Local schoolchildren, Dorset councillors, Dorset Council officers and Park Rangers lately braved the pouring rain to have fun the completion of the Adventure Valley attraction primarily based at Moors Valley Country Park and Forest in Ashley Heath, Dorset.
Adventure Valley is a brand new exercise zone for all ages, consisting of an 18-hole Adventure Golf course and a Mini Land Rover Experience. The golf course is themed across the various wildlife and habitats of the park, whereas the Land Rover monitor permits kids to navigate by means of an thrilling off-road journey in electrical automobiles.
The idea of Adventure Valley was first mentioned again in 2020, after a few Moors Valley Rangers had been impressed by their adventures on a household vacation. As Moors Valley was already recognised as a place for adventurous play, Park Rangers drew up tough plans for the exercise zone and calculated how a lot it’d cost.
A capital bid was submitted in November 2020 and accepted in March 2021 for each the Land Rover monitor and the miniature golf course. While the pandemic had slowed plans, the electrical automobiles had been bought and delivered in March 2022, coming over from Holland.
As the idea of Adventure Valley was reworked right into a closing plan, a brief Land Rover course was arrange. This course operated from Easter 2022 within the picnic space of Moors Valley and was an enormous success, enabling the workforce to study what labored and what didn’t when finalising their plans.
The lease for the principle course was granted by the RSPCA in February 2023, with floor damaged the next month. Contractors, volunteers, and Rangers labored day-in, day-out in in all weathers to ship the venture, with Adventure Valley formally launched in August 2023.
While the attraction is absolutely open to the general public, there much more phases deliberate with a tunnel and signage to be added to the Land Rover course, and extra planting and carvings on the golf course on the best way too.
Cllr Ray Bryan, Dorset Council’s Portfolio Holder for Highways, Travel and Environment, mentioned:
“Moors Valley may be very particular to me, as I stay simply a few miles away and go to very often. Dorset Council has an excellent partnership with different our bodies akin to Forestry England and the RSPCA, who’re so vital to creating Moors Valley the success it’s.
“I’m so happy to see so many kids having fun with themselves taking part in golf and studying easy methods to drive, regardless of the standard British wet climate! It is such a unbelievable facility for the council to assist and, as a Cabinet member, I’m proud to be chargeable for ensuring this place will get the funding and assist it wants.
“I’d like to thank everyone who has been involved with this brilliant project. Particular thanks go to Park Ranger Emma Reeks, without who this project would still just be an idea on paper. Her hard work, motivation and attention to detail has ensured the Adventure Valley project became a reality, delivered to the high standard you can see today.”
Since Adventure Valley opened, over 76,500 holes of Adventure Golf have been accomplished. More than 23,000 Land Rover laps have additionally been pushed with a complete mileage of over 2,700 miles – the identical distance as Moors Valley to the North Pole!
Find out more at the Moors Valley Country Park and Forest website.
