CHRISTMAS
Prepare for the enchantment as the doors of the magical Christmas Festival swing open again on 20th October 2025, promising a wonderful experience infused with festive delights.
Christmas at Blackthorpe Barn
‘Tis the season for festive delights!
Step into the pure delight of Christmas as the beloved Rougham Christmas Shop reopens in mid-October. Meander through a magical wonderland filled with thousands of decorations, creative delights, wreaths, and aromatic treasures. Discover gifts for all and indulge in treats galore.
Prepare for the return of the boutique Arts and Crafts Fair! Featuring the exquisite work of talented, independent artists and craftspeople from around the country, this event will span five weekends starting in November.
Our home-grown Rougham Estate Christmas trees, including the Pick-Your-Own Nordmann Firs, potted and freshly-cut options, will be available for sale starting at the end of November. Look forward to bringing the spirit of the holidays home.
Tickets for Christmas events are usually made available during the month of September.
Christmas Shop
Step into the enchanting world of the Rougham Christmas Shop, a treasure trove of decorations catering to all tastes. Discover items that add glamour, decadence and finishing touches to your home; a joyous experience filled with indulgent festive loveliness.
Arts and Crafts Fair
Showcasing diverse talents, this annual craft fair features exquisite, handcrafted works made by talented artists and craft-makers from around the country.
Running for 5 consecutive weekends with a different mix of makers at each event, both day-tickets and season tickets are available.
Christmas Trees
From November our very own Rougham Estate Christmas trees are on sale. Come and choose your own tree on the plantation, or choose from potted and freshly-cut trees, all grown within 1 mile of Blackthorpe Barn.
Christmas Wreaths
Handmade on-site with foliage from Rougham Estate, our delightful Christmas wreaths come in various sizes, from small to huge, ensuring a beautiful festive welcome at your door. They are sold from the Christmas shop as they are made and are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
If you would like to make your own wreath, we hold workshops in the pre-Christmas period.
Christmas Craft Workshops
Christmas is the time to treat yourself; coming to one of our Christmas craft workshops makes a wonderful start to the season. Why not make your own decorations this year, a special gift for a loved one or even your own fresh Christmas wreath! All our workshops are tutored by friendly, professional craftspeople.
Events this Christmas
Christmas Shop
Date: 20th Oct – 23rd Dec
Free admission and parking
Pick your own Christmas Tree
Tickets not yet available
Weekend 8 & 9 November Weekend 15 & 16 November Booking essential Choose a tree on the plantation
Magical Fairy Workshops 2025
Date: 14th Nov – 15th Nov
Price: £75.00
Whole-day workshops to make your own fairy: Friday 14 Nov 10:00-15:00 Saturday 15 Nov 10:00-15:00
Arts & Crafts Fair Weekend 1
Date: 15th Nov – 16th Nov
Tickets not yet available
Weekend 1 of Arts & Crafts 10-4 Buy day tickets online: £2.50 Buy day tickets on the door: £3
Christmas Willow Weaving Workshops: Big Weave Star
Date: 16th Nov – 29th Nov
Price: £48.00
Half-day willow weaving workshops on: Sunday 16 Nov 9:30 and 13:30 Saturday 29 Nov 9:30 and 13:30
Christmas Tree Sales
Date: 21 Nov – 23 Dec Free admission and parking
Open daily 9.30-17:00, Sundays until 16:00 Freshly cut Rougham Estate trees available until Tuesday 23 December 2025
Christmas Wreath Workshops 2025
Date: 21st Nov – 5th Dec
Price: £75.00
Half-day workshops to make your own wreath: 21, 22, 30 Nov 9:30 7, 13, 14 Dec 9:30
Arts & Crafts Fair Weekend 2
Date: 22nd Nov – 23rd Nov
Tickets not yet available
Find out which makers are at the Barn this weekend 10-4 Buy day tickets online: £2.50 Buy day tickets on the door: £3
Christmas Willow Weaving Workshops: Selection of Christmas Decorations
Date: 23rd Nov – 6th Dec
Price: £48.00
Half-day willow weaving workshops on: Sunday 23 Nov 9:30 and 13:30 Saturday 6 Dec 9:30 and 13:30
Arts & Crafts Fair Weekend 3
Date: 29th Nov – 30th Nov
Tickets not yet available
See who is coming this weekend of Arts & Crafts 10-4 Buy day tickets online: £2.50 Buy day tickets on the door: £3
Arts & Crafts Fair Weekend 4
Date: 6th Dec – 7th Dec
Tickets not yet available
The penultimate weekend of Arts & Crafts 10-4 Buy day tickets online: £2.50 Buy day tickets on the door: £3
Arts & Crafts Fair Weekend 5
Date: 13th Dec – 14th Dec
Tickets not yet available
The final fabulous weekend of Arts & Crafts 10-4 Day tickets online: £2.50 Day tickets on the door: £3
Gift Vouchers for Christmas
The perfect gift for Christmas, these vouchers can be used in the Rougham Estate Shop and Café and last for a whole 12 months.
