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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 to be found at Slip End Village, near Luton, in Bedfordshire, and it’s a wonderful family day out easily accessed by the M1, A5 and A505. There’s a raft of eco-friendly entertainment to enjoy at the family attraction, as well as to learn at the same time. In fact, Woodside Animal Farm is a family attraction with 50 indoor and outdoor attractions, from captivating animal enclosures to an 18-hole crazy golf range, a massive sandpit and electric tractors.
The major feature of Woodside Animal Farm, of course, is the chance for face to face contact the residents, which have made Woodside Animal Farm one of the region’s top family day out destinations. Those with a ticket can feed and handle residents such as 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. Novel enclosures abound, such as the outdoor rabbit warren, Walkthrough Monkey House, 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 also means that ticket holders can leave their pet for pampering and primping. The family attraction in fact houses more animals than any other farm in London, and there’s a whole lot more besides!
Woodside Animal Farm participates in ongoing programmes of Wildlife Conservation and is a renowned Centre Of Excellence for Wildfowl, not to mention a popular regional family attraction and top family day out. Wildfowl specialists dealing with swans, geese and ducks chat with ticket holders about caring for their own animals and advise on the right breed for them, as well as housing and equipment – just the ticket. Woodside Animal Farm sells wildfowl breeds and eggs, and Woodside Wildfowl Centre and farm shop is stocked with equipment and animal feed, while the Bedfordshire Poultry Centre informs enquirers about local fowl.
The Farm Shop and Fine Foods Delicatessen sell souvenirs, books and many organic and farm products, including preserves, jams, honeys, relishes, biscuits, gifts and local fruit and veg. Woodside Animal Farm additionally has a pick your own facility for free range eggs, while the Pet Shop offers rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, gerbils and other small animals, along with chickens, ducks, geese and goats. Visitors can also acquire straw, hay, straw flakes and wood shavings, feed, tonics and equipment for farm animals, as well as vermin control and medication. The Poultry & Pet Housing Display, a Trade post and a Dog Grooming service with self-service dog wash mean there’s never a dull moment, though you’ll need to take cover when Rover gets dry! The Self Service Dog Wash is the country’s first and contributes to a novel family day out.
Other features of Woodside Animal Farm include sweet and lollipop scrambles, egg collecting, a traditional country fun fayre with 50-foot helter skelter, carousel, teacup ride, coconut shy, paddling pool, mini-tractors, hook a duck stall, climbing frames, coconut shy, trampolines and bouncy castles. Further, the extensive indoor heated play world, Professor Peabody's play barn, houses a play frame for 3-11 year olds and a soft play area for under 3's. Then there are wide-ranging outdoor play areas and adventure playgrounds with swings, slides, a Tarzan trail, fort, swing bridges, tractors, Toy Town, a mini farmyard, a junior farmer tractor play area and a ball pond.
Woodside Animal Farm puts on special occasions like birthday parties and group visits, with Play Barn Parties, and an annual Easter Eggstravaganza, Halloween Spooktacular and Winter Wonderland.
Also on hand during a family day out are an 18-hole crazy golf course with features such as a Chicken Run, Tractor Stop and Woodside Falls, not to mention the Woodside Restaurant & Coffee Shop, burger bar and food and ice cream outlets. Toilets and wash stands are dotted about the park, contributing to a fine family day out.
The family attraction is expanding thanks to the Woodside Shopping Village, with retail services complimenting conservation efforts including regular talks for school parties on wildlife garden conservation, beekeeping and food and eating healthily. There are presentations on various breeds at Woodside Animal Farm and work sheets, the use of an Education room, group Animal Encounters, and free coach and car parking. An unlimited group wristband is also available.