Hillview Animal Park

24/04/2025

We have 2 rare breeds here at Hillview, and we are proud to play our part in conserving them.

However there are lots of other breeds that are at risk of disappearing.

We breed our Bagot goats and Scots dumpy chickens (Scotland's rarest chicken), but we would like to support more breeds in the future!

Two of the UK’s iconic native sheep breeds – the Manx Loaghtan and the Leicester Longwool breeds – are moved to the most urgent ‘Priority’ category in the new Rare Breeds Survival Trust (RBST) Watchlist published today.

RBST works to promote and conserve the UK’s native breeds of livestock and equines. The RBST Watchlist is the charity’s annual situation report for these breeds, reflecting robust measures of the genetic diversity within each breed as well as analysis of registration data. The survival of the UK’s rare native breeds is important for sustainable farming, regenerative land management, biodiversity, food chain resilience and genetic diversity; as well as these breeds’ immense cultural and heritage value.

https://www.rbst.org.uk/news/two-iconic-uk-sheep-breeds-fall-to-urgent-priority-category-on-new-rare-breeds-watchlist

21/04/2025

🐣You guys have SMASHED the Easter holidays 🐣

Well that's the Easter holidays finished, and we have been blown away by the amount of people that have booked to come and see our wonderful animals!

You helped us SELL OUT 17 of our 21 sessions, which is AMAZING!

We have had so much fun introducing you to our chicks, having you help us feed our lambs, and feeding all of our other animals on site!

We have had Cameroon sheep lambs born, Bagot goat kids and over the last few days, pygmy goat kids born (which some of you witnessed!). We still have more pygmy goats to be born and then our alpacas over the summer!

If you have visited us over the Easter period, there's still a couple of ways you can help us grow.

📈 Please leave us a review on Facebook, Google, Trip advisor or all 3 of you wish!

📈 Share your photos on social media and tag us, so we can see your photos and all of your friends know where you visited!

📈Give our page a share!

We wouldn't be able to do this without all of our visitors, so thank you all very much!

Don't forget that we have another open weekend (Saturday, Sunday and Monday) over the 3rd, 4th and the 5th of May!

We have availability, but those tickets are selling fast, and it will be the last chance to feed this batch of lambs!

To book your tickets, follow the link:
https://hillviewspringvisits2025.eventbrite.co.uk/

Thanks again,
Hillview Animal Park

20/04/2025

What a cracking Easter Sunday!!

Our car park couldn't have taken another car today, and it was great to see so many people enjoy their time in the sunshine!

The 2 pygmy goat kids born yesterday were in fine form entertaining visitors, and they are causing mischief at less than 24 hours old!

Tomorrow morning's session has completely SOLD OUT!
We have a couple of car spaces left for the afternoon slot (1-3pm).

This is the last open day of the Easter holidays.
We will have one more open weekend at the beginning of May, and that will be us until the summer holidays, so don't miss out!!

To book please follow this link:

https://hillviewspringvisits2025.eventbrite.co.uk/

19/04/2025

Today's new arrivals!

The visitors to our afternoon session today got more than they bargained for, when 'Dippy' our pygmy goat gave birth to a lovely set of twins in front of them!

The babies were quickly up on their feet and feeding from mum, who is an experienced and very good mum!

You never know what you might witness on a visit to Hillview!

We are SOLD OUT tomorrow (Sunday 20th) but we do have limited availability for Monday.

To book tickets, please follow this link:

https://hillviewspringvisits2025.eventbrite.co.uk/

18/04/2025

Did you know?

Our chick handling is a FREE activity!

We are SOLD OUT Saturday 19th
We have 1 ticket remaining Sunday 20th
We have limited availability Monday 21st

To book your ticket, please follow this link:

https://hillviewspringvisits2025.eventbrite.co.uk/

16/04/2025

Feast your eyes on this!!

We have had a cancellation for the sold out session this coming Friday 18th (1:30-3:30).

The ticket is now live again on Eventbrite.

Don't all rush at once!

https://hillviewspringvisits2025.eventbrite.co.uk/

15/04/2025

Hillview is the place to be this Easter holiday!

