Paultons Park Review 2025

Arriving at Paultons Park

The park was easy to find and well signposted. If you’re heading to the South for a holiday, it’s a great place to stop and break up the journey.

There’s a big, well organised car park, and we arrived right at the opening time of 10am. Everything ran smoothly.

Everyone heading towards Peppa Pig World turns right as they enter. My top tip? Turn left and head to the back of the park first, as less people head this way.

The first thing I noticed was how beautifully green the park is. It’s surrounded by stunning gardens and feels calm and relaxing, definitely not your average concrete heavy theme park.

It’s a large park for little legs, but you can hire strollers if needed (£10 for a single, £15 for a double) they’re right near the entrance.

There’s also a lovely Wild Forest Café at the entrance, serving breakfast and food throughout the day, perfect for a bite before you start or grab some food on the way out.

Navigating Paultons Park

The park is split into three big themed zones, plus smaller areas with rides and attractions dotted around. A new ride called Ghostly Manor opened in May, which we were really excited to try.

Lost Kingdom zone

Turn left when you enter and head to Lost Kingdom, a Jurassic themed area full of dinosaurs.

This zone isn’t just for little ones it has two fantastic rollercoasters that my eldest loved (and I did too!).

• Flight of the Pterosaur – a suspended coaster that swoops and twists (but doesn’t go upside down thankfully)
• Velociraptor – this one scared me a bit (but it doesn’t take much!) It starts by going backwards up a steep slope before launching you through the track, then does it all again in reverse. My son thought I was very brave for going on it – I think I earned some cool mum points!

For the younger (and less thrill-seeking) ones, there’s loads to enjoy here too:

• Dinosaur Tour Co. – you ride in little jeeps through a dino expedition.
• Dino Chase – a gentle rollercoaster that’s a great intro ride.
• Splash Lagoon – a mini log flume (you might want to save this one for later so you’re not soaked straight away!).

We also bought a Ranger Licence for around £12 for the youngest one, they get a fun photo ID card to wear around their neck and they feel like they are a dino ranger.

Each zone in the park has brilliant play areas too. So if one child wants to go on a ride and the other doesn’t, there’s always somewhere fun to wait.

Ghostly Manor (New Ride at Paultons Park)

As we started to move on from the left hand side of the park and head across to the other side, we came to Ghostly Manor, Paulton Parks new ride. The theming was incredible, it looks like a haunted house and has loads of fun interactive surprises as you queue, I won’t spoil them but they were fantastic!

The ride itself is brilliant. It’s an interactive ghost hunting mission for ages 5 and up, using your “Phantom Phaser” to zap sneaky ghosts. Such a fun, immersive ride that all of us loved. A fun feel good family ride.

Tornado Springs zone

After lunch it was time to tackle all of the right hand side of the park, this is the side where you will find Peppa Pig World. Tornado Springs was probably my favourite zone. Set in 1950s Midwest America, the theming was brilliant.

Thrill rides:

• Storm Chaser – a spinning rollercoaster that’s wild but fun.
• Cyclonator – my eldest’s top ride. It swings you 25 metres in the air whilst spinning and you are pretty much dangling upside down. Not for the faint hearted! This is the one ride I declined.. But my son went on it 5 times!

Family-friendly rides:

• Al’s Auto Academy – a super cute driving school with vintage-style cars, the best driving school ride I have seen.
• Farmyard Flyer – a gentle coaster, perfect for younger ones.
• Water slides, tractor rides, play areas and all with retro American music playing throughout!

Ice Cream Break

After all of that fun, it was ice cream time. We headed to Ciao Bella, which looked like the best ice cream parlour in the park. You could pick your cones, toppings, ice creams and sauce. They even had waffles and doughnuts – the works! We all had something different and it came to £19.25 for the four of us.

Paultons Park Review Overall

Our Travel Mum Review Score: 5/5

We had the best day out. We’ve been to a lot of UK (and international) theme parks, and this might actually be our favourite in the UK. Theme parks are never a cheap day out but there was a lot to do here.

The short queues made a huge difference, I really think it’s because there are no fast passes or virtual lines. Just one fair queue for everyone, and it works brilliantly.

There was a great mix of rides for different ages and bravery levels, which made it easy to keep both kids happy all day long. The calm, green setting gave it a lovely feel. I think this park best suits ages 5 all the way up to adults.

If you’re thinking of going do it! We give it a solid 5/5.

Exciting Things Coming….

New in 2026 a themed area called Realm of the Vikings, featuring the park’s most thrilling ride yet. It’s designed with older kids and teens in mind.

They’re also building on-site accommodation, with a Scandinavian style resort for up to 700 guests. It’s planned to open in 2026 but no official date yet, but it sounds fantastic.

Where to Stay Near Paultons Park

We managed everything in one full day, but two days would be ideal, especially if you want to do Peppa Pig World too.

Until the on-site accommodation opens, nearby options include:

• The Mortimer Arms Hotel – right next to the park
• Bartley Lodge – about 3 miles away