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With a fantastic mix of play areas, animals, museum exhibits and entertainment, there really is something for all ages to enjoy.

All weather family fun on your doorstep!

World of Country Life, the multi-award winning all weather day out for the whole family, celebrates it’s 40th year – so what has made the park so successful? With a fantastic mix of play areas, animals, museum exhibits and entertainment, there really is something for all ages to enjoy.

With a fantastic mix of play areas, animals, museum exhibits and entertainment, there really is something for all ages to enjoy. There are 3 undercover soft play areas, outdoor adventure playground with swings, slides, roundabouts, trampolines and an air bouncer.

But it is the animal that are the real stars of the show with the farm animal petting zoo, daily bottle feeding, small animal handling, goat walking and ferret racing activities as well as Hawkridge birds of prey flying displays and the famous Deer Train Safari – where else can you hand-feed red deer and llama?

With a fantastic mix of play areas, animals, museum exhibits and entertainment, there really is something for all ages to enjoy. The museum of family farming, vintage and classic vehicle collection and the Reg Imray motorcycling collection make this a unique full day out for all generations, whatever the weather.  To commemorate 40 years in tourism, a brand new piece of play equipment was added to the outdoor play area this year, it was unveiled by the former Mayor of Exmouth, Brian Cole. A competition was held so the public could choose the name….

With a fantastic mix of play areas, animals, museum exhibits and entertainment, there really is something for all ages to enjoy.

Standing 4 meters tall, HARRY the Harvester was conceptualised by Nigel Lee, the owner of World of Country Life, designed by local Exmouth designer Michael Greenland and built by local firm Culver Sawmills. Harry the Harvester has flashing lights, lots of buttons and fantastic sound effects. Park Manager James Turner said “it has taken a lot of skill and hard work during some really tough weather to construct such a large and complex piece of equipment, but seeing the kids clambering around enjoying themselves makes it all worthwhile. Harry the Harvester will stand pride of place for years to come.”

Themed Pirate days and Wild West Wednesday’s are just a few of the events planned for the six weeks of Summer. All this along with the farm-themed restaurant serving locally sourced, home-cooked proper meals.

Check out the website for further details and future events on www.worldofcountrylife.co.uk.

Westdown Lane, Sandy Bay, Exmouth, Devon EX8 5BY. Tel: 01395 274533

 This article is from The Exmouth Property Press (issue 83 July 2018). 

With a fantastic mix of play areas, animals, museum exhibits and entertainment, there really is something for all ages to enjoy.

 

Wet weather? Rain won’t stop play here.

Hey folks! It’s Angus again! It’s been a bit wet here, but we don’t let this wet weather hold us back. We are having so much fun in the park this holiday with lots of indoor and outdoor activities taking place we don’t care what the weather is doing.

Get out of the rain for some indoor fun and try the pirate ship. Jump aboard for adventures galore, complete with docks and prison… arrrgghh! Plus we’ve picnic tables for the grown-ups to enjoy a cuppa from the Tractor Takeaway while watching the kids run up and down the gang plank or digging around in the sand searching for hidden treasure!

Come and visit the cuddly bunnies, squealing guinea pigs, gerbils, skinny pig, pygmy hedgehogs, chirping finches and budgies in the animal nursery. Phew… there are so many to see and cuddle. And keep an eye out for the stick insects too… they are so, well…. Sticky 😉

Our indoor Exhibition Hall and Hall of Transport are the perfect place to step back in time. Rural life, nostalgia and memorabilia from times gone by are showcased in our museum along with farming technology from the Victorian to Modern eras. Take a trip down memory lane, or learn a thing or two about years gone by in our very own Victorian street. Pop into the dress shop, game keeper’s cottage, ironmongers, dairy and even the pub (just don’t leave Dad there!)

And for the little (and not so little) transport lovers, we’ve got the South West’s largest collections of massive steam engines, immaculate vintage cars & vehicles.  See if you can spot our celebrity vehicles which have appeared ITV’s Mr Selfridge, Downton Abbey and BBC’s Parade’s End.

Once you’ve done all of that, it’s back to the soft play. Little ones can bounce, slide and climb until their hearts content in my very own soft play area the Vintage Garage Soft Play. Perfect for under 7’s and with picnic benches for the grown ups to watch and enjoy a well-earned rest.

And for the under 12’s our all weather Fun Farm Frenzy complete with ball pool, drop slide, bouncy castle and even a table tennis table is all undercover!

And we’re not done yet! Get up close and personal with the larger animals in our Pet Centre – close enough to pet, feed and cuddle them! Perfect for the whole family whatever the weather.

And, if you’ve not met me yet, pop along to the undercover Barnyard theatre. At 2pm everyday and i’ll be there for some animal racing fun – International Total Wipeout Ferret Racing, such a laugh for kids and adults too.

And if you don’t mind a spot of rain on your head, of course there are all the other parts of the park too…. Take a look at our interactive map.

Happy Holidays, whatever the weather 😉

95 bus exmouth world of country life

The No 95 bus from Exmouth town / sea front to World of Country life is back, with a brand new look!

Hey guys, Angus here… I’ve been in the papers again! I was very pleased to have been invited to the launch of the no. 95 bus. It’s back again for the summer, but with a brand new look for 2018.

