Get out and about around the beautiful Cotswolds for some fresh air and fun. Head to Cattle Country Farm Park’s Animal Barn to pet rabbits, guinea pigs, and goats, and take the farm trail past donkeys and alpacas. Or feed the lambs and calves and hop on a tractor at St Augustine’s Farm.
Watch the wild-bird feeds and see the Duck Decoy at Slimbridge Wetland Centre. Discover animals from across the world, from the mischievous lemurs of Madagascar to magnificent European brown bears at Bristol Zoo. Can’t get enough animals? How about the hippos, lions, and monkeys of the Cotswold Wildlife Park?
Things are tamer at pretty Bourton-on-the-Water, an idyllic Cotswold village where you can feed the ducks and feel like a giant in the model village. Ride the friendly shire horses at Newbrook Farm Equestrian. Watch an enchanting underwater world at Bristol Aquarium. Or learn all about vaccination at Dr Jenner’s House and Garden.
Explore the history of 20th-century travel at the Cotswold Motoring Museum, offering a collection of rare vehicles and classic memorabilia. Turn raw clay into beautiful artefacts at Honeybourne Pottery Studio. Or take a heritage diesel train between Cheltenham Racecourse and Broadway past sleepy hamlets and spectacular Cotswolds scenery.
Stay on site for Clayzer for a full- or half-day laser clay-shooting experience. Play world-class golf courses at Stinchcombe Hill or Chipping Sodbury. Try team-building exercises at Off Limits. Exhausted? Chill with pedicures, manicures, and massages from the healing hands at Glo Pamper.
Shoot clay off-site at Lady’s Wood Shooting School. Ride the country lanes or hack the hills at Tumpy Green or Summer House equestrian centres. Call in the bird experts from Walks with Hawks for owl encounters and hawk walks. Walk the Cotswold Way. And recover in the tap room at Stroud Brewery.
Take surf lessons from beginner to advanced and catch the perfect swell at The Wave in Bristol, an inland surfing experience complete with man-made waves. Think of an activity and you can probably do it at The Cotswold Water Park, including shooting, rally driving, birdwatching, wakeboarding, or just wandering the sculpture park.
Head back into history at Berkeley Castle and Gloucester Cathedral. Discover the honeyed beauty of The Cotswolds in tearoom and antique-rich villages such as Tetbury and Burford. Pop to Gloucester for the docks and Bath for the Roman Baths and abbey. Wrap up the day at Lily Gin’s in Cheltenham or Gifford’s Circus.