They can be spent in the magical Christmas Shop to buy gifts and decorations, for a tasty bite to eat in Roots Café and towards buying one of our locally-grown Rougham Estate Christmas trees.
It’s an excellent way to give a Christmas present that keeps on giving; during the rest of the year the vouchers are valid for the inspiring Garden Room Shop too.
From £25 upwards, the vouchers can be used over multiple visits.
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It’s not Christmas ’til we have been to Blackthorpe Barn!”
– M BW
We go every year. We absolutely love it”
– J H
NEVER MISS A THING
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New to Rougham Estate!
We have @the_roaming_sauna_ here on September 13 &14th.
Set in the Suffolk countryside, you can enjoy the custom built sauna housed within a rustic trailer, where the inviting heat wraps around you, promoting relaxation and detoxification.
Then plunge into cold water after for Contrast Therapy which is proven to boost circulation and recovery, reduce stress and tension, strengthen immunity, improve sleep leaving you energised and refreshed. What’s not to love!?
Whether you book a single session or gather friends for a private group adventure at, you’re in for an unparalleled wellness escape.
Soothe your body and soul in the heart of nature.
For more or to book visit roughamestate.com/welcome
#roamingsauna #roughamestate #relax #rejenuvate #suffolkcountryside
New to Rougham Estate!
We have @the_roaming_sauna_ here on September 13 &14th.
Set in the Suffolk countryside, you can enjoy the custom built sauna housed within a rustic trailer, where the inviting heat wraps around you, promoting relaxation and detoxification.
Then plunge into cold water after for Contrast Therapy which is proven to boost circulation and recovery, reduce stress and tension, strengthen immunity, improve sleep leaving you energised and refreshed. What’s not to love!?
Whether you book a single session or gather friends for a private group adventure at, you’re in for an unparalleled wellness escape.
Soothe your body and soul in the heart of nature.
For more or to book visit roughamestate.com/welcome
#roamingsauna #roughamestate #relax #rejenuvate #suffolkcountryside
Don’t miss out on @watsons_plants who are back today and tomorrow (5 & 6th September) from 10am til 4pm. Not only can you pick up some lovely plants but you can get some great advice too. #roughamestate #Watsonplants #gardenlovers #greenfingers
Don’t miss out on @watsons_plants who are back today and tomorrow (5 & 6th September) from 10am til 4pm. Not only can you pick up some lovely plants but you can get some great advice too. #roughamestate #Watsonplants #gardenlovers #greenfingers
🎉 Artworks at 25!
This September @artworkseast , one of East Anglia’s leading artist collectives, celebrates 25 years of exhibiting at the beautiful, thatched Blackthorpe Barn.
What began in 1999 as a handful of artist friends with a shared vision, has grown into a much-loved annual exhibition, showcasing the diversity and talent of professional artists from across the region. This year’s show features all-new work, from bold abstracts and dramatic landscapes to intricate botanical illustrations, sculpture, ceramics, portraiture and more.
To mark the occasion Artworks is welcoming back three admired past members whose inspiring work adds to the mix of familiar names and fresh surprises: Lillias August, Louise Chapman and Lucy Lutyens.
👩🎨 Expect a warm welcome, a chance to meet artists each day and the return of the popular Mini Artworks Prize Draw, supporting East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) and the Artworks Schools Programme.
📅 13-28 September 10-4
🎟️ Free entry
📍Blackthorpe Barn, Rougham Estate, Bury St Edmunds IP30 9HZ
Artworks shown here and appearing at the forthcoming exhibition:
On Reflection by @janetfrench_printmaker
Cornerways Foxgloves by @christine.mckechnie
Fond Farewells by Cathy D’Arcy
Suffolk Stream in Autumn by @gillian_ch_art
Small Vessel 1 by @suecaddy
Searing Skyline by Terry Bryan
#Artworkseast #Artworks25 #BlackthorpeBarn #SuffolkArt #EastAngliaArtists #ContemporaryArtUK #SupportLocalArtists #EACHEastAnglia #suffolkartist
🎉 Artworks at 25!
This September @artworkseast , one of East Anglia’s leading artist collectives, celebrates 25 years of exhibiting at the beautiful, thatched Blackthorpe Barn.
