Wow. This is a great place. Really good value for money and well worth it…read more Firstly bit of a drive for Manchester but on a sunny day it's a lovely drive. It doesn't look much from the initially exterior but when you get in there immediately you see animals walking and flying around. It has a feel of a zoo, Safari park without the car and Jurassic park of course without the dinasours. We fed the giraffes. Saw the rhinos wandering around. Watched the tiger jump to the top of tree for food. Cuddled a penguin. Stroked an ostrich. Gazed at the great lion that was only a metre away. Through the glass of course. Saw a snow leopard rubbing itself up the fence like a playful pussy. There is a typical food place but you can take your own picnic in and there is indoor and outdoor places to eat. The monkeys are hilarious and very entertaining. And the indoor vulture pen is amazing. It is a great day out. Cheap too compared to other zoos. Only £30 for three of us. The staff are very friendly and knowledgeable. I would highly recommend it. I left a tip too!! X

The zoo was great and the kids loved it....weather was good so it helped the overall atmosphere and…read moreexperience

the park is closed throughout January. it opens at weekends in February, then all week at half-term…read moreand weekends through until Easter when the times shown above come into force. Huge Indoor Play -frame with separate toddlers area. Hands on petting Being an animal keeper for the day costs extra Adults/Kids pedal Karts Trampolines (weather permitting) Farm Trail Coin operated driving school. Meet Dilly the Duck Enjoy a pint at Dilly's Bar. Home cooked food at Daffy's Diner Barrel train ride the website is very good, and worth checking for clear directions on how to get there. http://www.duckysparkfarm.co.uk . they have a club which allows cheap entry (£1) on a regular basis. otherwise Adults are £5.50 and children £4.50.

great place to visit if you have children and are close by…read more they have a good selection of farms animals which you can feed, you can by animal feed when you enter, its less an £1 a bag. they also have an indoor play area with seperate todler section, a cafe offering a variety of foods and a gift shop. the also have coin operated bikes/cars, pedal go karts, horse/pony rides. they also had an old tractor which my lad loved sitting on and an old double decker bus for you to picnic in on a wet day, although most children we more interested in pretending to drive it. entry is Adults £4.75 Children £3.75 or a Family ticket ( 2 adults 2 kids) is £15.00. under 1's are free. u can also book a birthday party at duckys

OMG, OMG, OMG, OMG, OMG, OMG!!!! I don't know how much squeeee I can put into a review. This was…read morejust so much fun. I'm not a city girl by any means, but I'm also not a country girl. Yeah, I've been around animals a lot, but not those of the barnyard variety, so I am oh so terribly fond of Sheep, Goats, Ponies, Donkeys and the like. My Scotsman knows this and so he took me to the Mabie Farm Park. Think Petting zoo, but to the extreme. When you pay your small entry fee under $10, you walk the path, past a trio or was it a quad of adorable animals begging for food, so you feed them. The buck toothed alpaca is just adorable, you don't want to give them everything, so you meander inward, over the cobblestone bridge and into the interactive play area. There are bunnies, ferrets and other wee fuzzy bits that are elligible to be petted and talked about. There's a sign that tells you what times the demos are. Next are the big piggies, who snore loudly and are just as you think of pigs.. They're not in any hurry to move about for you. It was a hot Scottish summer day when I visited, so I don't blame them. From there, its into the Goat and sheep pen with a few calves peppered in for extra cuteness. There was so much squee in the barns I really had a hard time processing it. There were go-karts, a swing pit with hay to land into. Some various quarter style rides. Then the back fields held larger animals who either were bullies in their pens (That one white mule) or just insanely full of adorbe. The mule rides were very popular. Besides the animals, there are a bouncy house, jump pads (the floor of a bouncy house), two different ground slides, one which you ride a little wooden scooter down, swing sets, big wheels to ride, paddle boats, though the pond is a bit low. I KNOW I'm missing something, I just know it. Lets just say, take your kids there, take anyone there who's young at heart. it's totally worth the spend.

More of a childrens playground than a farm. There were certainly farm animals there, goats, sheep,…read morehorses and donkeys. But most of the entertainment came from the bouncy castles, the huge slides where the children sat on little plastic trays to slide down the hill. There were also donkeys separate from the others doing donkey rides. It rained the day we went so we avoided the dirt buggies, but other people were using them and they certainly lived up to the dirt name. A good day out for everyone, and definitely worth the money.

Very fun and good for young kids I'm 14 and still enjoy it till this day and it is very cheapread more

Situated in what appeared to me to be the deserted old fishing town of Maryport (I swear we did not…read moresee a soul on the streets as we drove down to the attraction!) this is quite a small family attraction which kept a group of twenty-somethings entertained for about an hour and a half. Not bad going for the fairly inexpensive entry fee. I do like aquaria, and this one proved to be great fun with the staff very friendly, knowledgeable and entertaining and the exhibits very accessible to adults and the little people (me and children). I loved the ray pool, where feedings, talks and demonstrations are held regularly, and the fish are really friendly and love to be stroked. The cafe was a pleasant enough experience, and good value, though the menu was nothing remarkable, however checking out their website, they now serve thai foodrandomly!

The Kielder Water Bird of Prey Centre is a small centre compared to some I've been too, but you…read morecan't argue with the passion and expertise of the people who run it. Despite the small ground area there's a large collection of birds - 60 birds and 28 species. You can wander round and look at all the birds - there are always staff around who are happy to answer your questions. But the highlight of any visit has to be the flying displays which they do three times a day - weather permitting. The flying display really gets the audience involved so not only do the birds fly really low over your head, but you get a chance to hold some of them on your arm, I went on a very rainy day in July, but they still did the flying display and because the total number in the audience was four, I got more than my fair share of bird contact. Well worth a visit if you're in the area.

Extremely nice staff that go the extra mile to make it a special day for you. You could spend half…read morean hour or 4 hours in this place. You can get really close to the animals without touching them which makes it more immersive. When I went it was also very quiet so it felt very personal. The outside is very good and they actually have a lot to offer in the gift shop and cafe. My only issues were the costs. It cost nearly £20 for 2 of us to go round and you could do it in half an hour tops. Plus the food prices seem extortionate.