Visit essentials
Right now
Open
Price
Low
Allow
Quick stop up to half a day
How we use price bands
These are broad planning guides for a typical visit, not exact prices. Check the venue before travelling.
- Free
- No regular admission fee. Parking, donations, travel or optional activities may still cost extra.
- Low
- Usually a small charge or donation, broadly up to £10 per person.
- Medium
- A typical paid visit, broadly around £10–£25 per person or a moderate family ticket.
- High
- Usually a larger day-out cost, broadly over £25 per person or for a family ticket.
About this activity
A small family attraction within Lanchester Garden Centre. Potter's World includes a tropical village with birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish and invertebrates, birds-of-prey aviaries and the Little Potter's Play Tunnel. The wider site has a restaurant, toilets, baby-changing facilities and a baby-feeding room. An entrance charge applies to Potter's World. Last admission is normally at 4pm, one hour before closing.
Opening hours
- monday
- 09:00–17:00
- tuesday
- 09:00–17:00
- wednesday
- 09:00–17:00
- thursday
- 09:00–17:00
- friday
- 09:00–17:00
- saturday
- 09:00–17:00
- sunday
- 09:00–17:00
Opening times can change. Check the venue website before travelling.
Plan your visit
Location
Bargate Bank, Lanchester, County Durham, DH7 0SSKeep exploring
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