Woodside Animal Farm And Leisure Park
Woodside Animal Farm & Leisure Park
Slip End Village, Luton
Bedfordshire LU1 4DG
Tel: 01582 841044
About Woodside Animal Farm and Leisure Park
Woodside Animal Farm And Leisure Park is situated at Slip End Village, not far from Luton, Bedfordshire, and it’s a super family day out easily reached via the M1, A5 and A505. There’s a plethora of eco-friendly entertainment to be had at the family attraction, besides being illuminated at the same time. For Woodside Animal Farm is a family attraction that has no fewer than 50 indoor and outdoor attractions, from delightful animal enclosures to an 18-hole crazy golf facility, a gargantuan sandpit and electrical tractors.
The biggest draw to Woodside Animal Farm, unsurprisingly is the opportunity to come face to face with its inhabitants, who’ve made Woodside Animal Farm a top regional family day out. A ticket allows visitors to feed and handle creatures like chickens, rabbits, goats, sheep, pigs, calves, tortoises, pheasants, ponies, donkeys, hedgehogs and exotic fauna like rheas, Prairie Dogs, Ground Hornbills, racoons, otters, emus, alpacas, spinneys, cranes, flamingos, owls, llamas, monkeys, raccoons, wallabies, monkeys and reptiles including iguanas. Out of the oridinary enclosures are abundant, from the outdoor rabbit warren and Walkthrough Monkey House, to a Raccoon House, Pheasantry and Conservation Garden, Ornamental Duck Pond, Terrapin Island, Piggery, Flamingo Paradise Walkthrough, Walkthrough Lemur House and the Pelican Enclosure. A Pet Animal Holiday Home additionally allows ticket holders to put their own pets through a programme of pampering and preening. The family attraction boasts more animals than any other farm in London, and there’s a whole lot more to see too!
Woodside Animal Farm has a programme of Wildlife Conservation and is well known as a Centre Of Excellence for Wildfowl, besides being a popular regional family attraction and fun-packed family day out. Wildfowl experts specialising in care for swans, geese and ducks converse with ticket holders on subjects like caring for their own creatures and advise them on the right breed choices, along with apt housing and equipment – just the ticket. Woodside Animal Farm offers a range of wildfowl breeds and eggs, and Woodside Wildfowl Centre and farm shop is packed with equipment and animal feed, while the Bedfordshire Poultry Centre gives out information on local fowl.
The Farm Shop and Fine Foods Delicatessen have a mass of souvenirs, books and numerous organic and farm products, not least preserves, jams, honeys, relishes, biscuits, gifts and local fruit and veg. Woodside Animal Farm also has a pick your own option for free range eggs, while the Pet Shop stocks rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, gerbils and other small critters, as well as chickens, ducks, geese and goats. Visitors can get their hands on straw, hay, straw flakes and wood shavings, feed, tonics and equipment for farm animals, along with vermin controls and medication. The Poultry & Pet Housing Display, Trade post and a Dog Grooming service with self-service dog wash ensure that there’s always something interesting going on, though taking cover when Rover gets dry could be advisable! The Self Service Dog Wash is the UK’s first and is just one factor contributing to a unique family day out.
Woodside Animal Farm additionally features sweet and lollipop scrambles, egg collecting, a traditional country fun fayre with a 50-foot helter skelter, carousel, teacup ride, coconut shy, paddling pool, mini-tractors, hook a duck stall, climbing frames, a coconut shy, trampolines and bouncy castles. A large indoor heated play world, Professor Peabody's play barn, also tempts with its play frame for 3-11 year olds and soft play zone for under 3 year olds. Don’t forget too the extensive outdoor play facilities and adventure playgrounds providing hours of fun via their swings, slides, Tarzan trail, fort, swing bridges, tractors, Toy Town, a mini farmyard, a junior farmer tractor play section and a ball pond.
Woodside Animal Farm hosts special occasions including birthday parties and group visits, with Play Barn Parties, as well as an annual Easter Eggstravaganza, Halloween Spooktacular and Winter Wonderland.
The 18-hole crazy golf course at the family attraction has various noel aspects, not least the Chicken Run, a Tractor Stop and the Woodside Falls, which can be followed by a trip to the Woodside Restaurant & Coffee Shop, or the burger bar and food and ice cream outlets. Toilets and wash stands are located at various points around the park, contributing to a grand family day out.
The family attraction has grown as the Woodside Shopping Village and its retail services have been added, supplementing the conservation programmes on site, and the daily talks to school parties about wildlife garden conservation, beekeeping and healthy food and eating. Presentations about the many species at Woodside Animal Farm are available along with work sheets, access to an Education room, group Animal Encounters, and free coach and car parking, not to mention unlimited group wristbands.