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Conkers |
| Date: |
05/07/01 (366 review reads) |
| Rating: |
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Advantages: Lots to do , Good facilities
Disadvantages: A little expensive on the daily rate., slow service in the restaurant
Let the kids (and adults) go Bonkers at this lovely, newly extended and refurbed visitor attraction. On walking into the new area you are greated by a large area with a tree growing out of the ground on a see through floor, under the floor you can see the roots of the tree in really fine detail, something that you wouldn't usually see of course.
Going through into the exhibition area there are hundreds of buttons to press, binoculars to look through and simple quizzes to complete. All with an educational slant to them learning about nature and the life of a woodland area, the life of a tree, what happens at nightime etc..
There is a cafeteria in this area selling full three course meals to light snacks and cakes, the service in the restaurant is a little slow.
Outside of this area there is a large assault course/adventure play area. Something for the older kids.
Then board the train which will take you through to the old side of the park. In this area there is the most fabulous large play area for children ideally suited to 2 to 13 year olds. The apparatus is very much in keeping with the environmment with a rustic kind of feel and the area is very safety concious with barking on the floor and a fence all around. Adults are encouraged to use the equipment with their children too.
Inside in this area is another licensed restaurant, and an amphitheatre where several concerts are held each year ranging from Jazz to Brass bands playing.
There is a lovely decking area that goes out over a lake that houses chairs and tables to sit and have a leisurely cuppa!
There are several walks to take through the woodland area's and some craft workshops.
Conkers have a timetable of events that they offer throughout the year that range from concerts to woodland walks for the kids to collect plants etc. and craft workshops especially for the young members to be involved in. They do most of these in school holidays. <
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All in all Conkers offers a lovely family afternoon or morning out. They offer annual passes for anyone living in the national forest @ £24 within the local area for a family of four and £40 for the wider area. If you live out of the national forest completely then a family ticket will cost £12.95 for 2 adults and 3 children. Other individual prices are available.
There is ample car parking, baby changing facilities and disabled facilities. Lots of places to buy ice cream and some really lovely shops selling quality products.
There are lots of brown signs which will enable you to find the place very easily as it is situated in quite a remote part of Leicestershire.
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