The Visitor Centre (including Cycle Hire & The Barn Café seating area) is closed from Monday 12 to Friday 16 January for annual maintenance

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    Our phone lines are currently experiencing an outage.

    Car park is full and temporarily closed. It will re-open as soon as enough spaces become available.

    Our car park has now re-opened.

    The site is experiencing an internet outage, all communications are currently down.

    Some paths and areas around the site are currently flooded due to recent heavy rainfall. Please take care when visiting.

    The Barn Café at the Visitor Centre is now open every day from 9am - 4.30pm.

    Roadworks are in place near the entrance from 9.30am to 3.30pm Monday 26 & Tuesday 27 January. Moors Valley is open as normal. Please allow extra time for your journey.

    Halloween Illuminated Trail Thursday 23 October is cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances. Ticket holders will be contacted by their ticket provider as soon as possible.

The Barn at Moors Valley Country Park

The Visitor Centre and Tea Rooms at Moors Valley Country Park are housed in a lovely old Barn which came from Manor Farm, Easton Royal near Marlborough in Wiltshire.

It was transported here on a series of low loaders in the Autumn of 1985. Rebuilding commenced in 1986- about a dozen carpenters worked on the project and the building was completed during the long hot summer of 1987.

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The work was overseen by Council architect David Richards. Each piece of timber had been labelled and colour coded and was meticulously placed back in its original position. Some infill old timber of the same age was purchased from Oxfordshire and only about 10% is new timber. The main construction which is set on a brick plinth, consists of 4 ‘A’ frames and two Gable porches. All timbers are connected by mortice and tennon joints, pegs and dowels. The roof which was originally thatched was replaced by red and grey tiles.

Find out more about the story of The Barn at Moors Valley here.