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Season (24 Jan 2024 - 5 Jan 2025) | ||
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Monday - Sunday | 10:00 | - 16:00 |
Celebrate Gruffalo's 25th birthday on a brand new forest adventure
Haldon Forest Park's interactive family trail features all sorts of party-themed activities and games, along with fun facts to teach you about life in the forest for the Gruffalo and other creatures.
Follow the trail around Haldon Forest Park to help find the missing party items to give the Gruffalo a birthday to remember. Search for balloons, pine cones, apples and the Gruffalo himself, and complete fun activities and rubbings as you go along.
Get the party started with a Gruffalo Party Trail pack
Pick up your pack for just £4 from the Info Pod, packed with fun things to do on your party adventure.
Inside you'll find a kraft bag to colour in, a party headband to wear, a party trail activity leaflet, stickers, pencil and crayon, and a keepsake sew-on Gruffalo Party patch
Share your party fun using the #GruffaloTrail hashtag.
Activity packs are available to purchase from the Info Pod for £4.
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Travelling by car turn off the A38 at Exeter Racecourse and follow the signs for Haldon Forest Park. If using sat nav, our post code will take you to the Forestry England offices, not the Forest Park. Please follow the road signs to the main entrance.
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The forest park is not served directly by local buses. Some services stop within walking distance but the walk is mostly on the highway as there are no footpaths.
Country Bus 360 stops close to Haldon Belvedere. The stop is approx. 0.25 mile from our walking trail network. The forest park facilities are a 1 mile walk along the Raptor and Discovery trails.
Stagecoach Bus 39 and X38 stop at Exeter Racecourse (1 mile away). The return stop is at Winning Post Service Station.
Stagecoach Bus 7 stops at the Haldon Grill on the A380 (2.5 miles away).
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