Meadowview Stables & Petting

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Meadowview country park
Horton Road, BH21 7JH

Our Booking PolicyCancellations are non-refundable. Meadowview is a working yard – children must be supervised. Suitable footwear (no open-toed shoes) required

Service

Guided Daytime Animal Care Experience

45 mins··£18

A calm, guided daytime visit to Meadowview where families, children, and individuals can meet the animals, help with feeding, and learn their stories in a quiet, safe, and personal setting.

This experience is designed to be gentle, unhurried, and SEN-friendly. Small group sizes and a predictable structure make it suitable for children and adults who benefit from calm environments, including those with autism, ADHD, anxiety, or sensory sensitivities.

The visit is guided personally by Caroline, who owns, runs, and cares for the animals daily. You will meet the ponies, donkeys, and animals up close, watch daily care routines, help with feeding where appropriate, and have time to stroke the animals and take photos.

There is no pressure to participate — observing quietly is always welcome. Animal welfare comes first at all times.

This is a real, working smallholding experience focused on care, understanding, and connection rather than performance or entertainment.

Pricing:
£18 per person for the guided daytime animal care experience.

Optional Feeding Time Return:
Visitors are welcome to return later in the day (around 4:30pm) to observe or help with the evening feeding routine where appropriate. This is optional and can be added for £2 per person on the day (£20 total).

About

Meadowview Stables & Petting – where humans reset and magic happens.

This isn’t a petting farm.
This is a sanctuary.

A place where:

• Kids forget screens and remember imagination
• Mums stop performing and just be
• People breathe out for the first time all week

We groom ponies, lead donkeys, write wishes on the Bumpkin Tree,
and let the land slow us down.

No pressure.
No perfection.
Just connection, peace, laughter and muddy boots.

Come as you are.
Leave lighter 💚