Bicton Park Botanical Gardens

Bicton Park Botanical Gardens, is a great visit, be it for an hour or 2 on a rainy miserable day or a whole day out on a nice day. You arrive at the park near Sidmouth near Devon, there is plenty of parking spaces, and if you need to drop a member of your party of at the entrance you are able to do that, and they also have disabled parking, as well as overflow parking. The park is well sign , and easy to find. You pass the entrance desk (which does have some pushchairs and wheelchairs for use) and you arrive directly into the gift shop, it sells a vast range of gifts, from toys, books, precious stones, hand made items and so on, though be prepared ...  Read the complete review

The other week we were on holiday in Devon, the weather was mostly horrible and having a 3 year old who hates being stuck indoors we knew we would have to find something interesting to do even if it meant we would would get wet! I did a search on the internet and over and over I was finding that people were recommending Bicton Park which I had heard of but had always thought of it as somewhere for older people not young families! ==Bicton Park== When we got to the park we found a very large carpark, there is a designated area for disabled people and an overflow carpark. There was a path leading to the main entrance which was ...  Read the complete review

Bicton Park is situated in East Devon, close to Budleigh Salterton, in the Otter Valley. Readers of some of my previous reviews will know that I'm keen on quieter (not too rowdy!) days out, and this seemed like an ideal outing. This sunny weekend just gone, we decided to take a picnic and explore the gardens. On arrival there was plenty of free parking, admission to the park is £5.95 for children and concessions, and £6.95 for adults. This seems to be good value compared with other local attractions. I'm happy to tell you that Bicton are currently accepting Tesco Deals vouchers, meaning that this was another bargain day out for us! When you have ...  Read the complete review