No festive tour of the south would be complete without a visit to London. It can be hard to know where to start, here’s a top line we know you’ll love. Skating at Somerset House is an absolute tradition at Christmas time – This year you can enjoy skate lessons, glide around to chill-out sessions by DJs and enjoy all the scrummy Christmas fayre you know and love from Somerset House. Hyde Park Winter Wonderland is a vast festival of all things festive and an absolute must for the city-goer this time of year. Open from 24th November all the way through to 5th January, this festival features ice sculpting, ice bars, a real ice slide for sledging, fairground attractions, and of course all the festive dining you could hold in your woolly-mittened hand. The city itself is spectacular by night, so we’d always recommend a London by Night bus tour – the perfect way to take in the city this time of year.

After a truly festive overload, we’d suggest a stop-off at our favourite Balfour pubs in the city too, especially if you’re staying at our very own Bull and Hide.