Animal MAGIC; RECESSION BUSTER WILDLIFE.ACTON SCOTT HISTORIC WORKING FARM WENLOCK Lodge, Acton Scott, Shropshire. 01694 781306 www.shropshire.gov.uk/museums.nsf The working farm demonstrates life on a Shropshire upland farm at the turn of the last century. Admission: adult pounds 5.75; child pounds 3; family ticket pounds 17.75 ASH END HOUSE CHILDREN'S FARM MIDDLETON Lane, Middleton, Tamworth, Staffordshire. 0121 329 3240 www.ashendhouse.fsnet.co.uk A small family-owned farm for children offers undercover activities, including play areas, picnic barns, a gift shop and cafe. The emphasis is on cuddly creatures for the kids. Admission: adult pounds 5.50; child pounds 5.90 BLACKBROOK ZOOLOGICAL PARK WINKHILL, Leek leek: see onion. leek Hardy, vigorous, biennial plant (Allium porrum) of the lily family, native to the eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East. It has a mild, sweet, onionlike flavour. , Staffordshire. 01538 308293 www.blackbrookzoo.co.uk A day with a difference both indoors and outdoors at the zoo park of The Moorlands. Birds, mammals, reptiles and children's pets abound, plus an aquarium and farm. Talks, catering, picnicking and play areas add to the day out. Admission: adult pounds 8.50; child pounds 5; family ticket pounds 25 BRANSBY HOME OF REST FOR HORSES BRANSBY, Saxilby, Lincolnshire. 01427 788464 www.bransbyhorses.co.uk A rest home for 200 rescued horses, ponies and donkeys in over 100 acres with two large farmyards, stabling and a gift shop. A bargain day out for anyone interested in horses. Admission: Free (donations welcome) BUTTERFLY AND WILDLIFE PARK LONG Sutton Long Sutton could be
One of Britain's largest walkthrough butterfly houses with butterflies, Reptileland, gift shop, gardens, adventure playground adventure playground Noun Brit, Austral & NZ a playground for children that contains building materials and other equipment to build with or climb on adventure playground n → parque and pet's corner. Admission: adult pounds 7.95; child pounds 5.95; family tickets pounds 24.95 CATTLE COUNTRY ADVENTURE PARK BERKELEY Heath Farm, Berkeley, Gloucestershire. 01453 810510 www.cattlecountry.co.uk Farm park featuring animals for the kids to meet, although the star turn is the herd of American Bison. There are large indoor and outdoor play areas, too. Admission: adult pounds 6.50; child pounds 6.50 CHESTNUT CENTRE CONSERVATION PARK CASTLETON Road, Chapel-en-le-Frith, High Peak. 01298 814099 www.ottersandowls.co.uk The otter haven and owl sanctuary offers captive-bred animals and birds in their natural surroundings around an extensive nature trail amid 50 acres of grounds. Admission: adult pounds 6.50; child pounds 4.50; family ticket pounds 20 COTSWOLD WILDLIFE PARK The Cotswold Wildlife Park and Gardens exhibits mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates from all over the world. BURFORD, Oxfordshire. 01993 823006 www.cotswoldwildlifepark.co.uk A 200-acre park with lawn and gardens including white rhino, monkeys, a butterfly house, reptile house and aquarium. There's also an adventure playground. Admission: adult pounds 10; child pounds 7.50 DOMESTIC FOWL TRUST STATION Road, Honeybourne, Worcestershire. 01386 833083 www.domesticfowltrust.co.uk A conservation centre for pure breeds of poultry and rare breeds of farm animals. Gifts available from the shop. Admission: adult pounds 4.50; child pounds 3 DUDLEY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS THE Broadway, Dudley, West Midlands. 01384 215313 www.dudleyzoo.org.uk. Dudley Zoo Dudley Zoological Gardens is a zoo located within the grounds of Dudley Castle in the town of Dudley which is part of the Black Country in the West Midlands, is set in the 40-acre wooded grounds of Dudley Castle Dudley Castle is a ruined castle in the town of Dudley, West Midlands, England. Dudley Zoo is located in its grounds. The location, Castle Hill, is an outcrop of Wenlock Group limestone that was extensively quarried during the Industrial Revolution, and which now along with Wren's . Visitors can enjoy a varied day combining zoology zoology, branch of biology concerned with the study of animal life. From earliest times animals have been vitally important to man; cave art demonstrates the practical and mystical significance animals held for prehistoric man. , history and geology. Admission: adult pounds 9.95; child pounds 6.95 MANOR FARM Manor Farm, a property belonging to the Landmark Trust, is located near to the town of Diss in Norfolk, England. ANIMAL CENTRE CASTLE Hill, East Leake East Leake (IPA: /iːst.liːk/) is a large village and civil parish in the Rushcliffe district of Nottinghamshire, although its closest town and postal address is Loughborough across the border in Leicestershire and has , Leicestershire. 01509 852525 www.manorfarm.info Meet a host of friendly donkeys and animals in a pleasant country setting. A straw maze, nature trail and pond dipping, heated indoor activity room and fort adventure playground, make an ideal family day out. Admission: adult pounds 5.50; child pounds 4.50. Closed Mondays FORGE MILL FARM FORGE Lane, West Bromwich West Bromwich (brŭm`ĭj, –ĭch, brŏm`wĭch), city (1991 pop. 146,386), Sandwell metropolitan district, W central England. , West Midlands. 0121 588 7210 www.laws.sandwell.gov.uk A working dairy farm with Jersey cows, a farm trail and a milking parlour with viewing gallery. Children have the chance to get close to the animals. Admission: free MATLOCK FARM PARK JAGGERS Lane, Two Dales, Derbyshire. 01246 590200 www.matlockfarmpark.co.uk Matlock Farm Park is a great day out for all the family. There are many different animals to see. Pony trekking is available. Admission: adult pounds 5; child pounds 4.50; family ticket pounds 17.50 NATIONAL SEA LIFE CENTRE BRINDLEYPLACE, Birmingham. 0121 643 6777 www.sealifeeurope.com From the walk-through tropical ocean tank filled with sharks to the new seahorse conservation centre, there's something for everyone. Don't miss the giant sea turtles, bay of rays, touch pool, otter sanctuary and Claws the giant crab. Admission: adult pounds 12.95; child pounds 10.95 NEWBRIDGE FARM PARK LITTLE Marcle, Ledbury, Herefordshire 01531 670780 www.newbridgefarm.com A friendly family-run farm park set in acres of parkland with rare and traditional farm animals plus activities throughout the day. New attractions include slides, more animal pens, trampolines and a tractor trailer ride. Admission: adult pounds 5; child pounds 4; family ticket pounds 16. RAND FARM PARK Rand, Lincolnshire. 01673 858904 www.randfarmpark.com An open farm park offering a wide range of traditional farm animals and pets to touch, see and enjoy. There's a tea-room, indoor play areas, adventure playground, go-karts and more. Admission: adult pounds 6.50; child pounds 6.50 RAYS FARM COUNTRY MATTERS RAYS Farm, Billingsley, Bridgnorth, Shropshire. 01299 841255 www.raysfarm.com A family visitor attraction offering a wide range of unusual farm animals and birds - and a Myth and Magic Wood Carving Trail which is guaranteed to keep the kids spellbound. Admission: adult pounds 6.50; child pounds 5; family pounds 21 SANDWELL PARK FARM VISITORS CENTRE SALTERS Lane, West Bromwich, West Midlands 0121 553 0220 www.laws. sandwell.gov.uk The restored 19th century working farm is home to livestock breeds of the period, traditional farming methods, displays and exhibitions. There are also tearooms and a Victorian kitchen garden. Admission: adult pounds 1, child 50p (weekdays); adult pounds 1.50, child pounds 1 (weekends) SHERWOOD FOREST FARM PARK LAMB Pens Farm, Edwinstowe, Nottinghamshire. 01623 823558 www.sherwoodforest farmpark.co.uk Friendly rare breed animals, wallabies, fallow deer fallow deer a small, 150 lb, fawn deer with white spots and a white spot bordered with black on each buttock. Called also Dama dama. , water buffalo water buffalo: see buffalo. water buffalo or Indian buffalo Any of three subspecies of oxlike bovid (species Bubalus bubalis). Two have been domesticated in Asia since the earliest recorded history. and Kune Kune pigs in the heart of Robin Hood Country. There are indoor and outdoor play areas. Admission: adult pounds 6.50; child pounds 4.50, family ticket pounds 20 STRATFORD-UPON-AVON BUTTERFLY FARM TRAMWAY Walk, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. 01789 299288 www.butterflyfarm.co.uk Free-flying tropical butterflies abound in a deep colourful jungle setting. The centre also boasts Insect City. Admission: adult pounds 5.75; child pounds 4.75; family pounds 16.75 TWYCROSS ZOO TWYCROSS, Atherstone, Warwickshire. 01827 880250 www.twycrosszoo.com Famous as the home of the PG Tips television chimps, the zoo offers gorillas, orangutans, chimpanzees, a modern gibbon gibbon, small ape, genus Hyloblates, found in the forests of SE Asia. The gibbons, including the siamang, are known as the small, or lesser, apes; they are the most highly adapted of the apes to arboreal life. complex, elephants, lions, giraffes and a reptile house. Admission: adult pounds 11; child pounds 7; family from pounds 33 WHITE POST MODERN FARM CENTRE WHITE Post Farm, Farnsfield, Newark. 01623 882977 www.whitepostfarmcentre.co.uk A working farm with more than 3,000 farm animals roaming the grounds, an 8,000-egg incubator, free-range hens, lambs, picnic areas and tea gardens. Admission: adults pounds 7.95; child pounds 7.50; family from pounds 29.95 WEST MIDLAND SAFARI AND LEISURE PARK SPRING Grove, Bewdley, Worcestershire. 01299 402114 www.wmsp.co.uk Two hundred acres incorporating a drive-through safari, pets corner, reptile house, sea lion theatre, hippo lakes, animal and reptile encounters. There are amusements, rides and shops, too. Admission: adult pounds 8.99; child pounds 7.99; family pounds 30. Rides are extra. CAPTION(S): On the farm at Ash End House |
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