Kick off the holiday season with York’s 2025 Nutcracker Trail! It’s one of the best things to do in York at Christmas with kids, and it’s totally free. This year’s theme is a kids’ takeover. Each nutcracker has been designed by a school-aged child from York and re-created by talented local artist, MarcoLooks.
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To begin your adventure, pick up a map at the Visit York Information Centre on Parliament Street. Find all ten Nutcrackers and collect their names on your trail map to enter the prize draw for a £250 York Gift Card. That’s not all: by answering the bonus question, you could win an art hamper filled with goodies from the artist. Submit your completed trail map to the Visitor Information Centre or post it in Santa’s Post Box in York Museum Gardens to enter the prize draw.
York Nutcracker Trail 2025 – November 13th 2025 to January 4th 2026 – Visit the York Bid website
