Christmas Entertainment Lymington

Lymington's December parties mostly go indoors, which suits the town: sailing clubs, waterside hotels and village halls across SO41 host the staff dos, and the halls take the family fairs in the run-up to Christmas. The town sits about 30 miles west of the workshop, out on the south-eastern edge of the New Forest, and being on the Solent the wind matters more here than most places, so we'll talk about the forecast and a fallback room when you enquire.

The usual Lymington spread runs to a headline and a ring of smaller pieces: the rodeo reindeer or the Christmas pudding ride in the biggest room, the Christmas photo booth or magic selfie mirror tucked in a corner, and the dance machine, racing simulator and retro arcade machines where the queues form. Halls with less floor run the table-sized kit instead, and Whack an Elf with the Christmas mega wire earn their keep in exactly those rooms. School and village fairs take the family side: Santa's grotto, the inflatable snow globe and the two wooden Christmas side stall games, Toss Rudolph a Treat and Ring Around the Tree.

December on this stretch of coast is the month to respect the weather. Every outdoor inflatable goes out with an anemometer and a written procedure, readings every half hour and a 24mph shutdown, and on an exposed lawn by the water we'd sooner bring the party indoors than fight a Force 6. Booking the hall as the primary venue with the lawn in reserve is the pattern that works here, and if a marquee would settle it, the family's own marquee firm can quote alongside the games.

On the record behind it: Joanne and David Morris have run the business from the Havant unit since 2002, everything on the Christmas list is ours, and no sub-hire firm ever stands in for us. The rodeos hold ADIPS certification, the electronics pass their PAT testing, and the crews who build up and run the pieces are our own, enhanced-DBS registered. The Lymington quote carries the £10 million public liability certificate, its licensed-premises cover, and the risk assessments and method statements where they're wanted.

The Lymington event hire page holds the whole range for the town, with corporate event hire in Lymington for the company side of the diary and garden games hire in Lymington for the fete and wedding kit.

Around the Forest, December dates fill in the order they're asked for, so get the venue, the timings and the rough numbers over early, and the date is held with the quote and paperwork attached.