Wildwood Trust: Summer Fun at Wildwood

Summer Fun at Wildwood

Wednesday 25th July - Sunday 2nd September

Looking for the perfect family day out this summer? Put a smile on everyone's face with a trip to Wildwood. Come and see the new wolf cubs in their huge woodland enclosure, watch our rescued bears play fighting in their pool, explore our new reptile house and marvel at the mischievous new boar piglets. Grab a bite to eat at our cafe or bring a picnic as you let your kids run wild in our adventure play park with climbing walls, rope bridges, slides and scary drop slide PLUS we have over 50 species of native British animals from past and present in our 42 acre woodland and plenty of FREE activities to keep everyone entertained throughout the summer holidays!

FREE Activities and Crafts

Wolf Cub Release
Wildwood’s two wolves, Nuna & Odin, were recently made happy parents and have been nursing their 4 wolf cubs in the nursery enclosure. This week sees the last of the cub's inoculations and it is now safe to release them all into their large woodland home.

On Saturday the 28th July at 11.00am, one lucky winner will be chosen by lottery to open the enclosure gate and release the wolf pack! All visitors to the park who arrive by 10.30am will be given a raffle ticket. The winning ticket will be randomly picked at the front of the wolf platform at 11.00am. All other visitors are welcome to watch this once-in-a-lifetime event from the new wolf viewing platform.

Adopt our wolf pack here

Birds of Prey
Watch our native birds of prey swoop and soar in our daily flying show (weather permitting).

Meet the Animal
Your chance to meet one of our cuddly, friendly critters up close. Snakes, creepy crawlies, ferrets, bats, dormice, harvest mice, water voles and water shrews will all be appearing regularly at one of our daily sessions.

Daily Talks
Find out more about the history and behaviour of our wild boar, fallow deer, wallabies, otters and ravens with engaging daily talks by our team.

11.00am - Wild Boar
12.00pm - Fallow Deer
1.00pm - Wallaby
2.00pm - Otter
3.00pm - Raven

Touchtables
Get close to nature and interact with antlers, skulls, furs and other tactile animal artifacts at our touchtables.

Mask Making
Animals have amazing faces, structured to help them thrive in the wild. Find out how they work by crafting your own animal mask.

How Do You Feed a Zoo?
Wildwood has over 200 animals, all with different nutritional needs. Discover what food our animals eat and how we manage to keep them physically healthy.

Zoo Enrichment
Some animals can get bored and need stimulation. Learn how we provide them with enrichment to keep them mentally healthy.

Face Painting
Get your own little animal looking good with our kids face painting sessions.

Bushcraft & Nature Walks
Join our very own bushcraft expert Steve Kirk and learn all about the natural world.

Summer Trails
Over the summer period, we’ll be having engaging and educational trails which take you all over the park. Don’t forget to put completed trails in our prize draw bucket for the chance to win gift vouchers.

Medieval Weekend - 28th/29th July
Our friends at the Regia Anglorum are hosting a medieval weekend on Saturday 28th July and Sunday 29th July. See how our ancestors lived and battled in the authentic surroundings of Wychurst Village. Entry to the village will be £1 (over 16s) for all of Wildwood's paying visitors or members, and can be accessed through the gate by the exit of the bear bridge.

All day: Living history, crafts and a working Saxon smithy.
10:30am - 11:00am: Site opens
11:00am - 12:00pm: Archery / Warriors at training
13:00pm - 14:00pm: Lunch
14:00pm - 14:30pm: Arming of the warrior
15:00pm - 15:30pm: Battle
16:00pm - Site closes

* For a list of daily activities and times, please see the notice board by the activities centre or ask at the admissions building.

We've also teamed up with our friends at bOing! to offer a special discount for Wildwood visitors. Just click on the image above for more information.

Wildwood Trust, Herne Common, Herne Bay, Nr Canterbury, Kent CT6 7LQ

Registered Charity No. 1093702

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ABOUT WILDWOOD

Wildwood Trust opened in 1999 as a centre of excellence for the conservation of British wildlife, and was established as a registered charity in 2002. Wildwood is Kent's best British wildlife park. Home to over 200 native animals, past and present and set in 40 acres of beautiful ancient woodland where visitors can see bears, wolves, bison, deer, owls, foxes, red squirrels, wild boar, lynx, wild horses, badgers and beavers plus many more. As one of the leading British animal conservation charities in the UK, Wildwood Trust is dedicated to saving Britain's most threatened wildlife. Wildwood Trust have taken part in many ground-breaking conservation programmes to date, which include, saving the water vole, using wild horses to help restore Kent's most precious nature reserves, bringing the extinct European beaver back to Britain and returning the hazel dormouse & red squirrel to areas where they have been made extinct.