🏠 Indoor & outdoor0–11–33–55–88–1212–16☔ Rainy-day friendlyBirthday partiesBooking requiredSeasonal openingSchool holiday activitiesSensory-friendly sessionsToddler sessionsMemberships available🛝 Soft play🐐 Animals🛝 PlaygroundAdventure playWater playFarmOvernight
What’s there
- Café on site
- Free parking
- Baby changing
- Birthday parties
Access & inclusion
- Relaxed / SEN sessions
- SEN friendly
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
The Big Sheep is a theme park and farm attraction near Bideford with live shows including the World-Famous Sheep Race, Duck Trials and Sheep Show. Visit the Animal Barn to feed and meet sheep, pigs, goats and alpacas, plus Highland Cows Maggie and Merida. Rides include the Rampage Roller Coaster, Twister, Train around the lake, Swan Lake Pedalos, tractor rides and electric quad bikes. EWEtopia is one of the South West's largest indoor play zones, featuring the snake slide, giant multi-lane slide, magic carpet ride slide, ball pits, rope bridges, climbing areas, swinging bridge, tumble towers, mazes and obstacles. There's a Toddler Play Zone and Baby Sensory Room. The site also hosts live music festivals and events, with camping available on-site.
Check out our Events & Festivals page for our exciting 2026 lineup! Please check our Times & Prices page for more details on opening dates and times in 2026. exciting rides which open for the season from the Easter School Holidays
Stuff to take with you
The things people wish they’d packed for a day out like this one.
- Wellies
- Refillable water bottleMost places will fill it for free.
- Snacks that survive a rucksackCheaper than the café, and buys you twenty minutes.
- Wet wipes
- Pram clip-on fan
- Hair bobbles
- Spare socksThe single most reliably useful thing on this list.
- Loose changeLockers and old-fashioned car parks.
- Sun hat
- Audiobook or story CD
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