At the park we have tried to ensure that our facilities offer you the most comfortable and enjoyable surroundings for your trip. All of the facilities at the park have been designed to ensure that your visit is safe however please remember a few things when you visit the park to ensure that the trip gives you the best benefits:
- Ensure that you use our designated hand wash and sanitiser stations throughout the day especially before you eat or go home.
Facilities which you can find at the park to help the day go smoothly include:
- A number of toilets, including disabled toilets.
- Baby changing facilities.
- A cafe which serves food and drink all year from 10:00am until 3:00pm, as well as a refreshment kiosk which is situated by the play area.
- A large play area for children, where they must be supervised at all times by an adult.
- Wheel chairs available to use free of charge (all we need is a set of keys to be left with us during use) - These wheel chairs were very kindly donated to us by First Choice Mobility.
Disabled Access:
Since the park was taken over by its current owners in February 2008 a lot of work went in to ensuring that we make the park as accessible as possible to wheel chair users and people who are not able to walk long distances. There are numerous benches around the park to help break up the walk, and we are planning on putting more benches in all the time.
In 2008 there were numerous areas around the park (such as the Meerkat and Otter enclosures) were very difficult or impossible to access by wheel chair. We have tried to eliminate as many of these as possible and there shouldn't be any animals which you cannot see if you use a wheel chair (although some walk through enclosures may still be difficult to access, such as the Flamingos and Prairie Dogs, however in the name of the welfare of our animals such things can sometimes be unavoidable - you can still see any such animals from outside the enclosure).
The paths in the park are compacted gravel / road stone and as such not solid tarmac, meaning that in some areas and during some weather conditions, the paths may be a little bit bumpy. Areas such as the Tigers and play area are also only accessible up a gentle slope. We try to keep the paths in as good an order as possible for wheel chair users, however in some areas pushing a wheel chair may be a little harder work than on a smooth surface.