It also has a Discovery Walk, which is a trail around the surrounding fields and woodland, leading up to a ridge and back down again. It had been a while since we'd last done the Discovery Walk so we thought it was a great time to do it again.
The Discovery Walk costs £2.50 per person and non-walkers (babies in carriers/buggies) go free. It is possible to take a buggy around the walk although it's quite hilly so probably easier to use a carrier if you have one. It's also well-worth (in my opinion) spending another £1 to buy a bag of fish food to feed the fish in the lake at the end of the walk - it's quite a spectacle!
The walk takes around 30-60 minutes to complete, depending on how fast you go. You could spend a lot longer if your kids want to spend a long time playing on all the bits along the way.
Around the walk there are lots of different things for kids to see and play on. There's a big wigwam with a huge drum to play on, logs and climbing apparatus to climb over and balance along, a "fort" with underground tunnels to explore, a lookout point, and a labyrinth with its own dragon. So there was plenty to keep our reluctant walker going!
The views from the highest point of the walk, over the surrounding hills are really beautiful too.
Included in the admission, you also get a free nature quiz to do along the way. The answers to the questions are on boards along the route. My five year-old really enjoyed doing this and filling in the answers.
The final part of the walk takes you down around past the fishing lake where you can use your bag of fish food to feed the fish. When we were there they seemed to be so hungry that they were almost swimming on top of each other, out of the water, to reach the food.
After the walk we headed to the pirate ship play area for a play and a cup of tea from Wendy's kiosk before heading home.
It was a lovely afternoon.
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