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Animal Experiences - North East

  • Writer: Kelly
    Kelly
  • 1 hour ago
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Some of our most popular posts lately have been animal based posts, so I thought I would put together a handy Half Term Guide of animal experiences throughout Half Term.

I am thinking of keeping this post as a regular and just up date it seasonally. My next one will be for the Summer Holidays. Please note most of these attractions offer a lot more than just the experiences that I have listed.


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⭐Alpaca trekking with Pennine Lodge Alpacas (lick here to save now)  just £18 per person! We recently did this and it was Brilliant. You can read more about our experience HERE




⭐Valais sheep walks is absolutely one to do for the animal lover.

You can read our experience HERE and find booking details




⭐25th/30th Pond Dipping at WWT Washington

⭐26th/31st Minibeast hunt WWT Washington

⭐26th - Otter Spotting walk at Preston Park Museum ( Meet at the entrance to the museum at 10am) No booking needed and this is a free event

⭐29th Donkeys at The Green Howard Museum - Richmond

⭐ 30th-1st Crazy Creatures at Brockbushes Farm - Must book your place

⭐Potters world is a cheap and fun day out with lots of free flying birds

⭐Wetheriggs animal rescue will be open throughout half term

⭐Butterfly world Stockton is a fantastic value day out and you get to enjoy the butterflies. There's also some creepy crawlies, meerkats and birds




Hall Hill Farm

24th - 1st Highland Cow Experience - Feed and Stroke the gorgeous Calf's

25th - 27th Sheep shearing

Small animal handling

Meet the baby chicks

and lots more through out Half term.

Included with Admission


Credit : Hall Hill Farm
Credit : Hall Hill Farm


Tweddle farm

As well as the regular goings on you can also take part in Handling sessions and bottle feeding from 26th - 1st Included in admission


credit: Tweddle Farm
credit: Tweddle Farm


Whitehouse Farm Centre

Feed the animals including the lambs

Animal handling sessions

Critter encounters

Groom a pony or a goat

Bird of prey Meet & Greet

Goat Yoga ( although this one is not included in your admission)

There's so much more to enjoy too


credit: Whitehouse Farm
credit: Whitehouse Farm


Down at The Farm

Lamb Feeding

Meet The Chicks

Groom the Donkeys

Meet the small furries

Included in admission


Credit Down at the Farm
Credit Down at the Farm


Northumberland College Zoo (FKA : Kirkley Hall Zoo)

Meerkat experience

Lemur experience

Reptile experience

Squirrel Monkey experience

Half day zoo keeper experience

Extra charges for the experiences on top of your admission


Credit Northumberland College Zoo
Credit Northumberland College Zoo


Flamingo Land

Be a Zookeeper for the day

Experiences with Lemur, Giraffe, Penguin and Meerkat

I have heard that the sealion show is no longer going on due to upgrades in the house.

You can get a discount on entry by clicking HERE (ad)




Northumberland county zoo

Beekeeping experience

Zookeeper experience

Lemur experience

Bat experience

Otter experience

Small mammal experience

Extra charges for the experiences on top of your admission




Monk Park Farm

As part of there All creatures Great and Small event for Half Term you can become a vet for the day and give the Guinea pigs a check up, along with various other activities.

Guinea pig cuddling

Meet bugs & Crawlies

Included in admission





Adventure Valley

Petting and Encounters in the farm yard

Creature corner

In the animal barn you can meet the llamas, pigs, rabbits and more

Included in admission


Credit Adventure Valley
Credit Adventure Valley



Big Sheep Little Cow - Bedale

As part of the 'The Chicks are coming' event you can meet the chicks, feed the lambs, animal handling experience

Included in Admission




Piglets Adventure Farm

Meet the animals

Meet the chicks

Meet the goats

and snuggle with the guinea pigs

(lots more for half term going on)

included in admission


Credit Piglets adventure farm
Credit Piglets adventure farm



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