New Forest Adventure Holidays - Moors Valley Country Park
There is plenty to do when you visit Moors Valley country park and it is a fabulous day out for all the family. Entrance to the park is free of charge but you do have to pay for car parking. Attractions in the park incur an additional cost. Parking your car in the enormous parking area is a maximum of £8 for the entire day. Pretty good value for money really when you consider that you could easily spend the whole day in the park.
Even as you leave your car, you can’t even begin to take in the sheer size of Moors Valley, it really is beautiful. At the bottom of the car park you will find the 18th century barn which incorporates the Visitors Centre. The Centre includes as well as information, a restaurant, a gift shop and lavatories.
Well situated, not far from the Visitors Centre, is an excellent play area for children, part of which most suited for the really young and part for some of the older kids. A sandy area for really small children. Behind the centre is the Steam Railway and further beyond a lake. Lots of open space and picnic tables for lunch.
The steam railway just behind the Visitors Centre is one of the best in the country. The ride takes about 20 minutes and during this ride you take in a number of tunnels and pass by the central lake. A complete joy for all of the family.
An energetic way to get around Moors Valley if it something that suits you and your family is to hire a bike. Often you wish you had one of those bike carriers on your car – well here at this park you can hire one from the many available in the hire store. There are miles and miles of well mapped cycling paths here and it’s a great way to see the beauty of the park.
A great experience for the over 12’s and fairly fit is the ‘Go Ape’ experience. Go Ape is an experience of truly high wire acts in the tree tops and lasts for about 2 hours. This is great fun, truly energetic, a bit scary and a marvellous experience. Definitely not for the unfit and pre-booking is essential as very popular.
The play trail is an absolute must for the children. There is some marvellous wooden play equipment spread throughout the whole trail and this in itself can take a couple of hours and the children have little realisation of how far they are going around the park because they are having so much fun on all the play features.
After a day out at New Forest Moors Valley Country Park you can be sure that the entire family will have lots of fun. You can return to your New Forest accommodation after having a fun filled, energetic, packed day and knowing that all will sleep extremely well that night.
If you fancy a rest the next day the city of Southampton is also only a short drive away and you can find information on the Southampton Website about what this large city has to offer.
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