Lee Valley Park Farms, set in leafy Essex, is a great day out for everyone! You will get to explore the great outdoors and meet farmyard friends along with more exotic animals like their mischievous Meerkats or the Corn Snakes.

Until the middle of the 19th century, Battersea Park consisted of marshland and fields where carrots, asparagus and lavender were grown. The area was opened as a public park in 1858 and was used for sporting activities. In 1951 the park was transformed into a pleasure garden as part of the Festival of Britain celebrations, and the forerunner of Battersea Park Children’s Zoo was born.