{"id":1310,"date":"2017-11-27T17:20:32","date_gmt":"2017-11-27T17:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wlgv.co.uk\/whiltonlocksgardenvillage\/?p=1310"},"modified":"2017-11-27T17:20:32","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T17:20:32","slug":"santas-grotto-now-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wlgv.co.uk\/whiltonlocksgardenvillage\/santas-grotto-now-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Santa&#8217;s Grotto &#8211; Now Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Santa has arrived at Whilton Locks Garden Village &#8211; in his grotto that is bigger, better and more beautiful than ever.<\/strong><!--more-->Walk through amazing scenes from dancing Penguins to singing Reindeer, before entering Santa&#8217;s workshop with elves busy working away in preparation for the big day. <em>Oh and before we forget, no stock photos here &#8211; all the pictures below were taken in Whilton Locks Winter Wonderland Grotto.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wlgv.co.uk\/whiltonlocksgardenvillage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/grotto-open.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1311\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wlgv.co.uk\/whiltonlocksgardenvillage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/grotto-open-1024x1015.jpg\" alt=\"Santa Grotto Daventry\" width=\"640\" height=\"634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlgv.co.uk\/whiltonlocksgardenvillage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/grotto-open-1024x1015.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wlgv.co.uk\/whiltonlocksgardenvillage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/grotto-open-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.wlgv.co.uk\/whiltonlocksgardenvillage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/grotto-open-600x595.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.wlgv.co.uk\/whiltonlocksgardenvillage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/grotto-open-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wlgv.co.uk\/whiltonlocksgardenvillage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/grotto-open-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wlgv.co.uk\/whiltonlocksgardenvillage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/grotto-open-768x761.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wlgv.co.uk\/whiltonlocksgardenvillage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/grotto-open.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><strong>Are you Naughty or Nice?<\/strong><br \/>\nSanta&#8217;s elves are busy sorting out the good and the bad so make sure you aren&#8217;t on the naughty list.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s one of the highlights you can see in Santa&#8217;s workshop &#8211; just part of his grotto display this year. It&#8217;s bigger, better and more beautiful than ever before.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wlgv.co.uk\/whiltonlocksgardenvillage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/naughtyornice.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1312\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wlgv.co.uk\/whiltonlocksgardenvillage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/naughtyornice-1024x1015.jpg\" alt=\"Santa Grotto Rugby\" width=\"640\" height=\"634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlgv.co.uk\/whiltonlocksgardenvillage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/naughtyornice-1024x1015.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wlgv.co.uk\/whiltonlocksgardenvillage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/naughtyornice-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.wlgv.co.uk\/whiltonlocksgardenvillage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/naughtyornice-600x595.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.wlgv.co.uk\/whiltonlocksgardenvillage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/naughtyornice-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wlgv.co.uk\/whiltonlocksgardenvillage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/naughtyornice-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wlgv.co.uk\/whiltonlocksgardenvillage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/naughtyornice-768x761.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wlgv.co.uk\/whiltonlocksgardenvillage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/naughtyornice.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><strong>Toys for Girls and Boys<\/strong><br \/>\nSanta has a beautiful grotto with toys for good girls and boys.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wlgv.co.uk\/whiltonlocksgardenvillage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/toysnboys.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1313\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wlgv.co.uk\/whiltonlocksgardenvillage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/toysnboys-1024x1015.jpg\" alt=\"Santa Grotto Northampton\" width=\"640\" height=\"634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlgv.co.uk\/whiltonlocksgardenvillage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/toysnboys-1024x1015.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wlgv.co.uk\/whiltonlocksgardenvillage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/toysnboys-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.wlgv.co.uk\/whiltonlocksgardenvillage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/toysnboys-600x595.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.wlgv.co.uk\/whiltonlocksgardenvillage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/toysnboys-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wlgv.co.uk\/whiltonlocksgardenvillage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/toysnboys-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wlgv.co.uk\/whiltonlocksgardenvillage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/toysnboys-768x761.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wlgv.co.uk\/whiltonlocksgardenvillage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/toysnboys.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here\u2019s what you said:<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>&#8220;Lovely visit yesterday with my 3 boys. I can\u2019t praise the staff enough for their kindness and all round helpfulness. From the Santa\u2019s grotto which is beautiful and traditional with an awesome Santa, to the ice skating staff and cafe servers. A really enjoyable few hours spent. Can\u2019t believe the queues weren\u2019t bigger! my little boy hasn\u2019t put down his gingerbread man teddy he received.&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Rachel Sears<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Today we had a fabulous day at Whilton Locks Garden Village. Our 2 year old granddaughter and her little friend enjoyed face painting, visiting Santa in his grotto, and they got to hold some of the animals in the cuddles session. Lunch in the restaurant was very tasty and very reasonably priced. Got to say that Santa\u2019s grotto is magical and extremely good value for your money. Well done to all the staff who worked so hard to make our visit so enjoyable. Would highly recommend it and well worth a try .&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Lesley Smith.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Visited today and I wasn\u2019t disappointed. We were absolutely AMAZED by the grotto. A lot of effort has gone into this and the staff should be proud of what they have achieved. The present that was given was lovely and they were given a choice not just handed one. The photo was brilliant and the choices of what they can be put in is good and good value. The decorations to buy were plentiful and the trees around were decorated beautifully.&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Lucy Judkins<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santa has arrived at Whilton Locks Garden Village &#8211; in his grotto that is bigger, better and more beautiful than ever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,17,52],"tags":[162,161,160],"class_list":["post-1310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christmas","category-events","category-news","tag-santa-grotto-northampton","tag-santa-grotto-rugby","tag-santas-grotto-daventry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wlgv.co.uk\/whiltonlocksgardenvillage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wlgv.co.uk\/whiltonlocksgardenvillage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wlgv.co.uk\/whiltonlocksgardenvillage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlgv.co.uk\/whiltonlocksgardenvillage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlgv.co.uk\/whiltonlocksgardenvillage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1310"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlgv.co.uk\/whiltonlocksgardenvillage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1314,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlgv.co.uk\/whiltonlocksgardenvillage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1310\/revisions\/1314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wlgv.co.uk\/whiltonlocksgardenvillage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlgv.co.uk\/whiltonlocksgardenvillage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlgv.co.uk\/whiltonlocksgardenvillage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}