# Family Day in the Cotswolds from London: Cotswold Wildlife Park, Scones in Burford and Bibury

A morning at Cotswold Wildlife Park, with penguins, rhinos and giraffes; lunch in a Burford tea room, and Arlington Row in Bibury before dark.

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/england/cotswolds/itineraries/family-wildlife-park-burford-and-bibury · Revisado: 2026-11-12

## El día
- 08:00 · Salida: 2 h by car (via the M40 and the A40; the zoo opens at 10:00 and parking is free)
- 10:00 · Cotswold Wildlife Park (online ticket £17.50 adult and £12.50 for ages 3 to 16 · penguins at 11:00)
  - 8 min by car, 5,3 km
- 13:15 · Huffkins Burford (tea room 10:00 to 16:00 on Sundays · children's menu) · Huffkins Burford, €€
  - 14 min by car, 15,8 km
- 14:45 · Bibury and Arlington Row (Arlington Row free · the trout farm takes last entry at 15:15)
- 16:15 · Vuelta (in London around 18:30)

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.

## Cómo llegar

### By car
About two hours from London. The zoo has free parking; in Bibury you park on the street, with few spaces, or at the trout farm for £8.

### Without a car
Not practical: neither the zoo nor Bibury is on the 801 bus line. Without a car, do the Stow and Bourton plan from Moreton-in-Marsh.

## Consejos

### Buy the zoo online
You save two pounds per adult and one and a half per child.

### Check 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.

### Bring a waterproof
The park is almost entirely outdoors.

## Preguntas frecuentes

### 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.