Updated: Santa's sleigh is heading to Wilmslow

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Santa will be travelling around Wilmslow on his sleigh spreading Christmas cheer for the next couple of weeks.

Tonight (Monday, 10th December) he will at Pownall Park and tomorrow (Tuesday, 11th December) he will be in the Welland Road area, from approximately 6pm to 8pm.

Santa will then be outside Barclays Bank on Saturday 15th December from 10am to 4pm.

On Sunday, 16th December, he will be travelling around Stockton Road and Knutsford Road from 4.30pm to 7.30pm before heading to Gravel Lane on Monday, 17th December from 6pm to 8pm. (Update: Wilmslow Santa is really sorry but he will not be able to travel around the Gravel Lane area on the 17th.)

Santa will then be at Summerfields on Sunday 23rd December from 4.30pm to 7.30pm.

Wilmslow Round Table have been have been touring the town with Santa and his sleigh for over 30 years.

Richard Hunter said "We are so happy that as Wilmslow Round Table, with the support of local scout and guide groups, we are able to continue to light up children's faces at this special time of year.

"The money we raise will be split between the groups that help and also help pay towards our annual Senior Citizens evening, which will next be held on Saturday 30 March 2019."

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Comments

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Richard Bullock
Monday 10th December 2018 at 5:21 pm
For those in Pownall Park tonight (10th Dec): Santa is going to be trialling a live Santa-tracker so that you'll know when he's about to visit and so you'll know where to find him if we miss you. He's due to arrive in Wilmslow at about 7pm, assisted by 1st Wilmslow Scouts.

Live Santa-tracker: http://glympse.com/!wilmslowsanta
Laurie Atterbury
Wednesday 12th December 2018 at 3:22 pm
So, Grange Park Avenue does not count as part of Wilmslow?
Richard Bullock
Wednesday 12th December 2018 at 9:43 pm
@LaurieAtterbury: I'm going to prefix my comment by saying I'm not in the Round Table - they might want to respond "officially". However my scout group have taken the Round Table sleigh out one evening each year for many years - so I can speak from some experience.
I do know that it takes a fair amount of voluntary manpower and organisation to take the sleigh out for an evening, and it can take quite a long time to cover a relatively small number of streets. To cover all of Wilmslow requires a large number of people and a lot of nights. The Round Table did put a few messages out on Social Media asking for groups of volunteers to take the sleigh out - but obviously they must only have had a few responses - and not enough volunteers to cover everywhere in Wilmslow. They do go to Barclays with Santa so that people can come to them, rather than the other way round too.
I'm sure if you did get a group of, maybe, 8-12 volunteers together and got in touch with the Round Table - sounds like there are a few evenings free next week that you could ask if you could take their sleigh out round Grange Park Avenue and surrounding roads.
Laurie Atterbury
Friday 14th December 2018 at 9:09 am
Richard Bullock, many thanks for your detailed response, points duly noted. A bit late for this year but I will give some thought to get a few volunteers together so that Santa can visit our part of Wilmslow next year.