CHESHIRE children's attraction, BeWILDerwood has won a national award for its Christmas light trail and panto event.

BeWILDerwood Presents Christmas - A Sparkly Light & Panto Trail proved to be a huge success with visitors when it was first introduced last year. The event has now gone on to win Silver for Best New Event at the UK Theme Park & Attractions Awards.

The event was up against some stiff competition, with some of the biggest attractions in the UK in the same category including Festival of the Dead - Robin Hill and Jurassic June - Pleasurewood Hills.

BeWILDerwood Presents Christmas allows visitors to enter the park after dark and venture along a Sparkly Light Trail, spotting all of their favourite characters along the way. Theres also a mini BeWILDermas Pantomime full of festive cheer and fun for the whole family to enjoy.

Author and Creator of the BeWILDerwood Parks and Books, Tom Blofeld said: "When we created BeWILDerwood Presents Christmas, we knew we had created something special. It was different to other Christmas events – not only does the event have all the usual Christmas cheer, but it also has the magic of BeWILDerwood too. The feedback we got last year was fantastic, so this award really confirms how magical the event is and we’re absolutely thrilled!"

He continued: "We’re so excited to bring the event back again for the second year and we’re working on a few new surprises too. This wonderful event is also coming to our Norfolk Park this year! We put tickets on sale a lot earlier this year and we’ve been amazed by the demand already. So, we really do recommend booking early as we’re pretty sure the event will sell out as we get a little closer. It seems people really are so excited for Christmas at BeWILDerwood."

The event returns this year from December 2 to December 23 with timeslots from 4pm until 6pm. Further information about the award-winning BeWILDerwood Presents Christmas is available at: bewilderwood.co.uk/.