WILDWOOD TRUST Review

Love this place, great for any time of the year, lot's of space and really cool animals, plus the children love the park at the end.

Excellent place for a great day out, lots of animals to see in a lovely woodland environment.

If you love seeing different types of animals in natural environments, then Wildwood is the place for you.
You must go and see the Elk, such a magnificent creature and the 2 new bear cubs are definitely people pleasers.
The play park is great for the younger visitors to burn off that last bit of energy!
Ive seen reviews regarding covid and social distancing on here, I believe the park has done all it can from its side to stay within the regulations and to promote a safe visit, but they can't 'mother' all the visitors, they are grown ups responsible for their own actions
We joined as members after our first visit and will be going back very soon
Keep up the great work Wildwood

One of my favourite places to go. The enclosure are well made and you get good views of the animals that look happy. Also the only zoo i been to that have really big bears

Fantastic day out with the kids. Lots of animals especially the new black bears. Great playground for the younger ones.

A great day out for the whole family. Reasonably priced entry. Lots to see. Basic cafe. Paths can get quite muddy so sensible footwear is advised.

Really upsetting to see the lynx and the wolf so stressed. Constantly pacing backwards and forwards. The lynx enclosure seemed far to small. The wolf was kept alone thought they lived in packs? Even saw a red squirrel pacing. Half the enclosures were empty most of the animals looked depressed. Cafe run by kids who didn't know what they were doing and the food was tolerable at best. Defiantly somewhere I would not visit again

Good day out with the kids, plus an awesome dropslide!

Set up with the animals in mind not the visitors which was great. Walked round three times , a most enjoyable day

We went to see the rescued Eurasian Brown Bear's for a VIP experience which we were impressed with. The bears are well looked after and food is distributed around the enclosure to stimulate the bears. This was a 5 star experience.

Walking around the rest of the park however I found some of the enclosures too small. There was a beautiful large black crow near the exit in a cage which was too small with no space for it to really spread out and fly any significant distance. I think this needs to be looked at and made the experience less enjoyable.

My girlfriend and I visited wildwood a year ago..and it was terrible. Looking into enclosures we highly doubted there even any animals in some of them. There were lots of enclosure with signs saying "under maintenance" and an otter More

The play park is amazing for kids. The animals are happy and well cared for. The staff are friendly and very knowledgeable.

Had a great day. Very well organised with covid restrictions in place. Loved seeing the baby bear cubs they recently rescued.

Great animals in natural surroundings fantastic day out

I love this place it's one of my favourite animal parks the enclosures look and feel wild and gives the animals the ability to act natural and to get away from people when it gets loud.

Basically a walk through the woods. Most animals could not be seen and kids were quite disappointed

Love this place! Great place to visit with the children.

Magical place, sadly on one of my most recent visits my favourite animal at the park Mischa the wolf had passed away, look forward to seeing the new pack next year! there is always something happening or opening and the whole place has a nice charm with dedicated staff.

Overall an enjoyable visit, we saw nearly all of the animals, and the staff we very friendly, helpful and knowledgeable about the animals. I felt some enclosures would have benefitted from being larger, but the information and signage was excellent. The cafe area and gift shop and picnic area could do with better landscaping and a spruce up.

Virtually all the enclosures were empty, the overall impression was quite depressing and filthy. The pathways were very muddy with areas of broken and degrading tarmac, much like the potholed car park. The facilities too left much to ge More

Lovely family animal park. Also feels comfortable to walk around on your own. Animals all British or European . All animals very well looked after. Excellent conservation programmes. Lovely helpful staff. Brilliant adventure playground for all ages & sizes !

Went to wildwood today having booked a slot. However I was shocked ! ....so many people in there! Car park packed ! On going in we showed our conformation of booking and were counted in. However in there no way could anyone social distance ! As a member I was so shocked as it was the busiest i have ever seen ! So unsafe so wrong. I get it that wildwood need to have visitors and members to keep paying to support the work they do. I get it that the income keeps it going. However if we all catch Covid virus and die there will be no wildwood ! Humans are important too ! Shame on you wildwood! So sad! We will be cancelling our standing order ! Rant over !

