Great West Way® Travel Magazine | Issue 01

GREAT FOR SPORT
îBetting on the horses at Ascot and Newbury
Racecourses, which have racedays year-round.
îEnjoying an immersive Archery Experience in
Somerset with Hood Archery. Travel around the
world and through time, under the guidance of
different historic characters, until you are fully
trained and ready to save the world!
îSeeing what’s biting in the Kennet & Avon Canal –
home to some of England’s most bankable angling
spots. Fishing is permitted along much of the towpath
here, but two of the best places for a bumper catch are
Bathampton near Bath and Hungerford in Berkshire.
Contact the local angling association for a permit.
îHaving a go at clay pigeon shooting in the grounds
of Donnington Grove in Berkshire.
îWatching a professional rugby match or taking a
tour of Twickenham Stadium (also home to The
World Rugby Museum). Or you could visit other
Rugby Premiership teams including Harlequins, Bath
and Bristol - also on the Great West Way.
Pictured
top left to
Bottom
Right:
Children
having
fun with
rainbow
lorikeets,
Longleat
Safari
Park;
monkeys
at
Longleat
Safari
Park;
Rhinos at
Cotswold
Wildlife
Park; and
a lion at
Cotswold
Wildlife
Park
BEST FOR ANIMAL LOVERS
îMeeting some very mischievous monkeys at
Longleat – as you drive through their habitat expect
them to clamber onto your car (you can always
bypass them if you prefer to).
îStepping behind the scenes in a daring, hands-on
Lion Feeding Experience at Bristol Zoo Gardens!
Help prepare the lions’ meat before heading over
to their enclosure and being introduced to these
majestic animals. Then steady your heartbeat and
get ready to hand-feed a lion with only the enclosure
railings between you.
îTaking a day out to visit the giraffes, lions, rhinos
and more at Cotswold Wildlife Park - or meeting
the adorable Aldabra Giant Tortoises with one of
their 30 minute animal encounter experiences.
YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE
îTaking a dip al fresco at an outdoor lido. There’s
Thames Lido in Kings Meadow, Reading, a beautiful
Edwardian swimming baths offering non-members
swimming sessions every weekday from 1-4pm.
The same company operate Bristol Lido in Clifton,
Bristol, which dates from the Victorian era, and has
been reborn as a gorgeous 24-metre outdoor pool,
complete with adjacent restaurant.
îSeeing the cave where two giants, Goram and
Ghyston, are said to have once made their home. You
can walk to this small cave overlooking Avon Gorge
in Bristol from the Observatory above it, through
a tunnel carved in the nineteenth century by artist
William West.
îLearning how stop animation works in Bristol, home
to Aardman Animations, the Academy Award winning
studio who brought the world Wallace and Gromit.
We The Curious science centre is home to Animate
It! where you can meet your favourite Aardman
characters, draw your own and create stop frame
animations.
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