Days out in Devon: Bicton Park

For Easter Sunday we spent the whole day at Bicton Park in East Devon (www.bictongardens.co.uk)

We have an annual ticket for the whole family which costs £45. Family day entry is £24.95 (under 3's free), so if you're going more than once then it is worth getting the membership. The membership also lets you in to Morwellham Quay near Tavistock. Bicton is open all year round.

There is a lovely train ride around the park which lasts approx 25 mins. It's a great way to see the gardens and is a must for small children. It costs £1.50 per person.

 We spent a good 5 hours at Bicton today, despite having been there many times before. This is a long time to spent out for us with 3 children under the age of 5, so gives you an idea of how popular it was! There are 2 outdoor playgrounds, some little cottages to play in, as well as an indoor play centre. During the weekends and holidays there is a bouncy castle inside the play centre and that was particularly popular with our eldest child.

 There is a cafe / restaurant which serves a variety of meals at average prices. There are picnic areas but they are all outdoors, so we chose to get something from the cafe today. Thankfully it was beautiful sunshine, but sadly still only highs of 6 degrees!

 

As part of the Easter activities Bicton had provided us with a treasure hunt and so we got explore the park grounds looking for numbered Easter bunnies. This provided plenty of entertainment as it took us to corners of the park that we hadn't been to before. We were given little bags of mini eggs on our way in so we dished those out to the children once the treasure hunt was completed.

I'd definitely recommend Bicton to families living in or visiting Devon, and I'm sure we'll be back there again during this Easter break. Thanks for reading...