Now, you might wonder: what do you eat at a sheep park? Well, not the sheep, obviously (though they do have a café with excellent scones). They have a restaurant called The Woolly Baa-tery, and yes, the puns are unforgivable. But the coffee is strong, and the cake is good. I recommend the carrot cake. It’s not made of sheep, but it feels appropriate.
The park also has a sheep show where they demonstrate shearing and wool spinning. It’s surprisingly hypnotic. You watch a sheep get buzzed down to a naked, startled shape, and you think, “Wow, that’s basically me on a bad haircut day.” The entire audience sits in stunned silence, clutching their tickets and questioning their own grooming habits.
But the real highlight? The mother and baby sheep pens. There, you can bottle-feed lambs. These tiny, trembling creatures will suckle your hand like it’s a life-giving udder. The experience is so cute it hurts. I’m not ashamed to say I teared up. My friend laughed at me. Then a lamb sneezed on his shoe, and I laughed at him.
Surprising Facts That Will Blow Your Mind (and Maybe Your Jacket)
Here’s a surprising fact: The Big Sheep is actually a working farm underneath all the rides and fluff. They breed pedigree polled Dorset sheep. That means these are real, championship-level animals. They’re just also forced to perform for your breakfast entertainment. It’s like a Shakespearean actor also working as a clown—strange, but oddly respectable.
The Big Sheep | Discover Bideford
Another fact: the park has a giant jumping pillow shaped like a sheep. It’s basically a bouncy castle, but it’s a woolly cloud of joy. I jumped on it for ten minutes and rediscovered my childhood. My back hurt for three days. Worth it.
And one more: the staff at The Big Sheep are honestly passionate. They’ll explain the difference between a ewe and a ram with the sincerity of a museum curator. But then they’ll also judge you if you can’t find the exit. “Baaa-ck again, are you?” one said to me. I deserved it.
