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Quietest days coming up: Thu 6 May (1/10) · Thu 13 May (1/10) · Thu 20 May (1/10)
Busiest: Sat 26 Dec (10/10) — Christmas holidays
1–3 quiet4–6 moderate7–10 busy✦ holiday
October 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
232
2410
2510
262
275
282
292
304
3110
November 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
110
21
33
41
51
62
710
810
91
103
111
121
132
1410
1510
161
173
181
191
202
2110
2210
231
243
251
261
272
2810
2910
301
December 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
13
21
31
42
510
610
71
83
91
101
112
1210
1310
141
153
161
171
182
1910
2010✦
214✦
227✦
234✦
244✦
255✦
2610✦
2710✦
284✦
297✦
304✦
314✦
January 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
15✦
210✦
310✦
41
53
61
71
82
910
1010
111
123
131
141
152
1610
1710
181
193
201
211
222
2310
2410
251
263
271
281
292
3010
3110
February 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
11
23
31
41
52
610
710
81
93
101
111
122
1310
1410
152
164
172
182
193
2010
2110
221
233
241
251
262
2710
2810
March 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
11
23
31
41
52
610
710
81
93
101
111
122
1310
1410
151
163
171
181
193
2010
2110
222
234
242
252
264✦
2710✦
2810✦
293✦
304
312
April 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
12
24
310
410
52
64
71
81
92
1010
1110
121
134
141
151
162
1710
1810
191
204
211
221
232
2410
2510
261
274
281
291
302
May 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
110✦
210✦
32✦
42
51
61
71
810
99
101
112
121
131
141
1510
169
171
182
191
201
211
2210
239
241
252
261
271
281
2910✦
3010✦
312✦
June 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
14
21
31
42
510
69
71
82
91
101
111
1210
139
141
152
161
171
181
1910
209
211
222
231
241
251
2610
279
281
292
301
July 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
11
22
310
410
51
64
71
81
92
1010
1110
121
134
141
151
162
1710
1810
191
204
211
222
233
2410
2510
262
274
282
292
303
3110
August 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
110
22
34
42
52
63
710
810
92
104
112
122
133
1410
1510
162
174
182
192
203
2110
2210
232
244
252
262
273
2810✦
2910✦
303✦
314
September 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
11
21
31
410
59
61
72
81
91
101
1110
129
131
142
151
161
171
1810
199
201
212
221
231
241
2510
269
271
282
291
301
October 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
12
210
310
41
54
61
71
82
910
1010
111
124
131
141
152
1610
1710
181
194
201
211
222
The months that actually matter at Chessington
Busiest months
April, July, August and October — UK school holidays and October half-term with the Howl'o'ween season.
Quietest months
May, June and September — term-time weekdays, when much of the park is a walk-on.
Local knowledge: The zoo half is genuinely good and absorbs the peak hours well — ride mornings, animals at midday, ride again after 3 PM.
When to avoid Chessington, and when to go
Busiest stretches, next 12 months
Sat Oct 24 – Sun Nov 1October half-term* · about 6/10, 10 at worst
Sun Dec 20 – Sun Jan 3Christmas holidays · about 7/10, 10 at worst
Fri Mar 26 – Sun Mar 28Good Friday · about 8/10, 10 at worst
Sat May 1 – Mon May 3Early May bank holiday · about 7/10, 10 at worst
Sat Aug 28 – Mon Aug 30Summer bank holiday · about 8/10, 10 at worst
Quietest weeks
Mon May 10 – Sun May 16about 4/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Mon May 17 – Sun May 23about 4/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Mon Jun 7 – Sun Jun 13about 4/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Mon Jun 14 – Sun Jun 20about 4/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Mon Sep 6 – Sun Sep 12about 4/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Scores are the crowd forecast, 1 to 10, averaged over the stretch. *School holidays vary by district, state or zone; these are the typical dates, so check your own. Visiting in a busy stretch anyway? Be at the gate before opening, and ride the big ones in the first hour and the last.
How this is worked out
Each day starts from how that weekday normally runs at Chessington, learned from our own recorded wait snapshots as they accumulate, and is raised for public holidays and school-holiday periods. It is a forecast of relative busyness, not a promise: a 3 means a day that usually runs quiet for this park, not a guarantee of short lines. The further out a date sits, the more it leans on the weekday pattern alone.
Want the live picture instead? Chessington wait times has today's queues, the hour-by-hour curve and what counts as a normal wait here. Planning a specific day? Open the planner and it will build a route around these crowd levels.