Huffkins Burford
What to order: scones with cream and jam, or an afternoon tea.
Bakery and tea room at 96-98 High Street · open every day during the day, until 16:00 · has a children's menu
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Day itinerary · 51.88° N · 1.76° W
A zoo in a manor house and the most photographed village, two hours from London by car.
A morning at Cotswold Wildlife Park, with penguins, rhinos and giraffes; lunch in a Burford tea room, and Arlington Row in Bibury before dark.
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Part of Cotswolds
Add to my trip
Total time10 h
By car2 h each way
From LondonAbout 2 h by car
ZooOnline £17.50 adult · £12.50 ages 3 to 16
WalkingAbout 3 h, flat, pushchair-friendly
DifficultyEasy
Spend€45–65 pp
With childrenYes, any age
The plan
The day at a glance
Any part can be swapped for another without spoiling the day.
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Leave London 2 h by car
via the M40 and the A40; the zoo opens at 10:00 and parking is free
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Cotswold Wildlife Park
online ticket £17.50 adult and £12.50 for ages 3 to 16 · penguins at 11:00
- 8 min by car5,3 km
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- 14 min by car15,8 km
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Bibury and Arlington Row
Arlington Row free · the trout farm takes last entry at 15:15
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Back home
in London around 18:30
Approximate cost
About €20–35 per person
Adds up the activities and meals in the plan at their published prices; travel and accommodation not included.
The route
Cotswold Wildlife Park
With children, the Cotswolds can turn into a succession of pretty villages that they do not care about. This plan fixes that by putting the animals first. Cotswold Wildlife Park, south of Burford, is a proper zoo built around a manor house of 1804: rhinos, giraffes, Humboldt penguins and a Madagascar area with lemurs. After that, lunch in a tea room on Burford's high street and, for the adults, Arlington Row in Bibury, the weavers' cottages that appear in every photo of the area.
Everything lies within a triangle of fifteen kilometres, so you drive little once there. From London it is about two hours along the M40 and A40.
The day, hour by hour
8:00 · Leave London. Along the M40 and then the A40 towards Burford. You arrive for opening.
10:00 · Cotswold Wildlife Park. Buy your ticket online: £17.50 per adult and £12.50 for ages 3 to 16, two pounds less than at the ticket office. Plan the morning around the talks: the penguins are fed at 11:00 in the Walled Garden. Go to Madagascar before lunch, because in winter it closes at 15:00. It is 160 acres: with small children, bring a pushchair.
13:15 · Lunch at Huffkins. On Burford High Street, about eight minutes by car. A bakery and tea room with a children's menu, open on Sunday from 10:00 to 16:00. For pudding, scones with cream and jam.
14:45 · Bibury. Arlington Row, on the banks of the River Coln, takes an hour at a leisurely pace and is free. If the children still have energy, the trout farm of 1902 is next door: it opens from 9:00 to 16:00, with last entry at 15:15.
16:15 · Back to London. You arrive around 18:30.
Is it for me?
If you are travelling with children of any age, yes: everything is flat and pushchair-friendly. If it is just adults, swap the zoo for Bourton-on-the-Water or the Corinium Museum in Cirencester, and leave Bibury for first thing, before the coaches arrive.
Time5 h
Change the route
With children under six: bottle-feeding lambs and indoor play, at Guiting Power:
Cotswold Farm Park
If it rains: Roman mosaics in Cirencester, fifteen minutes from Bibury:
Corinium Museum, for a rainy day
If you prefer a village with a river and a model village instead of Bibury:
Bourton-on-the-Water and its miniature village
Where to eat
Where to eat?
Lunch is half the plan: book before you set off.
The Porch House
What to order: a seasonal dish from the British menu and a pint of draught beer.
Book for dinner · has rooms
The Wild Rabbit
What to order: the dining room's seasonal menu.
Book · ten minutes by taxi from Kingham station
Takeaway and markets
Russell's Fish & Chips, Broadway
Daylesford Farm, Daylesford, near Kingham
Map
The stops, in order
With where to park at each one.
What to do
Eat
88 €Stay
Services
Getting there
By car or without one?
When to go
When to go to Cotswolds
All year, except Christmas Day and weekdays from 4 January to 4 February 2027, when the zoo opens only at weekends. In winter the park closes at 16:00 and Bibury is seen in the last light; from April to October the zoo is open until 18:00 and the day is longer.
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Tips
Worth knowing first
- 1Buy the zoo online
You save two pounds per adult and one and a half per child.
- 2Check the closing time
In winter the zoo closes at 16:00 and it gets dark around half past four: do not leave Bibury too late.
- 3Bring a waterproof
The park is almost entirely outdoors.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
How much does Cotswold Wildlife Park cost?
Online, £17.50 per adult and £12.50 for ages 3 to 16; at the ticket office, £19.50 and £14. Under-3s do not pay.
How long do you need at the zoo?
The park recommends at least four hours; in this plan it is three, covering the essentials.
Where can you eat with children?
At Huffkins, in Burford, which has a children's menu and is open every day.
Can you go without a car?
Not comfortably: the zoo and Bibury have no good public transport from London.
More plans like this
Other days of walking and good food
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Prices, opening hours and times are approximate: check them before you go. Each place has its own page on Geocalia.