National Seal Sanctuary, Gweek

We went to the Seal Sanctuary at the end of July 2007 with our 3 children. I would advise going early, we got there when it opened at 10.00am, and there were only 2 other families waiting, when we came out, there was a queue as far as up the hill to the car park at least an hour wait to get in, and staff were handing out lollipops to children, the one disadvantage here is that there only seems to be one member of staff taking money when you arrive ...
...information, they are currently giving each child a shark top trump card and if your card matches the one in the shop you get a free pack of shark cards, this all takes time hence the queue when we came out. We used Tesco vouchers which made it very reasonable it would have cost nearly £40.00 but only had to use £10.00 of vouchers, the current prices are as follows: Adult £10.95 Child £7.95 5 up to 15. OAP £9.95 Family ticket 2 adults, 2 children ...

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Review of National Seal Sanctuary, Gweek

As I said in my earlier review about Cornwall, I enjoyed my visit to the Seal Sanctuary so much, that I have to write a separate review about it. The sanctuary is based in Gweek, which is a small place, 45 Minutes from St. Austell. It is well signposted, so easy to find or just type in TR12 6UG into your sat nav ;-) . Why is a Sanctuary important? the seal sanctuary treats injured seals, baby seals that seem to have been abandoned. They provide ...
...they rescue and rehabilitate over 30 injured or abandoned seal pups. Not all of them can be released. The adult animals you can see in the Sanctuary are ones, that wouldn't survive in the wild anymore. Adoption: The sanctuary offers it's visitors to adopt an animal, which helps, giving the animal the best chances of recovery. The adoption cost £30 for children and £50 for adults if you want to adopt one of the animals in the sanctuary (you can choose ...

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The Sanctuary was started in 1958 by Ken Jones when a baby seal, only a few hours old, was washed up on the beach at St Agnes. For many years it was based in St Agnes but as news of it's good work spread the amount of animals it received increased and in 1975 it re-located to Geek. Today the Sanctuary has Nursery pools, Convalescence, and Resident pools, and a specially designed Hospital. The hospital over the years has been extended to include ...
...They have rescued many seals over the years, and most are well enough to be released back into the wild after treatment, but some seals, for various reasons, would not survive back in the wild, so they have them as their guests at the Sanctuary. In addition to the Grey and Common Seals, they have Californian and Patagonian Sea Lions. The Sanctuary also provides a much-needed haven for a variety of other animals, such as Otters, Ponies and Goats. ...

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We go to the seal sanctuary every time we go down to Cornwall and even when we go to Dorset and Devon! (which is once a year!) Parking is free and is right near the entrance. I can not remember the exact price as every year we have been able to get a 2 for 1 ticket. I think though we paid around £6.50 last September. I think this is quite pricey but it is a charity and it is a lovely day out. If you look around for leaflets where ever you go you ...
...have paid there is a downhill walk to the seals but there is a landrover train that can take you down and bring you back for no extra charge. The drive down is through the woods and you get a lovely view down into the sanctuary and then beyond to the wooded river/lake. It is only a short ride and you are dropped off between the pools where the seals live. You can wander round looking at the seals. There are views of the seals mainly all around the ...

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Having visited before a good number of years ago, I was pleased to see that Gweek was going from strength to strength when re-visiting in October. It is quite a way out from the nearest towns (Falmouth and Helston) but is well worth the trip. Prices are £10.50 for adults, £6.50 for children. Buy 'The Cornishman' newspaper (out every Thursday) which often has 2-for-1 offers for a wide range of attractions, including Gweek. There are good parking ...
...up to say that they were hoping to build more facilities nearer to the 'attractions', as the entrance is quite a way from the seals etc. In summer months there is a land train to take you down to the pools but as we visited in winter this was not the case. Be warned that this results in quite a long, hilly walk - fine for most but may be a problem for the very young or old. Check their website or pphone for details of 'off peak' dates. Once you ...

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We have been going to the Sanctuary for years and have enjoyed every second of it! There is just sooo much to do!! Firstly, you couldn't ask for a more beautiful destination. The Sanctuary is set with a backdrop of the gorgeous Helford estuary in the quaint little village of Gweek, just outside of Helston. Theres the seal hospital (this is where the seal pups will be in winter), then several pools which are home to loads of different types of seals. ...
...will teach you what they do when they rescue a pup and you get a chance to have a go as well. Theres the most wonderful underwater viewing areas - where you can watch the seals swimming towards you underwater!! The kids will sit and watch it for hours!! Then you've got the ginat rock pool which has loads of different types of fish, anemones, sea snails etc and you even get the chance to hold a crab or a starfish! Then you've got the brilliant woodland ...

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