The open-top ‘Big Beach Bus’ hit the road earlier than normal this year to coincide with the opening of Devon Cliffs Holiday Park and the start of our main season too. The 95 route connects the Sandy Bay with us here at the World of Country Life and Littleham, Exmouth sea front and Exmouth town centre too.
The bus has been revamped with a fun, new look celebrating everything that is best about the beach, but retains the name the ‘Big Beach Bus’ as it was originally suggested by Littleham CofE Primary School children back in 2014.

To celebrate the launch of the new bus Littleham school children wrote poems about a trip aboard the bus. The winning poem was written by pupils in Year Four, ages 8 to 9, with two runner-up poems written by Taylor-Rose Anslow and Daniel Jeeves in Year Six. The poems will be displayed in the interior of the bus, providing customers with an entertaining read as they enjoy their journey to us at World of Country Life from Exmouth sea front / town.

Myself and some of the team joined the class who collaborated on the winning poem for the bus’ first trip of 2018. We were met at Sandy Bay by Stagecoach South West Managing Director Bob Dennison, the Mayor of Exmouth Brian Cole and some of the team from Devon Cliffs.

Here at the World of country Life, we know the 95 bus service is vital for a lot of families wanting to join us for the day, and this brand new look is just fabulous. What do you think?

 

If you need to plan your journey on the 95 Big Beach Bus to visit us, click here to view the timetable.

 

Here’s a photo of us all at the launch 😀

95 bus exmouth world of country life

Children and teachers from Littleham CofE Primary School with MD of Stagecoach SW Bob Dennison, Operations Director of Stagecoach SW Paul Clark, the Mayor and Mayoress of Exmouth and some of our team from the World of Country Life and Devon Cliffs.

Snow, babies and Mother’s Day

Hey folks, it’s Angus here; I can’t believe we’re into March already! Where has the time gone? It feels like only a few weeks ago we were celebrating Christmas (although all that snow did make me feel all Christmassy again!) I hope you all had fun playing in the snow and managed to keep safe. I did my rounds of the animals to make sure they were all safe, well and warm, and in particular I checked on all our new babies. I think they were excited by the snow, but we had to make sure they were kept warm – did you see the lambs and rabbits trying to snuggle up?

new babies snow world of country life

Spring is a great time of year for us, not only do we open our doors for the main season whoop whoop! (from Saturday 10th March), but we get lots of cute little babies being born. As you’ll have seen on our Facebook and Instagram pages, we’ve had lambs, calves, goats, joeys and hoglets to name a few. We know you love visiting them as much as we love looking after them. And not forgetting their Mum’s too, who have been doing a sterling job rearing them.

joey baby world of country life      baby goat world of country life

That reminds me, I best get going…. I need to get all the activities and crafting ready for this weekend. I can’t wait to welcome all the Mums and Grans along for free on Sunday (11 March).

See you then, Angus x

Ps. We’ve got some Mother’s day specials on in Farmer Lee’s Food Barn too! Yummm….

Halloween Half Term Fun

October Half Term Halloween Fun!

Hey hey, Angus the deer is here!!

Hi guys what a fun filled season we’ve had!!

There’s been pirates, cowboys, minions, super heroes and star wars characters!

Wild West Wednesday at World of Country Life, Exmouth, Devon Pirate Friday at World of Country Life, Exmouth, Devon

plus so much more!

So here we are fast approaching the end of 2017 season but before we go we have a Spooktacular week of October Half Term Halloween Fun planned!

October Half Term Halloween Fun
Mon 23rd  – Sun 29th

 

Halloween crafts & pumpkin carving (with free face painting on selected days!) and on Fri 27th, Sat 28th and Sun 29th our Spooky and very Kookie Halloween show Angus and the Witch!

Here’s a thought – why don’t you little goblins dust off your Halloween costumes and come in dressed up?!

One more thing before I go – due to its incredible popularity last year we are again holding our…

Visit Santa Victorian Christmas Experience

Visit Santa The Victorian Team at World of Country Life, Exmouth, Devon

You need to book online at www.worldofcountrylife.co.uk/visit-santa but be quick its filling up fast !! And you can save 20% if you are an annual pass holder too!

Looking forward to seeing you all over the half term week

Angus

Summer fun at World of Country Life, Exmouth

Father’s Day & Summer Update!

Hi all you ‘Appy Angus bloggers!

I hope you’re all making the most of the beautiful sunshine – SCORCHIO !!

Had a pirate-tastic half term week with pirate fun and games galore (shiver me timbers!) and we’ve just had a  WANGTASTIC Father’s Day with the famous Welly Wanging contest! Congratulations to Hayden from Exeter who won a bottle of bubbly and the coveted Welly Boot trophy with a giant wang of 29.7 metres !!

Now it’s time to get ready for 6 weeks of summer holiday family fun!! We’ve got  Minion Mondays, Wild West Wednesdays and Pirate Fridays  every week throughout the summer holidays. Head on over to our Events page for more details!

There’s loads happening on other days in the holidays including another visit from our friends the Southern Troopers – in for a Star Wars special day on Saturday 12th August!!

Plus, for the August Bank Holiday Weekend we’ve got Sports Day Saturday on 26th August (with loads of our unique Country Life games!), Super Hero Sunday on 27th August(get dressed and win a prize!) and finishing with Musical Minion Monday Madness on Monday 28th August completing the bank holiday weekend frivolities!!

Lots to be getting on with folks, keep following the website for details and come join in with the fun and games!

See you soon

Appy Angus