What we did notice walking down towards the adventure world was how large it was, having been to farms with adventure areas before I could tell straight away this one had got a lot more going on. I was also pleasantly surprised that although we were visiting at an extremely popular  time, we didn't have to queue to get in. We headed straight to one of the many play areas as both toddler and baby needed to stretch their legs and a play in the sand pit went down like a treat. Next my son spotted the big tractor ride so off we went for our tractor safari trip round the farm! Happy toddler, slightly baffled baby and an entertained nanny by all the facts and history of the area that the tractor driver told us on our way round. 

 

 

The puppet show was going to be our next stop but baby decided it was time for food so we found a bench instead and sat down for our picnic (and a couple of hot dogs from a stand close by as we couldn't resist the smell!). I did notice there was a large family restaurant where we could have had a hot meal but for once I was actually prepared! Whilst munching away we saw the Easter bunny heading past us with a long trail of excited children behind him on their hunt, and whilst it looked fun we decided that our little tribe was probably a bit too little to really grasp it, and to be honest there are so many things to do here you really can pick and chose exactly what you want for the age of your children. So we headed down to see some farm animals and my son enjoyed pointing out all the animals he can now name and the baby well she just thought they were all hilarious, especially the llamas!

 

 

 

 

Next stop was the JCB digger track, what I was impressed with here is that they had 3 different sized diggers for all ages to play on so my 2 year old was chuffed to be able to join in on something with all the big kids too. 

 

 

 

By this point, we were a couple hours into our day and still hadn't visited even half of the places to see, so this really is a place to go for the whole day, in fact I don't think you could cover it all in one day even if you tried! There was a fab fun fair with a huge bouncy slide which my son (and husband) loved, a couple of super playgrounds, different animal attractions such as a sheep grand national and guinea pig village, plus a few places that I thought would be fab to come back to when the children are older such as laser combat, assault courses and areas to get hands on with the wildlife. And all of this still hasn't covered everything going on. I must admit when I saw the prices at the entrance I did think it was a bit steep for a farm but I very quickly changed my mind, this place is up there with the big theme parks but the difference being you also feel like you've visited the country side and done something educational with the kids too, and so that means it's not just the kids that are happy but the parents (and nanny) too! 

 

 

If this review has tempted you to go an explore Hatton, there is still time to take advantage of some special offers and you can get your tickets here. We are sure that everyone will love it as much as we have and the weather forecast doesn't look too bad either! Have fun!

 

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