We have BIG news!! Loads of you have said you'd love to be able to visit The Bear Trail more often. So for 2019 we've decided to introduce our ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP, letting you and your family enjoy UNLIMITED mud, UNLIMITED Bear Trail family fun, UNLIMITED obstacles to...

Fantastic news! We've been voted "Runner Up" in the Family Attraction (Half Day Out) and Outdoor Play Centre Categories in the prestigious Primary Times Reader Star Awards 2018. Thanks very much to everyone who voted for us - we are enormously honoured and privileged...

Is probably a thought that either occupies our mind once if not a hundred times during the day. No matter how confident we are (or aren't) in our choices, decisions and beliefs...there is always that nagging feeling....Am I doing it right? Should I have said that to...

Birthdays are the BEST! We.Love.Birthdays!! We have hosted hundreds since we opened on the 23rd July last year! All of them full of fun, fresh air and not forgetting mud! But this 23rd July it’s our turn! We will be a whole one year old! What a year we have had! Never...

  Too many mince pies? Dug too deep into the chocolate box this year? We've all been there....and too right. It's Christmas! Well, yes it is but now we are looking to the New Year! Here at Bear Trail HQ we have been listening to your ideas and suggestions. Its time to...

Running. Climbing. Crawling. Slipping. Sliding. We've come to realise that despite the draw of modern technology, given the chance, kids just want to be kids! Phew! We breathed a huge sigh of relief too. Kids are amazing! Aren't they? And we should know....we were all...

Quality time is family time! …… But we know that doesn’t come without its challenges. Life is busy; and rushed; and sometimes there is just too much going on to stop and take a breath. The challenge is real, and as hard as we try, there is an ever decreasing window of...

There is never a dull moment here on the trail. Even whilst we aren't busy designing, building, digging and painting; nothing makes us happier than looking out on the Devonshire countryside and the trail itself, and dreaming of the day when you will all be here to...

Welcome to the Bear Trail! What is The Bear Trail, where did it come from and why are we doing it….? Firstly, I would like to introduce myself. My name is Ben and I am so excited that I am even able to write this post, because it means my dream is becoming true. My...