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Are you confident and friendly with a positive attitude and a passion for great customer service? We are looking for two people to join the Lakeside Cafe team at Cotebrook Shire Horse Centre Position One: 15 – 20 hours including Saturday / Sundays, Weekdays and extra hours during busy times Position Two: 5 hours including Saturday […]

Help us choose a name for our new foal. Broom’s foal needs a name… All of our male horses are named after Scottish Mountains. Please refer to the list below for the names we have already used. Enter via the “Name the Foal” post on our Facebook Page. The entrant picked with the chosen name

Back in 2019 we developed our Red Squirrel Village in our Hollybush Woodland Area. Working closely with the Welsh Mountain Zoo who oversee this conservation project. It is their longest-running conservation project, beginning back in 1989. We have had a few years of very successful breeding with our young being redistributed to continue the good

We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, who was the Patron of The Shire Horse Society. Thank you ma’am for your faithful service during your long, happy and glorious reign. We send our heartfelt condolences to the Royal Family. As a mark of respect, we will be

After a few phone calls with his head elf, we can confirm that Santa will be visiting Cotebrook this December! For 2 weekends we will be hosting Santa in his grotto. Mr Claus will be here for the weekend of 4th and 5th and 11th and 12th of December. All Santa tickets include admission onto

Here’s our guide to booking tickets online ONLINE BOOKINGS are  not essential but we encourage you to pre book as it reduces queuing time, guarantees entry and if booked 7 days in advance we offer a discounted rate. When booking your ticket you can also download our  Welcome Leaflet and Map,  FREE RETURN VISIT Please book your

We are delighted that we have been given the go-ahead to reopen from Monday! Following the Prime Minister statement together with our zoo licence, our ability to limit and monitor numbers and the fact we have demonstrated we have put social distancing factors in place the greens light was given this afternoon We can’t wait

As you may already be aware after many weeks of preparing to make the centre as safe as possible we were given the news early this week that we wouldn’t be included in the next wave of businesses to be opening on the 15th June. In fact, it won’t be reviewed again until the 18th

Following the government final stage of the England road map announcements, we have decided to continue a number of our Covid 19 keeping safe measures to protect our visitors, staff and the business. We encourage you to book online, this will not only fast track your entry into the centre, but will also avoid unnecessary

Cotebrook Shire Horse Centre remains closed under the government guidelines, but we hope to reopen soon. We must continue to follow the governments advice, which is constantly under review, and as soon as we get the go ahead we will be announcing our reopening date on Facebook, Twitter and our website. We are currently undertaking