Wake The Tiger

What’s there

• ☕Café on site
• 🚗Paid parking
• 🎂Birthday parties

Small on-site car park, first come first served, with limited blue badge spaces. Pay on exit by card or contactless at the machine in the Box Office, or via the ECPparkbuddy app. Up to 3 hours £3.00, then £1.00 per additional hour. The car park is only accessible during opening hours. Overflow parking at Bristol Fruit Market, £5 for the day, under 5 minutes' walk.

Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.

Questions parents ask

How long does a visit take?

It is self-guided and non-linear, so visits vary a lot. The venue says you can spend anywhere from 45 minutes to well over three hours, and describes a typical visit as around 90 minutes to two hours.

Is there a minimum age?

Children of all ages are welcome with an adult. Only those aged 16 and over can enter unaccompanied. The slide has its own rules: no riders under 5, one at a time, and not for anyone with neck or back problems or who may be pregnant.

Can I bring a pushchair?

No. Pushchairs and mobility scooters are not permitted. A manual wheelchair can be borrowed from the Box Office by anyone who arrives in a larger mobility vehicle or scooter but is able to transfer to it, subject to availability.

Are there toilets?

Yes. The main toilet area sits just past the entrance in the Paint Factory, with three toilet blocks including an accessible cubicle, and there are further toilets upstairs in the OUTERverse and off the Crystal Chamber. You can leave the experience to reach them and come back in. The venue does not say whether there are baby changing facilities.

Can we bring our own food?

Only food and drink bought in the on-site café bar may be eaten on site, apart from baby food or food needed for medical reasons. There is no cloakroom or locker storage, so you keep your belongings with you.

Is it suitable if you are sensitive to light or noise?

A room called Dazzle uses high contrast moving geometric patterns and is unsuitable for anyone with photosensitive epilepsy, and there is a signed route to bypass it. Lighting is low in many areas and soundscapes can be loud. Ear defenders can be rented from the Box Office, and the venue runs Calm Sessions on selected dates for SEND and neurodivergent visitors, with fewer people and managed lights and sound.

Is it wheelchair accessible?

Partly. There is a lift between the two floors and most routes have step-free alternatives, but it is not step-free throughout: the toilet blocks have a small step, the Mezzanine and its slide are reached only by stairs, and some spaces are tight. Assistance dogs are welcome, though assistance dogs in training are not admitted because of the noise and mist effects.

Is there parking?

There is a small paid on-site car park on a first come, first served basis, with a limited number of blue badge spaces. It is pay on exit by card or contactless. There is additional parking at the nearby Bristol Fruit Market.

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