Press release 9 June 2015
ADVENTUROUS FATHER’S DAY FUN IN WILTSHIRE
9 June 2015
If you’re tired of the everyday and looking for something adventurous this Father’s Day, why not escape to Wiltshire? Immerse yourself in timeless pleasures and experience amazing high adrenalin activities, family activities, events and special offers – a perfect adventure for Dad!
High Adrenalin Activities
The unique Salisbury Plain adventure, Stonehenge ATV, promises to thrill and excite with Dad firmly in control of a powerful engine! Spend the day driving and co-driving Quadzilla Z8 buggies, the first of their kind in the UK. The tour takes you on byways and tracks across Salisbury Plain, including locations where Top Gear was filmed, and to places inaccessible to the public! £140 per person, all day, includes lunch; gift vouchers available. Must be over 21 and hold full driving licence. To book tel: 01722 717429 www.stonehengeatv.com
Wessex Raceway Indoor Karting, at 700m, it is one of the largest indoor tracks in Europe. Designed to ensure maximum speed for karts of 40mph for cadets or 50mph for adults. Powered by Liquid Propane Gas, with fully adjustable seats and pedals and the latest catalytic technology, these karts can accommodate all drivers with no one disadvantaged due to weight or size! Arrive & Drive from £19 for 10 minutes - £69 for 1 hour. Children must be 8 years+. To book tel: 01725 519010 www.wessexraceway.co.uk
Situated next door is Virtual Warfare, where you can take Dad on a tactical military warfare game of team- based combat where you are totally immersed in the action! Designed to offer the very best in gaming, combining both visual and sound effects to achieve a high degree of realism. This is laser combat for the 21st century with realistic guns, massive ranges and ultra-realistic combat arenas to make your pulse race and the blood freeze in your veins. Arrive and Die open sessions (from 12 years+) cost £16 for 1 hour. To book tel: 01725 519010 www.virtualwarfarelasercombat.com
Family Activities
Bowood House & Gardens have a ‘Dads Only’ hour in their Adventure Playground from 11am on 21 June. If Dad is keen to unleash his inner child, he can climb up to the crow’s nest on the Pirate’s Galleon, tackle the high level rope walk or swoosh down the Space Slide. At noon it will be time for fathers to return to adulthood, play dad once more and for children (up to aged 12) to reclaim the Adventure Playground for themselves again. www.bowood.org
Basset Down Golf Course, near Swindon offers fun for all the family with their recently launched Football Golf and Adventure Golf Courses. The whole family can get active with Adventure Golf on the 9 hole treasure island themed golf course, and challenge the kids to Football Golf to see who can kick the ball into a football sized hole in the fewest possible shots! Open daily until late September. Prices for Adventure Golf & Football Golf for family of four only £24. For further information www.swindonfamilygolf.com
Roves Farm Visitor Centre is offering visitors a chance to jump on a free tractor ride and search for all things creepy crawly in bugtastic habitats. Dads go free with a full paying child. www.rovesfarm.co.uk
Cotswold Water Park on the outskirts of the county offers many activities that Dads will love! From clay pigeon and air rifle shooting, water sports, aerial adventures, paint balling, rally driving and golf! For further information www.waterpark.org
Events
Set in beautiful Wiltshire Downland, Gurston Down 7th Tony Marsh Memorial Weekend takes place on 20 and 21 June. The weekend promises the very best in club hillclimbing with two packed days of spectacular motorsport action against the clock, as drivers and riders aim to get from a standing start to the flying finish, up the narrow twisty tarmac track in the shortest time possible. www.gurstondown.org
A Day in the Woods – Bushcraft Workshop, takes place at Stourhead on 17 June. Join local bushcraft instructor Greg Power on this incredible wilderness survival skills course. Pull on your boots for a fun and fascinating day in the forest, learning knife techniques, the secrets of fire lighting and building a shelter. Lashings of tea and coffee and a bushcraft lunch are included. A great Father’s Day gift so book now for only £85 per person, tel: 01747 841152 www.nationaltrust.org.uk/stourhead
Jubilee Rally at Atwell-Wilson Motor Museum, takes place on 21 June. Join the Bristol Austin Seven Club as they celebrate their 50th anniversary at Wiltshire’s only motor museum. See members’ cars plus the museum collection of cars from the 1920s onwards and motorcycles, mopeds and push bikes as well as interesting motoring memorabilia. For further information www.atwellwilson.org.uk
Bradford on Avon’s Haunted Historic Tour, join award-winning author Jasper Bark for a Haunted Historic Tour of Bradford on Avon on 20 June, an entertaining and educational evening around some of the better known and less well known historic elements of the town. Starting and finishing at The Swan the evening is rounded off in the candlelit Cellar Bar by a guest author reading a short story opening the floor to all present to share their own ghostly and other-worldly experiences! £8 per adult and £5 per child. For further information www.theswanbradford.co.uk
Special Offers
Bowood Hotel, Spa & Golf Resort
A delicious three course carvery lunch in the beautiful surroundings of the Shelburne Restaurant with a special little gift for Fathers! Adults £25 and children £10. Contact www.bowood.org
Lucknam Park Hotel & Spa
Gents Ritual at £150 per person, including arrival tea/coffee, pastries, use of robe and slippers, 2 course lunch in The Brasserie from our set lunch menu, with a glass of wine and 1 x 60 minute spa treatment. Choose from either a Vitaman Stress Busting Back Treatment or Grooming Hands and Feet. Terms and conditions apply. For further information www.lucknampark.co.uk
• For Father’s Day offers please visit www.visitwiltshire.co.uk/special-offers Please note that all offers are subject to availability and terms and conditions may apply.
• Check out our latest Father’s Day blog plus many more here - www.visitwiltshire.co.uk/blog
• VisitWiltshire’s website is a great place to find out about the diverse arts, culture and heritage events around the county: www.visitwiltshire.co.uk/whats-on. Just be sure to double check dates and times as these can be subject to change. Follow us on Twitter @VisitWiltshire #timeforwiltshire and like us on Facebook.
• For accommodation options from luxury hotels to farm stay, guest houses to glamping, see www.visitwiltshire.co.uk/accommodation for further information.
For further information or to arrange a press visit contact Florence Wallace, PR Manager, flowallace@visitwiltshire.co.uk or telephone 01722 341309 or 07436 588860.
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