The park offers a variety of rides for children including Chair-o-planes, a small children's chair swing, Dino Jeeps (a dirt track with dinosaur animatronics where children drive miniature electric jeeps), the Big Red, an outdoors drop slide, the Strawberry Line Miniature Railway, and the Play Barn (a big indoor softplay area with a drop slide which is taller than the outside one). There are also animals in Pets' Corner and the Animal Barn.[1]
The site was common grazing land in the 15th century and later became a farm. In 1976, it was purchased as a "pick-your-own" fruit farm[2] and subsequently developed into the country park.[3]
Within the park is the Strawberry Line, a 0.75-mile (1.21 km) length of 5 in (127 mm) gauge railway. It is Britain's only commercial ground-level 5 in gauge railway.[4] It opened in 1999 and now[when?] has one steam and 10 mock diesel engines which are battery operated.[5]
Referencesedit
^. Bristol Link. Archived from the original on 30 December 2010. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
^"Call of the wild". Evening Post. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
^. Avon Valley Country Park. Archived from the original on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
^. Ride on Railways. Archived from the original on 12 October 2010. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
^. The Strawberry Line Miniature Railway. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
External linksedit
Media related to Avon Valley Country Park at Wikimedia Commons
Official website
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