The most festive winter pop-ups London has to offer

Hyde Park Winter Wonderland

There's plenty to enthral visitors at Hyde Park Winter Wonderland this year. Glide over the glittering ice rink, explore the magical ice kingdom, get the adrenaline flowing with Cirque Berserk's thrilling off-the-scale stunt action in the Mega Dome, or hold a warming hot chocolate in the Bavarian Village. Unleash your inner artist with in ice sculpting workshop, or laugh until your belly hurts at Winter Wonderland's very own Comedy Club, featuring a line-up of comedians including Glenn Wool and Terry Alderton.

The Winter Forest at 100 Wardour Street

At 100 Wardour Street, you'll journey through a winter forest of snow-topped trees and twinkling lights before being rewarded with an array of punchy winter cocktails laced with Belvedere Organic Infusions.

Miracle at the Henrietta Hotel, Covent Garden

Voyaging across the Atlantic for the fourth winter running is Miracle: a Christmas-themed pop-up originally from New York, hosted by Experimental Group. Hidden away on the mezzanine floor of the Henrietta Hotel in Covent Garden, Miracle is a homage to kitch festive décor (stockings hung, fairy lights strung), offering a nostalgia-fuelled space to hunker down and escape your troubles.

The bar serves an array of festive concoctions, each made interesting with a decadent and unusual twist – be it a rogue ingredient or novelty glassware. Look forward to returning favourites including Bad Santa served hot: mulled red wine, tawny port, orange liqueur and Christmas spices. Or for something a little frosty, why not try a Snowball Old Fashioned: rye, gingerbread, aromatic bitters, wormwood bitters and orange essence. There’s a range of small plates on offer courtesy of the Italian Supper Club, a new venture that's taken up residence in the hotel kitchen below.

Deck the Halls at Pergola Paddington

If you're in charge of finding a big, airy space to host a gaggle of good-timers, look no further than Pergola Paddington. The raucous rooftop has quite literally decked its halls, and it's hosting a month-long programme of festive events to entertain any merrymakers who cross its threshold. Expect Christmas singalongs, candlelit evenings and big, ol' fashioned parties on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve.

Backyard Cinema's Snow Kingdom and Winter Night Garden, Wandsworth

This Christmas, the titans of immersive cinema return with more magical experiences. From its south London base at Capital Studios, Backyard is bringing back the Winter Night Garden, which asks guests to travel through a wardrobe (Narnia lives on) and journey through an enchanted forest. If that doesn't take your fancy, head instead into the Snow Kingdom, which houses ball-pit rivers, secret passageways and password-protected worlds. All with mince pies and mulled wine.

Both venues offer the same comfortable Backyard experience – cosy beanbags, festive snacks (including scrumptious meals from Honest Burger and Backyard Pizza) as well as all the best festive flicks. Elf, The Holiday, Love Actually, Miracle on 34th Street, Home Alone and more are scheduled, but tickets are selling fast!

Backyard Cinema's Christmas Movie Spectacular, Limehouse

The third offering from the Backyard Cinema team takes place at a historic east London venue. The Troxy building was first constructed as an art deco cinema in 1933, the largest in England at the time. Its first film was the original King Kong. Nowadays, it’s mostly a music venue but occasionally opens its doors for movie lovers.

Backyard Cinema’s Christmas Movie Spectacular not only features festive favourites (Love Actually, Elf and Home Alone) but also a live Christmas choir and a special performance from George the Poet. Expect plenty of tinsel.

Winterland, Fulham Alpine Club

Neverland in Fulham has once again swapped its sandy beach and sunny palms for a snowy Alpine village. Guests can cosy up by fire pits, in fur-lined cabins or festive igloos, then play a round of shuffleboard, beer pong or table tennis. Chilly? Duck into the Bavarian Bar for a mulled wine, hot gin or boozy hot chocolate, and if you find you have a bit of fire in you yet, stick around for DJ sets. There’s plenty of delicious street food to tuck into, from fondues and burgers to macaroni cheese and sourdough pizzas from a wood-fired oven.

Christmas at Kew Gardens

Now in its ninth year, Christmas at Kew is an annual fixture for some, loved for its laser show and fire garden. This winter, expect a glittering tunnel of bells, enormous illuminated seedheads and trees wrapped in ribbons of lights, as well as a treetop waterfall light show with an overhead aerial dance.

Jimmy Garcia’s winter pop-up, Southbank

London's Southbank once again plays home to its very own Alpine-themed ski lodge this winter, courtesy of pop-up entrepreneur Jimmy Garcia. Situated on the river along the Queen's Walk, the lodge plus its cluster of neighbouring snow globes will whisk you straight to the Alps via a festive menu featuring duck terrine with spiced pear chutney; fondue with your choice of charcuterie, new potatoes or a salad and sourdough baguette; steak sharing plates; and boozy hot chocolate.

This year, Jimmy's festive menus are also popping up at Winter Wonderland and alongside the ice rink at Somerset House.

The Great Christmas Feast, London Bridge

Back by popular demand, The Great Christmas Feast is a night of Dickensian cocktails, theatre, live music and, of course, a multi-course dinner. The experience comes from The Lost Estate, whose work you might be familiar with from 2019's sell-out experience The Lost Love Speakeasy, a 1920s theatrical concert infused with a smoky Southern feast.

Skylight winter season, Tobacco Dock

Wapping's highest party playground has been frozen over again this year, welcoming back its rooftop ice rink for the first time since 2019. Keeping things cosy is a spread of canal-side igloos, plus further drinking dens including the Off-Piste speakeasy cocktail bar and the Après Ski Lodge. This year, the site is also home to the 'Christmas cocktail cinema' where – you've guessed it – a number of classic festive flicks can be enjoyed alongside an array of festive tipples (a Sloegroni and After Eight Martini among them), and gourmet snacks.

For the first time, Skylight's igloos can also be found south of the river at the venue's new home in Peckham.