Wroxham Barns Camping Experiences through the Summer holidays

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Welcome to Barns first-ever Family Camping event!

The information in this pack will help you plan for your visit but if you have any questions please do contact us before the event or speak to our camping HOSTS on your arrival.

Happy camping!

If you or anyone in your household or visiting party are experiencing any signs of Covid-19 please DO NOT visit, even if you have booked tickets

Contact: 01603 782 925 OR [email protected]

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1. Itinerary for the Weekend

HAND sanitizing stations will be available throughout the camping field area and we will be following social distancing and applying Covid secure measures at all times, Following the Governments roadmap, by the point, the camping weekends take place, social distancing and other measures may no longer be necessary, but we have prepared this event with covid precautions at the forefront, so we can operate in current guidance or relaxed, without your weekends being impacted in any way.

Tuesday or Friday evening (depending on whether a mid week or weekend break) • Arrive from 4:00 – 7:00pm • Registration is open from this time • Our camping hosts will greet you at the camping field, show you to your pitch, give you your welcome pack invcuding your wristbands and any other items you have ordered, there will be a more formalized welcome and short tour at 5:00 5:45, 6:15, 6:45 7:00, if you would like a more thorough tour of our site, the site is very well signposted and we encourage you to have an explore • Please put wristbands supplied on immediately, these give you’re your weekend VIP access • When driving onto the site, you will be required to park in the camping car park, which is next to the campsite,(please refer to the site map located further on in this document) • Your will pitch has already been allocated.

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• Please note vehicles are not permitted on the campsite in any circumstance, to ensure the area is pedestriansed, but you can see the parking field from the campsite. • You will see our team at the entrance to the camping field, along with the team Yurt, please head there once parked, and bring your belongings, if you need any help, please just let our team know when you arrive.

• The Wroxham Barns Junior Farm and Fun Park will be open Friday night (and Saturday night) after hours from 5:00 – 9:00 pm. • Our cafés will be open until 8 pm, serving food and drinks – we also have a webpage where you can order food and drink directly to your camping pitch, you can scan a QR code at your pitch for this. • If you have chosen any extras our camping hosts will have those ready for you, it’s not too late to add extras you can do this at any point, just let us know • Please note our camping hosts are here to help you enjoy your stay, but they are not a replacement for parental supervision, and as such children cannot enter the Junior Farm or Fun Park without atleast one supervising adult.

• Programme subject to change:

o To ease into the few days you will be with us and allow you to get set up and settled we have put the main activities on either Wednesday or Saturday evening, but Tuesday or Friday evening you can still enjoy unlimited play on the Junior Farm & Fun Park along with : ▪ 8 pm – ‘‘Sheep and Sleep” routine….. Put our our Junior Farm animals to bed with our Junior Farm team, get them nice and cosey ready for bedtime. • Lights out by 10 pm – please respect all other families on-site and keep noise to a minimum

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• Toilets/showers are available directly next to the camping field through the gate, throughout the night o Toilets and showers will be regularly cleaned and sanitized throughout your stay, but please do help us keep them clean and tidy for the comfort of all our guests. • Wroxham Barns are available for emergencies throughout the night in the Host Yurt clearly signed

Wednesday or Saturday (depending on whether a mid week or weekend break) • Breakfasts can be enjoyed in our catering areas, or you can order your food to be delivered to your tent! Between 8 am – 10 am • 9 am ‘Get up and Go’ with our camping hosts o Fun and gentle exercises for the young and young at heart in our Giant marquee on Junior Farm (the animals will be watching!) • 10.00 am Junior Farm & Fun Park opens all day until 5 pm for you and general visitors, then continues to open from 5 – 9 pm exclusively for our campers • 11am – Animal Facemask Craft session – Join our team to take part in some crafts and create your very own animal masks. • 2:00 pm Join in Circus workshops with the Foolhardy circus, I the camping field learn to juggle, spin plate and so much more! • 6:30 pm – Join the Fool Hardy Circus for a 1 hour Circus show sat on bales in the Camping field! • 8:00 pm – ‘’Sheep and sleep routine’’ Bed our Junior Farm animals with our Junior Farm team, get them nice and cosey ready for bedtime. • Lights out by 10 pm – please respect all other families on-site and keep noise to a minimum

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Thursday or Sunday (depending on whether a mid week or weekend break) • Breakfasts can be enjoyed in our catering areas, or you can order your food to be delivered to your tent! Between 8 am – 10 am • 9 am – breakfast time for our animals, help the team feed our Junior Farm animals • 10.00 am Junior Farm & Fun Park opens all day until 5 pm for you • 11:30 – follow the nature hunt around Junior Farm • Please ensure you are packed up and ready to leave the camping field at 5:00 pm o Please always follow the instruction of Wroxham Barns staff in escorting you off the camping field • Enjoy all that Wroxham Barns has to offer

Please note if you have added an extra night to your stay (if you haven’t it’s not too late to add it, you can stay an extra night for £20 per group) then the extra night and day is an unmanned session so there will be an emergency number you can call during the evening, during the extra day our camping hosts will not be on site offering the additional acitivties but you can still enjoy all day access to the Junior Farm and Fun Park until 5pm. Please note on this extra day you will need to have cleared your tent and pitch by 11am but can continue to stay on site for the rest of the day until 5pm.

Throughout your stay our team will be offering additional drop in activites sessions and they will make you aware of those throughout your stay, of which you are more than welcome to join in.

