Accessible Britain

Folly Farm
160 Folly Farm, Pembrokeshire
Address: Begelly, Kilgetty SA68 0XA Web: www.folly-farm.co.uk Tel: 01834 812731 Hours: Mid-Feb to
June, Sept & Oct daily 10am–5pm; July & Aug daily 10am–5.30pm; Nov to mid-Feb Sat & Sun 10am–4pm
Dates: closed over Christmas and New Year Entry: [D]£9.95 [C]free [A]£10.95 [3–15s]£9.95 [under 2s]free
WALES
Folly Farm, the proud holder of the “Best Family Day Out in Wales” National Tourism
Award, combines a farm, adventure park, vintage funfair and zoo on a two-hundredacre
site near the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park.
With so much on offer, it can be hard to know where to begin. One of the first areas
you come to is the enduringly popular Jolly Barn, where you get to meet a host of
farmyard animals. Moving on, you’ll come to the fair, sporting an eighty-foot-high
ferris wheel and an indoor vintage funfair full of classic rides, including a beautifully
restored carousel. Beyond the fair lies the zoo area, home to more than 250 animals,
from armadillos to giraffes, lions, penguins and ten Chilean flamingos. Dotted
throughout the site are a number of indoor and outdoor adventure play areas, not to
mention the Land Train, which takes visitors on rides around the paddocks and deer
enclosure – there’s ramped access to the first carriage, and the driver will help you up.
Access at Folly Farm is generally good. On arrival, head for the disabled spaces in the
parking area near the coach park, which offers easy access to the entrance. Inside, there
are several payment desks with low counters and plenty of spacious, disabled toilets, plus a
disabled changing room with a bed and hoist. They also have several standard wheelchairs
which are free to borrow. All the paths around the site are level: some have a tarmac surface,
while others are of compressed gravel. Most should present no problems for wheelchair
users, though the ones around the zoo area can get muddy during wet weather. In addition,
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