Plenty too do my girl loved it no bad price too get in good variety of animals too see only thing a felt was it was waste of££ for train ride as we only seen couple of horses and sum sheep couple of ducks another down side was the wasps that was going about still five star for me
Was slightly disappointed with my family visit having read about it on their website. In no particular order: 1. The interactive items in the museum were not working 2. Many of the soap dispensers were out of soap and they have lots of hand washing stations 3. The train ride was listed as 30mins on the website but only lasted 15mins. It isn’t circular, it goes along the track, engine turns and then you go back 3. The cafe was quite good - look out for the specials menu though as we never seen it tucked on the side wall until leaving. They forgot our salad that was listed on menu but they quickly rectified this. 4. There are no prices displayed for any of the drinks or ice creams. 5. If you have an EV forget about using their charger - it’s is a slow charger with a £1.50 connection charge and a maximum stay of 1hr before a £10 overstay charge occurs; I recon you might be able to get 5/6%. The museum was informative and interesting to look at. Once you go outdoors however you can see poor maintenance and condition of a lot of things unfortunately. Tractor drive was something to do. Only takes you along passed the horses and back again. Train journey doesn’t take you past any of the animals. Play park area is good for the kids but very little shade for a sunny day.
A full family day out! Activities for all ages in the place. Mining museum to catch a glimpse of history in the area. Animal encounters (we got to pet the chick's, guinea pigs and polecat). Outdoor adventures with a new fort on offer to climb and slide. Jumping pillows, excavation sand pit and go-karts to name a few. Great value for money and reasonable priced drinks and snack at the outdoor snack van too.
Better than expected. Reasonable priced cafe as well £5 for a toasties bit more if you add chips. Also £2 per person for train ride and £1 per person for the tractor. Everyone was friendly and the day we had was 20 degrees. Wonderful day! Was a nursery trip.
We had our first ever visit to the Almond valley Heritage Centre in West Lothian. We found it on the ASVA website and it was not a place we had ever heard of before, so a pleasant surprise. We've been to East Links Farm in East Lothian a few times and the kids had asked to go back, so was looking for an alternative. There is a lot of activities and interactive stuff throughout the museum, which you should visit before heading out into the grounds. There was a lot more animals than we had expected and the various kids activities around were fantastic. The new addition of the covered climbing area at the top of the grounds, where we found a couple of Highland coos. We enjoyed lunch in Morags Café and had we had time, the kids would have loved the large soft play, next time! Lot of outside seating areas, so visitors can bring their own picnic and refreshments. We didn't make the tractors ride, which goes on the hour, every hour. Enjoy when you visit!
Play area for kids are amazing the kids love it the only down fall I have with it ,is I would like to see more animals,the cafe shop is a little over priced,the ice cream hut sells other things too the kids box is not worth the money tbh ,if on a budget defo take your own food and drink x
Great day out for everyone, lots of different animals for the kids to see they also have a train ans tractor ride my kids loved, and the play park bits they have are amazing my kids could play in them all day lots of different things to do, I took a picnic for us to have you will find plenty of spaces to sit and have something to eat will be back for sure
It's the first time we visited with my son, and nieces and wasn't expecting much and thought the price was abit steep but kids had an absolute blast! Good variety of farm animals, Great play areas, train/tractor rides (extra charges) and even a heritage museum! There was something new round every corner! We were fasting so did not checkout the tearoom but we all had an amazing time! Definitely worth the money.
What a fantastic place to spend the day. Great fun for all the family. So much to see and do. Highly recommended.
Almond Valley is located at 37 Millfield, Livingston Village, Livingston EH54 7AR, UK
You can contact Almond Valley at +44 1506 414957
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