Towers over Christmas holidays?
Saturday 19 December, forecast at 45%. The next quietest are Sun 20 Dec at 45%, Mon 21 Dec at 49%, Sun 27 Dec at 49%.
What is the busiest day at Alton Towers over Christmas holidays?
Wednesday 23 December, forecast at 53%. Arrive for opening and ride the headline coasters first, or pick another day of the break.
Are the weekends busier than the weekdays of Christmas holidays at Alton Towers?
The weekdays of the break run about 6 points busier than the weekends: the weekend days average 46% and the weekdays 52%.
Is Alton Towers open every day of Christmas holidays?
No. It is shut on 4 of the 16 days in the window; the day-by-day list above marks them.