Bay of Lights
On 28th November 2026 to 3rd January 2027 Torquay
The Bay of Lights is a fantastic FREE winter event that lights up the towns of Torquay, Paignton and Brixham across December and into early January each year. Many attractions and towns take part in 'lighting up the Bay' to create a winter wonderland on the English Riviera.
This year's Bay of Lights 1.5mile accessible Illumination Trail will have large light installations, offering stunning digital light shows, fireworks at the harbourside, Christmas music, interactive fun and memory making photographic opportunities. This event gets bigger each year and has fast become one of the major Christmas events in the South West.
Reviews
- Nostalgic day out - Had a great day on the steam railway and paddleboat with my family. Fantastic views during the railway trip and equally excellent views, and commentary, during the river cruise. Well worth the cost, friendly and helpful staff.
- All lovely - All done very well. Everything clean (train/boats), staff friendly and commentary on the river cruise added a bit of fun. Really good day out, lots of families. Take hats, drinks and dogs! If you have one.
- A big thumbs up... - A great time was had by all. The staff were really friendly and great at explaining. We took the steam train then hopped onto the boat where we spent some time in Dartmouth. It's a lovely touch that even the dog gets a ticket. The views from the steam train were so pretty the train and boat were both very clean and comfortable. A big thumbs up from us!