South West England

Dartmoor Zoological Park - Real home of We Bought a Zoo

I first heard about Dartmoor Zoological Park through the film â€œWe Bought a Zooâ€. Whilst the Hollywood version of the film was very different from the true story (although still very good), it was the Book: We Bought a Zoo by Benjamin Mee that made me want to visit Dartmoor Zoo. I visited the zoo as a normal paying customer, but I must confess that because of the book I had become a fan of the zoo long before I actually visited it.

Flambards Theme Park, Museum and Science Centre

We visited Flambards Theme park earlier this year whilst on holiday at St Ives Cornwall. As well as being a usual theme park with funfair rides Flambards is educational with a large exhibition, museum and a hands-on science centre. Funfair ...

Pendennis Castle, Falmouth Cornwall

We visited Pendennis Castle whilst staying at John Fowler's in St Ives. It was a wet day and whilst castles don't normally come on the top of the list for rainy days it looked as though Pendennis castle had a ...

Eden project in Cornwall

We visited the Eden Project on a very wet day during the summer holiday. It seamed like lots of other people had the same idea as it was really busy. The car park is a good distance from the main ...

Holiday at John Fowler Holiday Park, St Ives Cornwall

We have stayed at a different John Fowler site previously (John Fowler holiday at Ilfracombe) and found it to have good kids entertainment and was good value for money. We therefore booked at the John Fowler holiday park in St ...

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