When children grow out of Peppa Pig World, visiting Paultons Park seems to get forgotten, but it’s a great day out whatever your age.
Paultons Park is located in Ower Hampshire, on the edge of the New Forest National Park. Travelling by car, you can find clearly signed Paultons Park directions from Junction 2 of the M27. When you arrive at Paultons Park, you are able to park for free for the duration of your visit. The postcode for your satnav is S051 6AL.
If you’re looking to make a short break, there is a Travelodge near Paultons Park, just 7 miles away in Lyndhurst. Alternatively there are plenty of pubs near Paultons Park if you’re looking to refuel and rest before your drive home.
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If you can, I would suggest visiting Paultons Park during the week and in term time. Weekend visits are always so much busier and you can find yourself queuing for rides more than actually riding them.
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If the weather forecast looks a bit dodgy at home, I would still pack for every eventuality. Pack sun cream, and light jackets. Oh and don’t forget the swimming costumes and towels for the kids to play in the splash park on a nice day.
Paultons Park opening times are 10am – 5pm. I recommend arriving just after park opening and you should manage to secure a parking spot quite close to the entrance. Peppa Pig World is always the biggest attraction within the park, and if you’re arriving at opening time, I would suggest going there first.
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The two newest rides, The Queen’s Flying Coach Ride and Grampy Rabbit’s Sailing Club are conveniently placed next to each other at the back of Peppa Pig World and I think the extra placement has been done well. I would suggest queueing for these first as most people naturally begin with the rides nearest them.
The monorail ride around the new section of Peppa Pig World is a great way to see the park from above. It’s a gentle slow ride, and one that allows you to take in the view that Peppa Pig World has to offer.
Grampy Rabbit’s Sailing Club is a fun boat ride that gently spins you around and a must do ride in Peppa Pig World
All of the Peppa Pig World rides and attractions probably takes until lunch time. The queues can be light during the week outside of school holidays.
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New to me at the side of Peppa Pig World is Little Africa, a small area near the water mill where you can see meerkats, birds and other African based creatures. The meerkats were amazing and really loved the attention we were giving them.
Also in Peppa Pig World area are the penguins. They are fed twice a day and we spotted their lunch time feeding session. They are also quite active in the water during the day and we noticed that as we popped back to an almost empty viewing area later, we got some amazing views of the penguins.
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It was time to stop for some lunch after leaving Peppa Pig World. There are quite a lot of food outlets available at Peppa Pig World, however they are open seasonally, so you may have to venture a little further out to find a kiosk that’s open depending on when you visit.
Hot dog and fries seems to be the go to hot food meal at Paultons Park. Alternatively the kids pick and mix cold lunch bag. The kids lunch bag was actually really good value as you can choose five items from the chiller plus a piece of fruit. This was under £5 and can leave snacks for the rest of the day.
The fast food options were tasty, slightly expensive but what you would expect for theme park prices. It filled us up and gave us the fuel to carry on exploring Paultons Park for the rest of the afternoon.
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As we wandered around to Critter Creek, we stopped off for a ride on the carousel and then the viking boats. Some of the rides looked as though they were closed but actually there was just no-one on them and as soon as we walked up we were allowed onto the ride.
In Critter Creek we rode the small train and the Cat-o-pillar coaster.
Also in Critter Creek you can wander through and see the fish and other creatures. It’s really a treat to wander around the park without having to jostle for views at the front.
Lost Kingdom at Paultons Park is a relatively new addition to the park, opening in Spring 2016. It is also new since we last visited and we were treated to a viewing of the alive dinosaur experience. We had managed to time our day amazingly to be able to see the characters and attractions.
Inside the Lost Kingdom you will spot Dino Chase, Boulder Dash and also the Dinosaur Tour.
We could have spent hours on the other side of the park on Seal Falls and Digger rides but we decided we needed to pop back to Peppa Pig World as we neared the end of the day to ride the Trekking Tractors.
One more ride of choice in Peppa Pig World which turned out to be Miss Rabbit’s helicopters and then it was time to go home. We had spent an amazing day at Paultons Park, we were all tired now as we had packed so much in.
What a great day and I can’t wait to go back again.
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I miss being able to visit theme parks before the kids started school, they get so busy in the school holidays. The Peppa Pig rides sounds brilliant, my two would love them. I hope your grandson had a lovely day x