Fun Places

Cotswold Motor Museum - click to enlarge

'Cotswold Lions' at the Cotswold Farm Park - click to enlarge

all of these are well within flat-riverside-walking distance of Lollipop

Cotswold Motor Museum - The Home of Brum

You will find a fascinating collection of motors and toys. You can also visit Brum at his home and see where he was filmed. The little super hero car whose adventures start and end at the museum can be found at the museum everyday www.cotswold-motor-museum.com

Birdland

Home to the only King Penguins to be found in England, Wales and Ireland. Birdland is a natural setting inhatitated by over 500 birds: flamingos, pelicans, penguins, cranes, storks, cassowary and waterfowl can be seen on various aspects of water habitat. Over 50 aviaries of parrots, falcons, pheasants, hornbills, toucans, pigeons, ibis and many more, Tropical, Desert and Toucan Houses are home to the more delicate species www.birdland.co.uk. Conveniently a large pay and display car park is located next to Birdland.

Dragonfly Maze  - a maze with a difference

Can you solve the Rebus Puzzle as you go round the Yew Hedge Maze, once you reach the ornate central pavilion which houses the mysterious 'Minotoad', see if you can discover the secret hiding place of the Golden Dragonfly www.completely-cotswold.com/bourton/attract/maze/dragon.htm 

Model Village 

The model village is one-ninth scale replica of Bourton-on-the-Water. The village is complete with a miniature River Windrush, distinctive bridges, willows, chestnut trees and Lollipop! www.completely-cotswold.com/bourton/attract/village/village.htm

and a little further afield:

Cotswold Farm Park - a rare farm treat in the Cotswolds

Just over seven miles from Lollipop towards Cheltenham, visitors of all ages will find themselves easily entertained at Britain's first ever Farm Park. On display is an unrivalled collection of rare breeds of British farm animals including sheep, cattle, pigs, goats, horses, poultry and waterfowl. You will also find the “Cotswold Lions” which are still bred today, and no visit to the area would be complete without meeting the sheep that made the Cotswolds what you see today www.cotswoldfarmpark.co.uk

Cotswold Wildlife Park

Approximately 17 miles from Lollipop near Burford, Oxford, the Cotswold Wildlife Park is home to a fascinating and varied collection of mammals, birds, reptiles and invertebrates from all over the world and aspires to show animals to people - so that they can come to understand and respect all forms of wildlife; to understand what is special about each species, and how the various species have evolved over very long periods of time, adjusting to survive in habitats from many parts of the earth www.cotswoldwildlifepark.co.uk