Beautiful wildlife park with several playgrounds to also keep kids busy.definitely worth spending a few hours there.

Set in natural habitat to animals, plenty to see, wheelchair accessible. Cafe always packed.

Perfect, as always. Love that we have a season pass. You feel safe and the one way means all the animals are on show (or hiding in the weather!)

A lovely day out, the bear talk was really interesting

Brilliant place to take children and grandchildren to plenty of wildlife to see good play area for the children and a good cafe for hot food and drinks

Tons of animals to see, a great day out. Fantastic for couples.

Great place had a brilliant day here with the family. Lots to see. Not to expensive get money off voucher on flyer. Most animals seemed relaxed and ok but sadly some were walking up and down . Nice to see animals up close but felt for the birds. Cafe open for hot and drinks. coffee even Also have a good Park for the kids to let off some steam. Good day out.

Not a huge selection of animals but a decent enough day out.

Fantastic day. My son loved it. The animals seem to have loads of space compared to other zoos in the area and this is reflected by the fact the animals seem happy.

Lovely place to take the Grandchildren. Big Playground. lots of tables so you can take you own food for a picnic. Animals are a bit temperamental to be seen but you can keep going back as you can get a yearly pass.

Amazing place recommended to all families and friends and adults

if you want to see animals as natural as can be then this is the place for you but don't complain if you cant see them. Bears are a lovely addition too.

Great place to take the family. All sorts to see and do. The bears are great and it's good to see British and European species being preserved and protected. Good children's play area too.

This animal park is set in a habitat that's as close to natural as possible, the animals are very well cared for in a healthy clean and safe environment.

A great organisation doing important conservation work and a great family friendly day out.

Great for families with young children, always garunteed to see wildlife & the play park is fab . Good for education and preserving UK wildlife. .....then there's the wolves and the bears!!! (Coffee's quite good too)

Great experience for the kids - the animals are fantastic. A hidden gem

Family membership for four was only seven pounds a month. Lots to see and do.

Bears are the highlight. Kids love the playground at the end too. Family memebership is reasonable if you go regularly enough.

Great day out, so much too see and the animals are so awesome, will definitely be going back

Easy four stars, great place showcasing British and European animals in a very natural feeling woodland setting.

I really had fun at wildwoods so many animals to take pictures.

Wonderful place, whenever I go there I go straight to see the turtles and then the adders. There is an amazing play area too.

Always a lovely day out, love the bears and the stag.

Really affordable. Good quality enclosure. Well looked after animals. Shop affordable but limited indoor seating for meals.

Annual membership deal is great value, went again over Christmas with 7 kids, had a fun, if a tad cold, afternoon.

This is a wonderful place for the family. The keepers are all very knowledgeable and happy to answer even the strangest questions. They do invaluable work for british wildlife, have a fantastic collection of obviously well looked after animals in well thought out enclosures FOR THE ANIMALS. None of the animals are exploited, just lovely. We've been going for a few years now and have no plans to stop any time soon. A HUGE family favourite!

An admirable concern to fit the set-up to the animals' needs and to rewilding the environment. Also, we got to feed the bears.

Wonderful of hours with daughter. Lucky enough to to see the bears cubs

I always love coming here such an amazing place to visit

This is one of the most original and interesting animal setting I've visited ever. Staff are amazing even through this Covid challenging times.

Could quite easily spend the whole day here. All of the animals seem well cared for, apart from one or two who look stressed but it could be mating behaviour according to the signs on display. Would highly recommend it for a couple or a small family. We've been twice now at 2 and 3pm until it closed at 6pm. I'd recommend getting there a bit earlier so you can catch all the feeds and animal talks.
Only areas that I think need improving is there are some exhibits not on the sign posts and the map may be slightly out of sync where the bees are kept

First time going today took my daughter to see Santa that part of the team was amazing couldn t fault them at all. Very helpful as my mum was in a wheelchair. We went over to the cafe and I was discrased with what I walked into, we asked if the sausage rolls was hot as they didn t look it and the women turned around and said to my mum well yeah they are hot as you can see there on a hot plate also heard her discuss how she s been working like a pig. Her customer service skills is terrible. The food wasn t edible at all looked as thought they had been there for over a week. And price they charge for the sausage rolls and cheese and onion potato pasties is terrible I wouldn t even feed that food to my dogs for scraps.

