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Hillside Shire Horse Sanctuary

349 Reviews

#1 of 2 things to do in West Runton

Features Animals

Nature & Parks, Nature & Wildlife Areas

Satellite Navigation Street Sandy Lane, West Runton, Cromer NR27 9QH, England

Review Highlights

“What a wonderful place - so many stunning horses.”

A lovely way to spend a day - so many wonderful horses, plus lots of other animals. There are many... read more

Reviewed 1 week ago

Maureen B

Feering, United Kingdom

“Excellent”

Excellent space for the animals, very peaceful and all the animals appear well cared for and happy... read more

Reviewed 2 weeks ago

chaos73

Doncaster, United Kingdom

via mobile

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4.5 349 reviews

Excellent73%
Very good20%
Average4%
Poor2%
Terrible1%

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What travelers are saying

A great place for animal lovers and people who love horses lovely place to be...

Amazing Sanctuary and well worth a visit.

A great place for animal lovers and people who love horses lovely place to be...

Lovely little farming museum as well as a cafe and gift shop, lots of opportu...

What a lovely few hours spent at this amazing animal sanctuary.

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Satellite Navigation Street Sandy Lane, West Runton, Cromer NR27 9QH, England

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+44 1603 736200

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Maureen B

Feering, United Kingdom

8936

Reviewed 1 week ago

What a wonderful place - so many stunning horses.

A lovely way to spend a day - so many wonderful horses, plus lots of other animals. There are many breeds of horses, from large work horses to very small, many rescued and brought back to health. Great tea room too - wonderful cakes. They...More

Date of experience: May 2018

Thank Maureen B

chaos73

Doncaster, United Kingdom

1211

Reviewed 2 weeks ago via mobile

Excellent

Excellent space for the animals, very peaceful and all the animals appear well cared for and happy. We could not believe how many animals they have saved and how well they all look. Hats off to you for all your efforts and keep up the...More

Date of experience: April 2019

Thank chaos73

jo h

London, United Kingdom

208

Reviewed 3 weeks ago via mobile

An amazing place for all animal lovers

We came on holiday here especially to visit, and give some donations. The staff are so dedicated, and the stories behind these rescued animals is so evident of the cruelty that takes place out of sight. The shire horses as well as all the other...More

Date of experience: April 2019

Thank jo h

LMC04

London, United Kingdom

10123

Reviewed March 9, 2019 via mobile

Wonderful place ❤️

This animal sanctuary is such a wonderful place to visit.The animals look so well cared for and we loved reading the stories about how some of them came to be there.We had tea and sandwiches in the cafe before we left which were delicious and...More

Date of experience: August 2018

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Jonty G

Swindon, United Kingdom

1326

Reviewed December 1, 2018

An enjoyable visit as usual but could do better

My wife and I have visited 'Hillside Shire Horse Sanctuary' since 2008, not only staying during the Summer on site (a house, lodge and a mobile home are available to rent to the public in the sanctuary grounds) but attending the 'Hillside Nativity Fayre' which...More

Date of experience: November 2018

6 Thank Jonty G

ernie09Kent

Kent

12248

Reviewed October 31, 2018

Safest place for animals in need

A remarkable charity looking after 3000 misplaced, unwanted and unloved animals. Hillside don't only look after animals, they campaign against poor animal welfare practices, research and even help prosecute when animal abuse is identified. Well done Hillside!

Date of experience: October 2018

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JaneM3381

169

Reviewed October 28, 2018

Brilliant day out

Wonderful place to visit and see the rescued animals so very well cared for Horses, pigs, goats etc all lounging around in fields or in stables. Lovely, animal - friendly cafe where we ate a a delicious lunch and bought cakes to take home We...More

Date of experience: October 2018

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lucyb682

Cambridge, United Kingdom

106

Reviewed October 25, 2018 via mobile

Peaceful place

We’re not an avid horse fans but we loved this place. There’s something very peaceful about it and also thought provoking. Lovely, calm place and our utmost respect to the people who work here and dedicate themselves to the care of the animals. Highly recommend.

Date of experience: October 2018

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Scowp

Hove, United Kingdom

24698

Reviewed October 23, 2018

Has Grown into a super farm park

We spent seveal hours walking about there are many intersting exhibits and small bric a brac areas A super range of animals and lovely horses The cafe is good place to regoup your energies

Date of experience: September 2018

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Citytraveller38

London, United Kingdom

19869

Reviewed October 13, 2018

Amazing Place

I have to admit that i wasn't expecting much (other half wanted to go - but i wasn't too keen)...but i was pleasantly surprised. The animals are really well looked after...all their enclosures were clean and they had fresh food and water. Not only were...More