What began in 1999 as a handful of artist friends with a shared vision, has grown into a much-loved annual exhibition, showcasing the diversity and talent of professional artists from across the region. This year’s show features all-new work, from bold abstracts and dramatic landscapes to intricate botanical illustrations, sculpture, ceramics, portraiture and more.
To mark the occasion Artworks is welcoming back three admired past members whose inspiring work adds to the mix of familiar names and fresh surprises: Lillias August, Louise Chapman and Lucy Lutyens.
👩🎨 Expect a warm welcome, a chance to meet artists each day and the return of the popular Mini Artworks Prize Draw, supporting East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) and the Artworks Schools Programme.
📅 13-28 September 10-4
🎟️ Free entry
📍Blackthorpe Barn, Rougham Estate, Bury St Edmunds IP30 9HZ
Artworks shown here and appearing at the forthcoming exhibition:
On Reflection by @janetfrench_printmaker
Cornerways Foxgloves by @christine.mckechnie
Fond Farewells by Cathy D’Arcy
Suffolk Stream in Autumn by @gillian_ch_art
Small Vessel 1 by @suecaddy
Searing Skyline by Terry Bryan
#Artworkseast #Artworks25 #BlackthorpeBarn #SuffolkArt #EastAngliaArtists #ContemporaryArtUK #SupportLocalArtists #EACHEastAnglia #suffolkartist
Well, what a sunflower season that was! 🌞First we were worried about not enough rain and the flowers were taking for ever to grow, then our BBQ supper evening was rained off after a huge deluge.🌧️
🌻The flowers were slow to open but in the end they showed off their glorious golden colours under bright blue skies, bringing joy to thousands.
👋Thank you to everyone who came, for all your kind words and posts. It was a real pleasure to see familiar faces again and to meet new friends. These are just a few of the fabulous pics you shared 😍
🌻Bunches of sunflowers can be bought from the Garden Room Shop now.
👷But an event like this doesn’t just “happen” – it takes months of planning and hard work.
Huge thanks goes to the very hard-working team who put all the pieces together: planning, seed-drilling, preparing the field for visitors, outside partners who delivered/removed what was needed, staff who manned the site, catering staff and those who worked behind the scenes. Without you Rougham Sunflowers 2025 wouldn’t have been the same – thank you!🙏
🎨So what’s next? September promises two weeks of the inspiring 25th Anniversary ArtWorks exhibition and a Botanical Casting workshop.
🍔There is a Butchery, BBQ and Beer evening and Roots Café is open every day as is the Garden Room Shop.
📍All this happens at Blackthorpe Barn; info and tickets from our website.
🎃And in October there are the pumpkins – oh yes, the pumpkins!! They are already looking fabulous and another month of ripening will make them all the more spooktacular. The Rougham Pumpkin Patch will be open every weekend in October and every day from Saturday 25th. As always, just come along – no booking needed, free entry and parking.
🌲For those who are already excited about the forthcoming sshhhh! festive season, yes, the Christmas Shop will open on 20th October and the Christmas Festival really gets going from November onwards. All the details from our website.
👋Enjoy the last days of summer and see you soon!
#roughamestate #roughamsunflowers #suffolksunflowers #autumniscoming #burystedmunds #suffolklife #suffolkevents
Well, what a sunflower season that was! 🌞First we were worried about not enough rain and the flowers were taking for ever to grow, then our BBQ supper evening was rained off after a huge deluge.🌧️
🌻The flowers were slow to open but in the end they showed off their glorious golden colours under bright blue skies, bringing joy to thousands.
👋Thank you to everyone who came, for all your kind words and posts. It was a real pleasure to see familiar faces again and to meet new friends. These are just a few of the fabulous pics you shared 😍
🌻Bunches of sunflowers can be bought from the Garden Room Shop now.
👷But an event like this doesn’t just “happen” – it takes months of planning and hard work.
Huge thanks goes to the very hard-working team who put all the pieces together: planning, seed-drilling, preparing the field for visitors, outside partners who delivered/removed what was needed, staff who manned the site, catering staff and those who worked behind the scenes. Without you Rougham Sunflowers 2025 wouldn’t have been the same – thank you!🙏
🎨So what’s next? September promises two weeks of the inspiring 25th Anniversary ArtWorks exhibition and a Botanical Casting workshop.
🍔There is a Butchery, BBQ and Beer evening and Roots Café is open every day as is the Garden Room Shop.
📍All this happens at Blackthorpe Barn; info and tickets from our website.
🎃And in October there are the pumpkins – oh yes, the pumpkins!! They are already looking fabulous and another month of ripening will make them all the more spooktacular. The Rougham Pumpkin Patch will be open every weekend in October and every day from Saturday 25th. As always, just come along – no booking needed, free entry and parking.
