The Milky Way Adventure Park

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This all-weather family adventure park was named Large Attraction of the Year 2016 by Visit Devon, and was the only attraction in Devon to win TripAdvisor’s highest accolade, a Travellers' Choice Award, in 2016, 2017 AND 2018. Over the winter The Milky Way main park is open most weekends, and on weekdays too during Devon school holidays - though Little Stars, its on-site play centre offering imaginative and adventure play for 0-6s, is open Monday-Sunday all year round (see full details of opening days and times). 

With over 110,000 sq feet of indoor fun & acres of outdoor activities, this is a truly out of this world experience. All the rides, shows and play areas are included in the entrance fee at The Milky Way, so there are no hidden extras, and it’s fun for parents as well as kids. Whether you’re looking to entertain school-age kids, preschoolers, or (most likely) a family group of all ages, this is the place for you. The park is particularly accessible for wheelchairs, and dog-friendly too.

The latest addition is Gravity Rider - at around 30ft tall and 200ft long, this two lane donut slide is guaranteed to give a fast, fun and exhilarating ride. Designed for adults as well as children (over 1m and aged 4+), Gravity Rider is seriously great fun, and has quickly become a firm favourite with visitors. Other recent additions include an amazing display of Sci-Fi memorabilia (“From Daleks to Darth Vader!”), and the Bouncing Balloon Room - a huge hit with younger children.

The Milky Way has a great choice of rides and coasters. Take a trip on the Cosmic Typhoon – this coaster has glorious panoramic views from the top, but prepare to scream as you face the hair-raising drop! Have a close encounter with aliens in the indoor and interactive Clone Zone dark ride, then take on the huge death slides in the Time Warp – if you dare. The Milky Way is also home to the Jumping Jupiters: one of the UK’s largest bouncing pillows, as well as a smaller pillow just for children under five and accompanying adults.

One of the most popular attractions are the indoor Droid Destroyer dodgems, which guarantee a bumping good time for everyone, and little ones can join in the fun here too – there are special gentle rides for smaller visitors. Visitors large and small love the Time Warp in wet weather too. This is North Devon’s biggest indoor play area, and within this huge space (it’s heated in the colder months) you’ll find assault courses, rope walks, ball pools and four slides of varying speed. Start with the gentle one then build up to those that are more challenging - if you dare! The whole area is built for adults as well as children, so everyone can have fun (and have someone to hold their hand if they want!).

There’s plenty of fun designed specifically with smaller adventurers (and their grownups!) in mind, too. The innovative Little Stars play centre offers adventure and imaginative play for babies to pre-schoolers, with a multi-level soft play area, sensory room for babies, a dressing up area, a role-play pizzeria complete with kitchen, tables and food – and even a pretend carwash with ride-on cars. The space is designed so that parents can relax and enjoy a snack or meal (family treats and healthy options, as well as proper coffee, tea and cakes) in the in-house café and have a good view of the play area at all times. Babies and pre-schoolers also love the gentler areas of Time Warp, some of which are set aside just for them.

To wind down, visitors can take a leisurely trip on the Milky Way railway, and then sit back and enjoy the shows, which include Merlin from Britain’s Got Talent with his fun-packed skills and thrills show, and breath-taking displays from the North Devon Bird of Prey Centre. The park also has a 1,000 seat indoor arena, so the show goes on whatever the weather! Alongside this, there’s plenty to try your hand at including golf, archery and laser shooting for all the family.

Don’t miss out on the biggest all-weather day out in North Devon! Your adventure awaits … are you ready?