News (May 2024) - Accessible Holidays - Tourism For All

Visitors at Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm, a Zoo and conservation charity in North Somerset, can now enjoy peace of mind with their new Rainy Day Guarantee. If the weather takes a wet turn and it rains for more than one hour during your visit, you can return for free within the next 14 days!

From Saturday, almost half of guest-facing staff members, from a range of departments across the tourist attraction, will have attended a training course to learn basic Makaton signs and phrases.

Planning a city break or a day trip in one of the UK’s cities? If you’re a wheelchair user or have a mobility aid, here are our top tips for exploring the city to take the stress out of getting around!

Strictly star, Tess Daly, presents award to Stubcroft Farm Campsite at dazzling awards evening in Blackpool's historic Winter Gardens Empress Ballroom. 

Looking for live performances to enjoy in June? Here’s a round up of accessible performances coming to theatres and other venues across the UK.

Recently, Sutton the African Elephant,  celebrated his 10^th Birthday with his keepers and visitors at Noah's Ark Zoo Farm. Elephant keepers at Noah's Ark created birthday enrichment for Sutton to mark the occasion, which Sutton enjoyed with Janu and Uli, two other African Elephants at Elephant Eden. 

The Somerset sun shone brightly upon Haynes Motor Museum for the annual Brotherwood WAV & Mobility Show, where the UK’s Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle (WAV) specialists Brotherwood welcomed clients to explore their leading range of vehicle conversions.

Fairytale Farm invites you to step into a storybook world with the return of the much-anticipated ‘Once Upon a Unicorn and Dragon’ event, taking place from 25th May to 2nd June  2024. 

The Marsham Court Hotel was highly commended at the Disability Smart Award 2024 for their work to improve the lives of disabled people. The Marsham Court Hotel was highly commended in the Disability Smart Inclusive Customer Experience category at an awards ceremony in London on 30 April, hosted by Business Disability Forum and held in partnership with Bloomberg.

Theatre by the Lake announce a new partnership with the National Trust, making the beautiful Cumbrian countryside more accessible than ever before. Thanks to the generous support of the Keswick Lions, a brand new all-terrain mobility scooter, known as a Tramper, is now available for hire at the theatre.