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Tweddle Children's Animal Farm (County Durham)

Description: Address: Fillpoke Lane / Blackhall Colliery / TS27 4BT / England / Spend an afternoon at the farm and let your kids ... more

Tweddle Children's Animal Farm (County Durham) ... have fun with the animals.

Newest Review: ... I felt the first stirring of uneasiness about the ethics of these places and wondering about the welfare of the animals. It seemed to be a very small place for two otters to live happily, albeit small otters. Behind these, in a high cage out of close contact, was the Lemur cage. These are stunningly beautiful creatures, I would have liked to have gotten a little bit closer to them, but I'm ... more

... sure there are probably good reasons why they were placed at a bit of a distance, maybe it was considered too stressful for them, or maybe they bite. To our right were a group of meerkats, lovely to see them, but again, these are not particularly endanger...more

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Tweddle Children's Animal Farm (County Durham): Tweddle Twiddle Twaddle (1884 words)
by - written on 25/06/09 (Very useful, 302 readings)
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A couple of weekends ago I went to Tweddle Children's Animal Farm with my husband and daughter. Tweddle had been recommended to us as a fun day out for little ones and it didn't sound too pricey, so as it was nice sunny Saturday, we packed up a picnic and off we went. The farm is near Blackhall Colliery, Hartlepool. I had thought it would be well signposted as we had seen those brown tourist signs for it around, but as we got closer the signs disappeared and we had to do a quick U-turn at one point as we passed the long country road that leads to the entrance, might just have been us though, wouldn't be the first time we'd taken a wrong ... Read the complete review

Would not travel far to it as there are better in County Dur ... (184 words)
by - written on 07/04/09 (Useful, 200 readings)
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Tweddle Farm is situated in Blackhall Colliery which in between Hartlepoll and Peterlee. It is open 7 days a week between March and October, 10am-5pm and 7 days between November and February, 10am-4pm. Ticket prices are: Adults-£4.50 Children (2-6 years)- £3.50 Family (2 adults and 2 children) - £14 Children under 2 go free. The farm is not the largest in the area but it is cheap and if you live locally it is a good day out and easy to get to. There are a wide varity of animals to see and a rabbit barn where you can pet the animals. Indoor area is available and there is also a tea room and gift ... Read the complete review

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