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Christmas Grotto Hire & Experiences

Santa’s grotto hire for retail, garden centres, shopping centres and attractions — walk-through or drive-thru, designed, built, staffed and run for you, anywhere in the UK. And because we’re prop people first, every grotto is dressed from our own catalogue: thrones, backdrops, snow-clad trees, animated figures and photo-ready staging. Here are three we’ve built.

New for 2026

Santa’s Magical Elevator — hireable from our range

Duxbury • 2026

The Magical Elevator

A marquee with a star-lit blackout roof. Children write their letters to Santa, ring the doorbell, and take the elevator ride to Lapland — arriving in Santa’s living room before leaving with a golden ticket for the toy shop.

Star-lit blackout-roof marquee
Letters to Santa, doorbell & elevator ride to Lapland
Santa’s living room, golden ticket & toy shop
A 30–40 minute visit

Real reindeer

Grotto Entrance — hireable from our range

Heskin Hall

The Drive-Thru Grotto

Stay in the car; keep the magic. Families drive through the elves’ mailroom and the toy factory, past four real reindeer, meeting Mrs Christmas on the way to Santa’s office — and leave through a snowstorm.

Elves’ mailroom & toy factory scenes
Four real reindeer outside
Mrs Christmas & Santa’s office
Snowstorm exit

4-metre moon

Light Balls On Poles along a light trail path — Light Balls On Poles — hireable from our range

Duxbury Park Golf Club • 2025

The Light Trail

In 2025 we lit up Duxbury Park Golf Club: a four-metre moon, a walled garden, a log cabin Santa and small fairground rides along the way.

Four-metre moon
Walled garden & log cabin Santa
Small fairground rides

When to book

Grottos and experiences are planned months out. The windows we work to:

Big brands

9–12 months ahead

Medium retail

2–6 months ahead

Small shops

6–8 weeks ahead

7–10 days before Black Friday is too late

Want one for your venue?

Tell us about your space and your dates — we work with businesses, councils, event planners, BIDs, attractions, hospitality and private individuals.

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Kind words

What our customers say

Wow Factor!

The Christmas props completely transformed our venue! We wanted something that would really catch people’s attention, and that’s exactly what we got. The display looked fantastic, created a real Christmas atmosphere and gave our customers plenty of opportunities for photos. Great products, great service and very professional. We couldn’t have been happier with the result!

LM, Warrington

Excellent Service

From start to finish, the service was excellent. There was a great selection of Christmas props to choose from, and the team helped us select items that worked perfectly for our space. The props were high quality and made a real impact. It saved us the time and expense of buying everything ourselves. We will definitely be hiring again next year.

PW, Bolton

Made Christmas Magical

Christmas Prop Hire did a brilliant job for us. The props looked amazing and really helped us create the festive atmosphere we wanted. Everything arrived in excellent condition and the team were friendly, helpful and professional throughout. Our visitors loved the display, and it made a huge difference to the look and feel of our venue. Highly recommended!

ME, Blackpool

Fantastic Christmas Display

We hired Christmas props from Christmas Prop Hire for our grotto and were absolutely delighted with the results. The quality and choice of props were fantastic and really transformed our attraction into a magical Christmas grotto. The whole process was easy, professional and hassle-free. We received so many positive comments from our customers. We would definitely recommend them and will be using them again next Christmas!

ML, Chorley