🌲For those who are already excited about the forthcoming sshhhh! festive season, yes, the Christmas Shop will open on 20th October and the Christmas Festival really gets going from November onwards. All the details from our website.
👋Enjoy the last days of summer and see you soon!
#roughamestate #roughamsunflowers #suffolksunflowers #autumniscoming #burystedmunds #suffolklife #suffolkevents
🌻It’s the last day of the sunflowers today – Tuesday 2 September – open from 9-5.
🌻There are plenty of blooms still left to pick.
🌻Come and have one last wander through the flowers, enjoying the glorious Suffolk countryside.
🌻Let the children run and climb on the bale pyramids, play football, games and enjoy the pedal tractors.
🌻Coffees, drinks, strawberries and snacks are provided by Roots&Co.
🌻As always entrance and parking are free.
🌻There is no face painting today.
🌻We will be closing the 2025 sunflower season today at 5pm.
🌻See you for the last day of the sunflowers 👋
#roughamestate #roughamsunflowers #suffolksunflowers #sunflowerlove #burystedmunds
🌻It’s the last day of the sunflowers today – Tuesday 2 September – open from 9-5.
🌻There are plenty of blooms still left to pick.
🌻Come and have one last wander through the flowers, enjoying the glorious Suffolk countryside.
🌻Let the children run and climb on the bale pyramids, play football, games and enjoy the pedal tractors.
🌻Coffees, drinks, strawberries and snacks are provided by Roots&Co.
🌻As always entrance and parking are free.
🌻There is no face painting today.
🌻We will be closing the 2025 sunflower season today at 5pm.
🌻See you for the last day of the sunflowers 👋
#roughamestate #roughamsunflowers #suffolksunflowers #sunflowerlove #burystedmunds
Brunch special this week is a popular dish…
The delicious Beef Burger with Emmental Cheese, Balsamic Caramelised Onions, Mini Gem Lettuce with Beef Tomato in a Brioche Bun.
If you’re vegetarian you can replace the burger with halloumi. Win win.
Only available this week.
#RoughamEstate #RootsCafé #FoodLovers #BrunchSpecial #Brunch #WeeklySpecials #BrunchVibes
Brunch special this week is a popular dish…
The delicious Beef Burger with Emmental Cheese, Balsamic Caramelised Onions, Mini Gem Lettuce with Beef Tomato in a Brioche Bun.
If you’re vegetarian you can replace the burger with halloumi. Win win.
Only available this week.
#RoughamEstate #RootsCafé #FoodLovers #BrunchSpecial #Brunch #WeeklySpecials #BrunchVibes
☀️After the rain the sunflowers are open today and every day until Tuesday 2 September 9-5 🌻
🌞It’s glorious here today; these pictures have been taken this Saturday morning.
🥾It is muddy underfoot after yesterday’s rain, so please be careful and wear appropriate shoes and clothing.
Come along for the last 4 days of Rougham Sunflowers 2025. There are lots of sunflowers ready for picking, Roots&Co are serving coffees, strawberries and more, face painting is available and entrance is free. See you soon! 🎉🌻🙌
#roughamestate #roughamsunflowers #burystedmunds #suffolksunflowers #latesummerdays
☀️After the rain the sunflowers are open today and every day until Tuesday 2 September 9-5 🌻
🌞It’s glorious here today; these pictures have been taken this Saturday morning.
🥾It is muddy underfoot after yesterday’s rain, so please be careful and wear appropriate shoes and clothing.
Come along for the last 4 days of Rougham Sunflowers 2025. There are lots of sunflowers ready for picking, Roots&Co are serving coffees, strawberries and more, face painting is available and entrance is free. See you soon! 🎉🌻🙌
#roughamestate #roughamsunflowers #burystedmunds #suffolksunflowers #latesummerdays
⛈️We’re really sorry to say that the downpour we’ve just had here has put paid to the BBQ at the sunflowers this evening ☹️
The event is now cancelled.
We did want to hold the event, but with the recent amount of water, it has become impossible to ask you to come here this evening.
Sorry!!!
The field is still open today until 5pm and as far as we can see will be open again tomorrow. If anything changes, we’ll update our website and let you know here.
Stay safe and dry and many apologies!
⛈️We’re really sorry to say that the downpour we’ve just had here has put paid to the BBQ at the sunflowers this evening ☹️
The event is now cancelled.
We did want to hold the event, but with the recent amount of water, it has become impossible to ask you to come here this evening.
Sorry!!!
The field is still open today until 5pm and as far as we can see will be open again tomorrow. If anything changes, we’ll update our website and let you know here.
Stay safe and dry and many apologies!
Tag us @RoughamEstate