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Washing, showering and cleaning facilities: • We have invested in purpose-built shower, toilet and washing facilities just for our campers, there are 4 showers, 1 shower & toilet unit, and 6 toilets (all unisex) – and all undercover • We have a dedicated cleaner who will be keeping these areas nice and clean for you, but please help us by cleaning up after yourself so the environment remains clean and tidy for other campers • We also have a covered pot and pan washing area opposite the toilet and washing facilities for you to use, along with a water filling station too, communal larder, fridge and mircrowave • We also have the general site toilets available for use throughout the day. • We have a dustbin and recycling area near the washing area, please place all rubbish in there so our camping field remains nice and clean.

Camping Map:

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2. Useful Information

• Members of the Wroxham Barns camping team will be camping on-site and the Team Yurt will be clearly marked – they will be making sure all our campers are having fun so when they are not at their Yurt, any of our team can contact them via radio, for you should you have any queries.

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• Dogs are able to come camping with you (maximum 2 per pitch) please note dogs are not able to go onto the Junior Farm due to our animals, and dogs cannot be left alone, we ask for dogs to remain on leads or within your pitch and they must not be left unattended. We have a designated dog walking route which our camping hosts will show you. • There are a selection of mobile phone charging locker cabinets in the Team Yurt, which are free to use throughout your stay, but we do recommend bring power packs as there are not enough charging points to cover each pitch. • You can use disposable BBQ’s on the camping field and can bring small gas cooking stoves, no open fires, you can hire a firepit and logs from us. Disposable BBQ’s and camping stoves should be used on the slabs that are placed in your pitch, please be responsible with these, and fires and bbqs should be put out by lights out. • We recommend disposable crockery, but we do have washing sinks for crockery. • Please always wear your wristband – these allow you access to the Junior Farm, Fun Park and the Camping field. • Please note your wristbands give you unlimited access but DO NOT allow you to queue jump, so you may need to join queues for our attractions during busier periods. • A reminder that we are a cashless site and only accept contactless forms of payment.

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3. Terms and Conditions

1. Cars can gain access to the camping parking area from to pitch their tent from 4 pm on Friday

2. On arrival, you will be given your wristbands. Please ensure that you and your children wear the wristbands for the full time you are on site.

3. You are responsible for the safety of putting up and taking down your tent.

4. There will always be Wroxham Barns staff on-site, whose tent will be clearly marked for information and in the case of emergency

5. You are responsible for the security of your own belongings. We strongly recommend that you do not bring any valuables.

6. Parents and guardians are responsible for their children at ALL times.

7. Children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian to each activity and for entry to Junior Farm and the Fun Park. At no time must children be left alone/ unaccompanied.

8. A trained first aider will be available.

9. Disposable BBQ’s are permitted along with small camping stoves, Please no fires or naked flamesd, including candles and flares

10. We strongly recommend that you bring your own good battery-powered lighting and torches for the evenings.

11. You must obey the safety notices at all time and the instructions given by the Wroxham Barns staff.

12. In the event of a lost child, you should contact the Camping Host tent or any member of our team.

13. Please take extra care when walking around the site, as the ground is uneven and may be muddy.

14. No loud music that may disturb your camping neighbours. We respectfully request that noise is kept to a minimum after 10 pm.

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15. It is your responsibility to ensure all rubbish is put in the bins provided or taken home with you.

16. Loss, theft or damage of tents, equipment or personal items is at your own risk. Wroxham Barns cannot be held responsible for any losses or damage however they occur. Please take care with your possessions and do not bring valuables with you.

Helpful contact numbers

Wroxham Barns 01603 783762

Wroxham Taxis 01603 782925

Wroxham Doctors 01603 782155

Local amenities

Roys of Wroxham Supermarket 01603 782 131 Stalham Rd, , NR12 8DB

Pharmacy – 01603 783836 Station Rd, Hoveton, NR12 8UR

Local Bus Services

First Bus service 11, Sanders Travel services 10 and X11 and Pink Line service 12 run regular daily services Monday to Saturday from to Roys Department Store in Wroxham. Daily National Express services operate from major cities into Norwich – National Express: 0871 781 781 www.nationalexpress.com

Walking and cycling routes:

Walks close by:

1. Buxton loop via - 3.2 miles Google - 11

2. Hoveton to along the Bure Valley Path returning on the - 9 miles with options to cut shorter at various stations https://www.bvrw.co.uk/activities/walking

3. Short walk to Broad - you can also hire a canoe and buy an ice cream or stroll by the broad https://www.salhousebroad.org.uk

4. Barton Broad boardwalk ( Wildlife Trust) - 1.5 miles https://www.norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk/documents/a-living-landscape/wildlife- walks/bure/nwt-barton-broad.aspx

5. Explore the How Hill Nature Reserve https://howhilltrust.org.uk/visitor-information/

Further afield

6. https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/blickling-estate/trails/blickling-estate-walk

7. Winterton Dunes https://www.wintertononsea.co.uk/walk-mobile.html

8. and the River Bure taking in views of St Benets Abbey https://www.norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk/documents/a-living-landscape/wildlife- walks/bure/upton-stepping-out-to-st-benets

9. Horsey and the Seals https://www.explorenorfolkuk.co.uk/horsey-windpump.html

Helpful ‘things to do websites’

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https://www.visitnorthnorfolk.com/ https://www.visitnorfolk.co.uk/

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