Go nuts at Kilnsey Park and see the new squirrels!

We can think of a hundred reasons to visit the fantastic working fish farm that is Kilnsey Park but at the end of July, we heard there were six more!


This amazing wildlife oasis has been protecting the native and endangered red squirrel since 1998. Three new ones were given to the park in June and in mid-July it seemed the park’s own red squirrels had been doing their bit for the population figures and produced three babies!


They are now all settled and playing happily. These cheeky additions aren’t the only new faces at Kilnsey Park, there are two pygmy goat kids – one black and one brown about 16 inches high!


Our own kids (toddlers of the human variety!) absolutely adore a trip up the dale to Kilnsey Park under the impressive crag and find more than enough to keep them really happily enthralled for hours!


All the details are available on their brilliant website but we’ll outline some of the highlights and hope you get chance to see for yourselves if you haven’t already – or head back to see the new arrivals and tackle the adventure playground again.


As you head along the Kilnsey Trail, you’ll see the ducks, geese, hens and guinea fowl everywhere you go! (Remember to bring some bread for the ducks and geese!)


There are mini diggers to make the most of the sand pit and after a play, the next stop is feeding the giant trout. Moving on you’ll see the goats and just beside them are the red squirrels in the first of their two enclosures.

You’ll pass dry stone walls to the trout raceway then dodge past the hens and guinea fowl over the bridge and up the hill to the second of the red squirrel enclosures. Then a butterfly garden very close to a pond where more giant rainbow trout live. Throw them some food and watch the water boil! Keep on going even further up the hill and you’ll be able to visit pigs and more baby trout before calling in to the honey bees in the special glass-sided hive, all against the beautiful backdrop of the water meadow.


If you need a bite to eat, a cup of tea and a sit down after all the fun then we’ve found the restaurant and coffee shop to be exceptional in catering for children.

There’s a regularly reviewed children's menu and they’re also happy to warm baby food. There are high chairs and baby changing facilities and they also provide colouring sheets and crayons to keep little visitors amused.


There’s so much to see and do at Kilnsey Park for a great family day out – for full details check it out at www.kilnseypark.co.uk or follow them on facebook…we do!