West of England Falconry
Who visits us?
Local and international travellers, often american or australian.
What to do here?
A private guided Hawk Walk where you can enjoy flying one of our trained Hawks in the beautiful Newton Park Estate. A private Owl Encounter experience where you will handle and fly three different owls of different sizes and species. You can also visit the centre to see our resident falcons, hawks and owls, as well as twice daily flying demonstrations (11am and 2:30pm) and the brand new Museum of Falconry.
Top 3 reasons to visit
- Fly birds of prey in unique, private and guided experiences!
- Enjoy epic free flight in one of our twice daily flying shows.
- Learn about raptors and the history of falconry at the Museum of Falconry.
Our Story
West of England Falconry
Our mission is to protect wild birds of prey and Owls through education, rehabilitation and conservation, to promote a high standard of animal welfare and to preserve the historic art of British Falconry. The health and wellbeing of all of the birds in our care is crucial to us. Free flight is part of their every day routine and we are constantly striving to improve our aviaries and techniques in husbandry and training. We are a licensed Zoo and have been commended for a high standard of animal care by DEFRA (Zoo License 18/01661/ZOO). Founded in 2009 from a quiet cottage back garden in Midford, Bath, we later moved to Newton St Loe in 2017, where we developed and grew our organisation. In 2018 we were granted our Zoo License and also proudly received our first tourism award for Learning Experiences. From 2019 to 2020 we also picked up a further four tourism awards for accessibility, experience of the year, small visitor attraction and international visitor attraction of the year. Today we continue to develop our work in conservation and our facility for our visitors. Come and join us to make some amazing memories!
Founded by Jay Marshall and now run by Centre Director Naomi Johns, we have an amazing team of staff and volunteers who work tirelessly to give the very best life for all of our birds, and give the best experiences to our visitors.