Driving

Unfortunately we’re not able to offer general parking on site at the event. There will be a limited number of spaces available for blue badge holders. This is located in the car park on site. Please pre-book your blue badge holder parking space when purchasing your light trail tickets. Please note that these spaces are booked on first come first serve basis.

Off Court Rd SE9, Jct 3 on the M25, then A20 to Eltham. Please use Sat Nav postcode SE9 5NP to direct you to the Blue Badge car park.

PUBLIC TRANSPORT

TRAIN
Please use the local train stations, Mottingham and Eltham, which are only a short walk from Eltham Palace with good connections to the city centre. The closest station to the Christmas at Eltham Palace entrance is Mottingham.

Mottingham train station to Eltham Palace is 0.5 miles and takes around 10 minutes to walk. When exiting train station walk east towards Court Road/A208, turn left onto Court Road/A208 for 0.3miles, then turn left into the entrance road to Eltham Palace and Gardens visitor centre, following the road round until you arrive.

From Eltham train station you can either take the bus or it is a 15 minute walk.

BUS
If travelling by bus from Eltham Station take the 161 from Eltham Station Sherard Road (Stop D) to Eltham Church (Stop K). Eltham Palace is about a 5 minute walk from here.

Other bus routes to the event include TfL bus services 124, 126, 160 or 161 and then a short walk.

BIKE

There are bike lockups by the moat bridge on Court Yard road. Please note owners leave bikes at their own risk.

Find this site on The National Cycle Network