nature centre, pershore road

We often go to the Nature Centre for a couple of hours on a sunny day.

There are lots of animals to look at, with various different feeding times throughout the day, a little playground, and a mini cafe and soft play.

If it's raining, however, it's not great: the soft play is teeny and you won't last long in the cafe.

Some of the bigger animals are a bit depressing: the lynx seems to be in a much smaller cage than you'd like.

They've put the prices up a bit in recent years - currently £5 for adults, free for under 5s.

Took DD 3 yrs and a friend's 18 month old who both enjoyed looking at animals at nature centre. Has farm animals and more exotic monkeys, meercats. Not too big but plenty to look at and a little playground too.

A 'must' for anyone living in, or visiting Birmingham. Excellent vfm. Also right next to the beautiful Canon Hill Park so you can take a picnic and make a full day of it. Lots of animals to see (who doesn't love a meerkat?) and easy to wander around as little or as much as you want to each time you visit. Great for young families. I can't comment on food as never eaten there - my dcs like the ice creams though!

Great little place to spend most of a day or cheap enough to go for an hour.