Violence broke out at Winter Wonderland on Christmas Eve with violent yobs tearing down barriers, punching and aggressively grabbing each other.
Footage shows a group chasing after one boy, flinging themselves over the metal entrance barriers to reach him.
In a frenzy, the boy falls backwards onto a group of people before being punched to the ground.
A group of three then corner him and continuously hit him as he tries to flee, while the rest of the gang catch up with them.
Members of the public, including teenage girls can be seen cowering and grabbing each other in fear.
Within the space of a few minutes, booming police sirens can be heard – causing some of the thugs to run away.
Police then arrived with tasers to catch the group and can be heard telling the public to ‘go home’.
The video was posted on X with people sarcastically praising the ‘festive spirit’ of Winter Wonderland.
In a frenzy, the boy falls backwards onto a group of people before being punched to the ground
Police arrived with tasers to catch the group and can be heard telling the public to ‘go home’
One user commented: ‘Would it be Christmas without a punch up at Winter Wonderland.’
Another added: ‘UFC 2025: Winter Wonderland edition’.
It comes just a week after the event was marred by a fight that saw a woman punched unconscious.
Winter Wonderland has been criticised as overcrowded and overpriced, and was last week named Europe’s most complained-about festive attraction.
Defenders of the annual gathering will point out that it generates an estimated £100million for the London economy – while raising vital funds for the city’s Royal Parks.
But for critics, it has become a real-life Nightmare Before Christmas, with some calling for it to be stopped.
Last week, footage emerged of a woman being punched to the ground amid a mass brawl.
Ryan, who was attending Winter Wonderland with friends, filmed the harrowing video in London.
Violence broke out at Winter Wonderland on Christmas Eve with violent yobs tearing down barriers, punching and aggressively grabbing each other
It comes just a week after the event was marred by a fight that saw a woman punched unconscious
He claimed the fight started after one man accused another of ‘touching his missus’.
He told the Daily Mail: ‘So we were in the Bavarian beer garden beer hall and then it closed at 10, and everyone was asked to leave as normal.
‘When we exited, they’d created a gated alleyway with a construction fence which created a huge bottleneck.
‘It wasn’t even that busy but then all of a sudden, there’s about a couple thousand people in this one area, and just at a standstill. And then security had locked themselves outside of the gate, which is when the fight broke out.
‘Everyone was very drunk, you could tell something was going to happen.’
He continued: ‘It was really lawless and chaotic and there were families with children as well.
‘I go every year, and I’ve never seen anything like that.’
A spokesman for Hyde Park Winter Wonderland said the incident had been ‘managed promptly by on-site security, with police present’.
Winter Wonderland has been criticised as overcrowded and overpriced, and was last week named Europe’s most complained-about festive attraction
Defenders of the annual gathering will point out that it generates an estimated £100million for the London economy – while raising vital funds for the city’s Royal Parks
‘There was no impact on the wider event and no serious injuries reported,’ they said.
Winter Wonderland has seen trouble in the past, with a 22-year-old man injured last year after an alleged alkaline attack.
Scotland Yard launched an investigation and has arrested two men aged 21 and 18 along with a 16-year-old boy, all on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm.
Winter Wonderland bosses described the attack as an ‘isolated incident involving a corrosive substance during an altercation between a small group’.
The 2022 iteration of the event appears to have been particularly troubled, with one person ‘stabbed in the neck’ outside the attraction and two men fighting each other outside a chicken stall.
In a separate incident, a ride malfunctioned with two people trapped inside.
Three years prior, there was another vicious brawl that saw one attendee put the other in a chokehold.
With around three million people attending Winter Wonderland every year, its organisers would point out that the vast majority do not become victims of crime.
The most recent figures show 127 crimes were reported to police from the event in 2021/22.
A spokesman for Hyde Park Winter Wonderland said last week: ‘The safety of our visitors and staff is our top priority and aggressive or threatening behaviour will not be tolerated.
‘Hyde Park Winter Wonderland is a large-scale seasonal event, welcoming around three million visits over a six-week period, and we work closely with the Metropolitan Police and relevant authorities to ensure security and crowd-management measures are as robust as possible.
‘The vast majority of our guests have a positive experience. As with any event of this scale, there can occasionally be instances of antisocial behaviour.’
