If you have pupils, or staff, with season tickets they can use these to get into the Park free with your group. The pupils using season tickets for admission will count towards your adult/pupil free place ratio. Pre-school children under 3 are admitted free of charge but they will not count towards your free adult ratio.
| Admission | Price |
| Child under 3 | FREE |
| School Pupil | £8.00 |
| Post 16 student | £10.00 |
| ADULTS (number of adults free per paying pupil): |
| EYFS & Primary | 1 free for every 5 |
| Secondary & Post 16 | 1 free for every 10 |
| Extra adults | £10.00 |
| 1:1 Carer (for Pre-booked Education Groups Only) | FREE |
| Extra carers | £8.00 |
We have a minimum supervision ratio of one adult to 10 pupils/students for all groups aged 16 and under as they MUST be supervised at all times. This is to ensure that both your group and other visitors to the park get the most from their day.
These prices can only be achieved by booking through the education department. If you do not make a booking and receive confirmation of this from us you will be charged normal gate prices.
We run talks and workshops on weekdays during term time only. Please see the relevant key stage pages for the talks available and the content covered.
Classroom workshops are 30 minutes long, for up to 30 pupils and cost £30 each. They are located upstairs in our classroom, if you have accessibility issues please contact us before booking so that we can make suitable alternative arrangements.
Keeper Corner talks out and about in the Park are 15 minutes long, for up to 30 pupils and cost £30 each.
African Animals and Habitats and Adaptations keeper talks are 30 minutes long, for up 20 pupils and cost £20 each.
How Does Your Garden Grow (EYFS, KS1 only) is 30 minutes long, for up to 20 pupils and costs £20. Plants in Action (KS2 only) is 30 minutes long, for up to 30 pupils and costs £30. These talks are with the Gardens team and are only available to book between the start of April and end of September.
The first talk is free for every group between 1st November and 28th February each year. A second talk during this time would be charged at it’s usual rate.
The first talk for SEND groups is free all year round.
When you make a booking, you can select to have a free preliminary visit ticket. The code will be in your confirmation letter should this option be selected. You are entitled to one free ticket per booking and are free to visit any day from receiving your confirmation to the day before your visit. We will send a copy of our risk assessment information with your booking confirmation, in order to assist you in completing your own risk assessment.
If you wish to visit the Park to see if it is suitable for a visit before making a booking, you will need to make an appointment to meet our education team at the Park.
There is plenty of lawn space, seated picnic areas and sheltered picnic areas available across the Park. The Park map sent in the booking confirmation letter will detail where these are, as well as in the leaflets handed out on arrival.
The largest sheltered area is at the top of the car park near the emu enclosure. There are smaller sheltered areas by the giant tortoises, Little Africa, giraffes, and binturong. *Please note that we do not have areas to store any bags or lunch bags so these must either be carried with you or left on your vehicle.
Almost the entire site is accessible to wheelchairs with wide maintained paths and numerous benches around the Park in which to sit and rest. There is easy wheelchair and pushchair access to all enclosures, on to the Narrow-Gauge Railway and to the Gift Shop and Restaurant. We have ensured that any windows in our enclosures are viewable from a wheelchair. There are ramps to access the Giraffe house, wolverine enclosure and wolves. If you wish to hire wheelchairs or mobility scooters, we also offer this facility. Please contact us for further information.
There are disabled toilet facilities in each toilet block situated around the Park. These are situated by the Leopards, in the Restaurant, by the Reptile Courtyard and by the Gift Shop (opposite the disabled Car Park). There is a changing facility in the First Aid Room in the Manor House next to the main office, and in our Changing Places toilet by the Gift Shop. This includes a free standing, height adjustable, moveable, adult sized changing bed, a ceiling hoist, sling and track, a shower (hoist reaches shower) and a washbasin and peninsular toilet. To use this facility, you will need to obtain the door code from the gift shop.
Yes, and we have a variety of different optional extras available just for uniform groups.
This is designed to help guide your group through the day and includes: