The Visitor Centre, toilets and restaurant will be closed for annual maintenance 13 - 17 January 2025.

    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.

    Work is currently taking place on site. Please follow diversions and signs for your safety.

    Restaurant closed until early February. Takeaway Kiosk open for drinks and snacks 9am - 4.30pm.

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Raffle Prize Requests

We welcome applications for raffle prizes from local charities, care homes, and schools. Just so you know, because we get so many requests, we do have some restrictions in place.

Please read through this information carefully and if your project or event falls into the criteria below, please follow the directions for making your application.

We are happy to support:

  • Local schools and care homes, raising funds for their site
  • Local charities raising funds, including local branches of national charities
  • Individuals raising funds locally for national or local charities

We are unable to support individuals or groups raising money for non-registered charities or for overseas projects or gap years.

All schools, groups or events must be within a 30-mile distance from Moors Valley, BH24 2ET.

Our standard raffle prize is 2 x single-day passes to Moors Valley for 1 car. 

A maximum of 2 applications per year applies to each school/group.
A maximum of 500 prizes are awarded each year (April-March).

How to apply

Please send a stamp-addressed envelope (SAE) to:

Moors Valley Visitor Services,
Horton Road,
Ashley Heath,
Dorset,
BH24 2ET 

along with a cover letter giving the following information –

  • The name of your school/charity/group and charity number
  • Your location
  • What/who you are raising money for
  • Date of raffle event (so we can ensure a reasonable use-by date is given to your day passes)

If you are unsure if your circumstances fall within these criteria, please feel free to email the rangers first at rangers@moors-valley.co.uk for more information. Please note: raffle prize requests via social media or any other means and applications in writing without a stamp addressed envelope will not be responded to.