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What's Open?

Park Opening Times:

Drusillas is open every day of the year, with the exception of our annual Christmas closures on 24th, 25th, and 26th December.

Our school holiday opening hours run in line with East Sussex school holidays

Summer Opening Hours 10am - 6pm (last admission 5pm)
Winter Opening Hours 10am - 5pm (last admission 4pm)
Car Park closes 15 mintues after Park closing

Ticket Prices:

  • We offer dynamic pricing throughout the year to reflect our varied offering in winter and peak seasons.
  • Pre-book your tickets online by midnight the day before you visit and save 20% on our gate price!
  • To check the gate price on your chosen visit day see our pricing calendar here

Ride Opening Times:

All our rides are included for both day visitors and Annual Members

First ride of the day 11am
Last ride of the day

4.45pm (GMT) / 5.45pm (BST)

Weekends and East Sussex School Holidays Rides run continuously
Term time weekdays and winter weekends Rides run on rotation. Park entrance prices reduced
  • Our Hippopotobus is currently closed due to a mechanical fault. We are working hard to fix this as quickly as possible.

Play Areas Opening Times:

All our rides are included for both day visitors and Annual Members

Amazon Adventure Open Daily 10am - Park closing
Go Wild!

Open Daily 10am - Park closing

Go Bananas! Open Daily 10am - Park closing
Mungo's Adventure Maze Open Daily 10am - Park closing
House of Fun Open Daily 10am - Park closing
Get Wet! Open Daily 10am - Park closing from 29th March - 30th September

Zoo Walk Through & Feeding Times:

Our zoo is open daily all year round, and included for both day visitors and Annual Members

Sloth & Bat House

Open all year round

Open Daily

10am-4pm BST / 10am-3.30pm GMT

Lemurland

Seasonal Opening

11am-4pm BST / 11am-3.30pm GMT

Open Daily from Feb half term - Oct half term

Weekends & holidays from Jan-Mar & Nov-Dec

Lory Landing

Seasonal Opening

11am-4pm BST / 11am-3.30pm GMT

Open Daily from Easter - Oct half term

Weekends & holidays from Jan-Mar & Nov-Dec

Animal Feeding Times

See Schedule here

Food & Drink Opening Times:

  • Explorer's Cafe: Open Daily from 10am - Park closing (hot food 12pm - 4pm)
  • Amazon Adventure Cafe: Open Daily from 10am - Park closing
  • Oasis Cafe:
    • Seasonal Opening 10am - Park closing: food served 11.30am - 4.30pm (GMT) and 5.30pm (BST)
    • Open Weekends & East Sussex school holidays from Feb half term until Oct half term + during Christmas event
    • Closed 2nd Jan - Feb half term /  4th Nov - 30th Nov
  • The Doughnut Factory:
    • Seasonal Opening 10am - 4pm (GMT) and 5pm (BST)
    • Open Weekends & East Sussex school holidays from Feb half term - Oct half term + during Christmas event
    • Closed 2nd Jan - Feb half term / 4th Nov - 30th Nov
  • Candyland: Weekends & East Sussex school holidays from Easter holidays until October half term

Retail Opening Times:

  • Mungo's Trading Post: Open daily
  • Toy Safari:
    • Daily from May half term until October half term
    • Weekends and East Sussex school holidays from Feb half - May half term
    • Weekends and East Sussex school holidays during our Christmas Event
    • Closed from 3rd Jan - 10th Feb
    • Closed from 4th Nov - 30th Nov
  • Teddy's Jungle Safari:
    • Weekends and East Sussex school holidays from Easter hols - Oct half term
    • Weekends and East Sussex school holidays during our Christmas Event
    • Closed from Jan - Easter hols
    • Closed after Oct half term - 30th Nov

Optional Activity Opening Times:

  • SPARK:
    • Fridays, Weekends & East Sussex School Holidays (all year round) 
    • Wednesdays (Easter – October half term only)
    • SEND-only sessions 10.30am every day SPARK is open.
    • Additional tickets are required to visit SPARK - more here
  • Our optional activities such as Penguin Plunge and Vertical Limit are open most weekends & East Sussex school holidays, weather permitting, from mid January to October. Additional tickets required

Directions:

  • Drusillas is situated just off the A27 near Alfriston. We are approximately 6 miles from Eastbourne and 12 miles from Brighton. We are located on Alfriston Road. Click on the map for our precise location.
  • We advise customers who are taking the train to go to Polegate station and take a taxi, they have a taxi rank situated directly outside. Alternatively Berwick station is approx 1 mile from us and is a 20-30 minute walk along the public footpaths
  • Our address is:
    Drusillas Park
    Alfriston
    East Sussex
    BN26 5QS

Bus Services: 

Cuckmere Buses call at Drusillas with the following services:

  • Saturdays: Service 25 from Eastbourne, Polegate and Lewes.
  • Sundays and Bank Holidays: Service 26 from Eastbourne, Polegate and Seaford.
  • Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays during British Summer Time: an hourly service, known as The Rambler, from Berwick Station and Seaford.

 

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