Free Visit Santa & Gift (Bluewater)

Greenfingers3

http://www.bluewater.co.uk/this-month/whats-new/shopping-in-a-winter-wonderland/visit-santa-for-free-and-receive-a-free-gift-for-every-child

The best things in life are free – and that includes a visit to Santa and a gift for each child. Santa's enchanting Ice Cavern Grotto – complete with real reindeer – is piled high with presents and he's welcoming young visitors from 6pm on Thursday 6th November (just after the light switch-on ceremony) until 4pm on Christmas Eve at these times:
10am - 8pm weekdays*
10am - 8pm Saturday*
11am - 5pm Sunday*
Christmas Eve 9am - 6pm*
* Last visit will be 30 minutes before advertised closing times.
To book, visit http://bluewater.ambrit.co.uk The Grotto is located in the Winter Wonderland, at the West Village car park between John Lewis and House of Fraser.

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batvink

To save everyone the time I just spent trying to find the location of this place, it's just North of London somewhere.

You wouldn't believe how difficult it was to find out the location!!!!

GermanBarb

Bluewater is in Greenhithe, Kent. Just off the A2 one junction past the M25/Dartford Tunnel exit if heading towards Dover.

By Car
If you are travelling on the M25, follow signs to Dartford Crossing, this is signposted along the entire length of the M25 in both directions. Lookout for Junction 2 (A2/M2), then follow the signs to Bluewater. The M25 is numbered clockwise from Dartford Crossing (J1 through to A13 (J30).



If you're coming to Bluewater by bus, a comprehensive service is available from most of the surrounding area.

Over 60 buses visit Bluewater each hour and connect well with other routes. Express services are also provided by Arriva and these link Bluewater with Rochester, Chatham and Gillingham, (routes 700 and 701), Maidstone (route 703), and Sevenoaks & Tonbridge (route 704). These routes will have typical journey times to Bluewater between 25-40 minutes from each of these towns.
To access bus timetable information online please search the official, online Arriva timetables.
On arrival at Greenhithe
Just hop on Fastrack A towards Bluewater or Fastrack B towards Dartford or Temple Hill, they both travel to and from the station, just a five minute journey. Buses operate from 6am to 11.45pm 7 days a week and operate approx every 5 minutes from 8am-7pm Monday to Saturday. Please see www.go-fastrack.co.uk for further information.
Please use the bus stop next to the ticket machines on your right as you exit the station building. When you buy your train ticket, ensure you ask for a ticket to Bluewater (Greenhithe for Bluewater). This ticket will include your shuttle bus ticket fare. This is only valid on daily tickets. Please ensure you check when buying your ticket that it does include your bus fare.
Fastrack A customers must, in advance of boarding, purchase a ticket or obtain a free pre-paid ticket (including those with through rail tickets) from machines adjacent to the stop 2. Tickets from these machines are also valid on Fastrack B but they can also be purchased from Fastrack B drivers.



It's just as easy to travel to Bluewater by train.

From London

Trains depart from Charing Cross, Waterloo East, London Bridge or Cannon Street travelling to "Greenhithe for Bluewater", and run approx every 15 minutes.
Trains also run regularly from the Medway Towns.
On arrival at Greenhithe

Just hop on Fastrack A towards Bluewater or Fastrack B towards Dartford or Temple Hill, they both travel to and from the station, just a five minute journey. Buses operate from 6am to 11.45pm 7 days a week and operate approx every 5 minutes from 8am-7pm Monday to Saturday. Please see www.go-fastrack.co.uk for further information.
Please use the bus stop next to the ticket machines on your right as you exit the station building. When you buy your train ticket, ensure you ask for a ticket to Bluewater (Greenhithe for Bluewater). This ticket will include your shuttle bus ticket fare. This is only valid on daily tickets. Please ensure you check when buying your ticket that it does include your bus fare.
Fastrack A customers must, in advance of boarding, purchase a ticket or obtain a free pre-paid ticket (including those with through rail tickets) from machines adjacent to the stop 2. Tickets from these machines are also valid on Fastrack B but they can also be purchased from Fastrack B drivers.

nomoneytoday

batvink wrote: »

To save everyone the time I just spent trying to find the location of this place, it's just North of London somewhere.

You wouldn't believe how difficult it was to find out the location!!!!

It's just South of London, one stop from the M25/Dartford Tunnel, rather than North

kuripot

nomoneytoday wrote: »

It's just South of London, one stop from the M25/Dartford Tunnel, rather than North

both slightly off by 90degrees as it is East of London

spikeseyes1

Having my back garden looking over Bluewater I would like to add we are actuallly located SE London or more accurately NW Kent,only the M25 marks the border between the two.Head for QEII bridge we are a turning from there.