My wife arranged for the wolf experience where we were able to get up close and also feed them. It was amazing. Our keepers, Maggie and a young man (sorry we can"t remember his name), were so informative and were happy to answer all our questions. Their enthusiasm was captivating. The whole place was great and we would recommend a visit.

Beautifully kept forest. Animals well cared for. Prices good, well managed daytrip place.

Really good staff and experts. Animals well looked after and great cages. Its a shame to see so much money clearly go into the play area when I'm sure it could be used elsewhere.

Had a very enjoyable day yesterday. It was wonderful to see the rescued bears in their large enclosure which had everything they could want. I would say though that it was sad to see the lone wolf pacing up and down all the time and we thought the enclosure for the Lynx was quite small for them.

On arrival at the park, it didn't look like it was up to much but we attended a couple of the talks which were really informative and as we wandered round we were more impressed. There are lots of animals there despite the park not seeming More

It was a 3 hour drive each way to visit Wildwood from our home near Portsmouth, but well worth it. The Bears were the highlight for me, but all of the other animals and the park itself also made for a brilliant day. Lovely woods with paths and trails taking you past Wolves, Linx, Beavers and loads of others. The paths are just good enough for wheelchairs and baby buggies but you could struggle on a few patches. Nice cafe restaurant, reasonable prices for a theme park, and friendly helpful staff. Even though it was six hours of a journey I will be back 1 day. Great place, loved it.

Lovely day out with an interesting variety of animals, different to your typical zoo and plenty of well written interpretation panels. We particularly enjoyed seeing the bison, elk and brown bears and the kids loved the high rope bridge across the bear enclosure. As with all these places there is unfortunately a play area which meant that the kids pestered all afternoon to go on it but as play areas go it was pretty impressive. My reason for not giving 5 stars was that some of the animals were absent (wild horses out on loan) or not visible (wolf enclosure was being upgraded), some areas were a bit tatty (although it is a charity so understandable) and only one set of loos at the entrance (3 year old needed a wee when we were at the other side of the park!)
On the whole a very enjoyable and interesting day out with helpful, friendly staff and a healthy looking array of animals.

We saw Bison, brown bears, moose, boar, wild cats, red squirrels, beaver... Various birds and many rats. Heard a talk about some of the animals. We mainly wandered around the peaceful woodland sanctuary. One of the enclosures was being built/expanded while we were there. This demonstrated the number of people involved, needed to develop the place, and their commitment to improve the environment. Lovely touches, like 'natural' fencing and bamboo and willow woven structures add to the experience nicely.
There's a sense that you're contributing to genuinely valuable conservation work by visiting so, at half the price of Howletts, it's a fabulous day out.

Very good day out saw all the animals from wolves bears beaver otter everything .staff were all friendly and helpful food was good and reasonably priced would recommend this place to all for a great family day out .

Nice walk in the woods with British animals to make it a bit more interesting.

Amazing experience. I and my partner did the bear experience and it was a once in a life time opportunity, I cannot recommend it enough and was blown away by the whole park. What these folks did for those bears is nothing short or a miracle

Lovely day, a good walk, loads to see, interesting talks, and the kids explore the grounds with a scence of freedom that no ipad could ever reproduce,

Another fantastic and enjoyable visit. Social distancing and cleaning stations around to keep you safe. The Bears were all out and performing for visitors. We're members so we visit lots. Donated to fundraising for red squirrel enclosure which burnt down and the relocation of the bear cubs.

Wonderful, wild, chilled and a great children's play area