Park Hall Countryside Experience in Oswestry has been able to keep ticket prices low this summer thanks to the Government’s Great British Summer Savings initiative, temporarily cutting VAT from 20% to 5% on qualifying family tickets and attractions.
The Directors have confirmed they will be passing on the reduction so that ticket prices this summer will be lower than they were in 2025 and 2024 at just £13.60 online and £15.50 on the door.
Every week of the summer holidays, Park Hall holds a different themed event to keep families entertained. They have also relaunched their Summer Pass. For £24 per person, Summer Pass holders can visit Park Hall an unlimited number of times between July 13th and August 31st, 2026, saving money from a second visit onwards.
The first themed event of the holidays will be Let’s Get Physical from July 18th until July 26th with a Junior Disco, welly wanging, a punchbag for kids, giant target football, basketball, and different methods of movement around the farm.
Next up is Dino Week from July 27th until August 2nd. Visitors can meet Dora the Dino, dance with Dougie the Velociraptor, take part in fossil digging with each child taking home two fossils, and watch Roary, the hugely popular robotic dinosaur in his very own Roarry the Roarrbot Show.
Maisy’s Maize Maze will reopen during the holidays with a Wild West theme. This ties in with their new event, Wild West Week, from August 3rd to August 9th. Have a go at line dancing, wild west bean bag throwing, lasso/hoop throwing, take part in an interactive wild west trail, and pose for a 'Wanted' poster.
That is followed by Science Week from August 10th to 16th, featuring Grandolph the Wizard’s science show and experiments. You can turn a windmill to power a car, and see rockets being launched.
From August 17th to 23rd, Bop and Pop Week will celebrate a summer of fun. There will be a junior disco with games, party games, a bubble machine, and a silent disco.
Finally, from August 24th to 30th, it’s Falconry Week, where Shropshire Falconry will hold flying displays and visitors will have the chance to meet some incredible birds.
As well as the themed activities, visitors can access the whole site, which is home to goats, sheep, ponies, cows, pigs, alpacas, chickens, rabbits, chinchillas, guinea pigs and tortoises.
Richard Powell, joint owner-director at Park Hall, said, “Our great summer of fun will provide entertainment for the family throughout the holidays. With the Summer Pass you can keep coming back to try each of the themed events without spending any more. The cost is the equivalent of 48p a day if you visit every day!
“There is more to do here than you could fit into a single visit. You can meet the animals, see the rabbits in Burrowland and the goats in their playground, take barrel train rides, fly through the air on our 40-metre zip wire, drive electric tractors, explore our play areas, enjoy the Crazy Farm Adventure Course and our Woodland Adventure Play Area, take a tractor ride, visit WWI & WWII trenches and our Iron Age Roundhouse plus there's a climbing globe and space hoppers. Inside, whoosh down the demon drop slide, dress up in the role play village, have fun in the play barn and brickworks, and explore the under 4's sensory play area, sand and water play, science zone, and music room – the list goes on!
“We always strive to keep ticket prices affordable, which has become tougher and tougher as the price of running a farm attraction only increases. The temporary VAT cut is welcome news, meaning we can keep our ticket prices lower than planned this summer.”
Park Hall Countryside Experience opened 26 years ago in 2000.
Tickets during the event weeks are £13.60 per person online or £15.50 per person at the farm entrance, and under 2s are free. Buy tickets atwww.parkhallfarm.co.uk.