The next selected open days and availability are as follows:

Friday 18th- SOLD OUT
Saturday 19th- 1 TICKET LEFT
Sunday 20th - 50%+ TICKETS SOLD
Monday 21st- 50%+ TICKETS SOLD

We have:
🍼 Lamb bottle feeding
🐣 Day old chicks for handling
🦘 Wallaby feeding
🐑 Lambs sunbathing in the paddocks
🐐 Goat kids out enjoying the sunshine
🦙 Hungry alpacas waiting to be fed
🫏 Cheeky donkeys wanting a good scratch
🦌 Fallow deer that will feed from hand
🧺 Picnic area and picnic benches for lunch time
🍫 Crisps, chocolate, sweets and drinks in the shop
🧸 Soft toys in the shop

What are you waiting for? Tickets WILL SELL OUT!

Book here:

https://hillviewspringvisits2025.eventbrite.co.uk/

14/04/2025

This afternoon's session is a SELL OUT!

The sun is trying it's hardest to stay out, and the lambs are enjoying the heat!

Thanks to everyone that has booked today!

13/04/2025

Another cracking open day!

The forecast rain only lasted a few minutes and then the sun came back out!

Have you visited recently?

We would love to increase the amount of reviews that we have on both Facebook and Google.

We get lots of wonderful comments on our open days, but we want the internet to know too!

If you have enjoyed a visit with us recently, why not leave us a Facebook or Google review!

https://g.page/r/CbQBy6CHK0DiEBE/review

We appreciate all of the wonderful comments that we get. As a small true family run business, it makes all of the hard work worthwhile!

12/04/2025

Hillview is the place to be this Easter holiday!

Friday 11th- SOLD OUT
Saturday 12th- SOLD OUT
Sunday 13th - SOLD OUT
Monday 14th- VERY LIMITED AVAILABILITY!!

We have:
🍼 Lamb bottle feeding
🐣 Day old chicks for handling
🦘 Wallaby feeding
🐑 Lambs sunbathing in the paddocks
🐐 Goat kids out enjoying the sunshine
🦙 Hungry alpacas waiting to be fed
🫏 Cheeky donkeys wanting a good scratch
🦌 Fallow deer that will feed from hand
🧺 Picnic area and picnic benches for lunch time
🍫 Crisps, chocolate, sweets and drinks in the shop
🧸 Soft toys in the shop

What are you waiting for? Tickets WILL SELL OUT!

Book here:

https://hillviewspringvisits2025.eventbrite.co.uk/

10/04/2025

👀 LOOK WHAT'S ARRIVED!!👀

Our next batch of chicks for our chick handling sessions have arrived!

Look at the variety of colours! Aren't they so cute!?

We hold chick handling sessions during every open day slot, at 11:30 and 2:30 (3pm on a Friday).

We have just a couple of tickets left for this next lot of open days!

Book now, before they are all gone!

https://hillviewspringvisits2025.eventbrite.co.uk/

09/04/2025

A big breakfast for little goats!

Our pygmy goats are a firm favourite at the farm with our visitors.

They are so friendly yet mischievous!

We just wanted to give a quick update on our open days 11th-14th of May

Friday 11th April (1:30pm-3:30pm)- SOLD OUT
Saturday 12th April (10am-12pm)- SOLD OUT
Saturday 12th April (1pm-3pm)- SOLD OUT
Sunday 13th April (10am-12pm)- 2 TICKETS REMAIN
Sunday 13th April (1pm-3pm)- 2 TICKETS REMAIN
Monday 14th April (10am-12pm) 75% TICKETS SOLD
Monday 14th April (1pm-3pm) 75% TICKETS SOLD

Our open days have been incredibly popular, and we do expect to sell out again!

Just a reminder that you need to pre-book a car and driver and pay for passengers in arrival.

You can buy cups of animal feed and bottles for lambs are sold on a first come, first served basis on the day.

Please book early to avoid disappointment!

To book, follow this link:

https://hillviewspringvisits2025.eventbrite.co.uk/

09/04/2025

3000 FOLLOWERS!!

We have been so busy, that we missed passing the 3000 followers mark!

Thank you to all of our followers who help make Hillview successful!

We have come a long way in just a couple of short years, and there's still lots to come!

Thank you!

08/04/2025

Our next open days and availability are as follows:

Friday 11th (1:30-3:30) - SOLD OUT
Saturday 12th (10-12 & 1-3) - 5 TICKETS LEFT
Sunday 13th (10-12 & 1-3) - 75%+ OF TICKETS SOLD
Monday 14th (10-12 & 1-3) - 75%+ OF TICKETS SOLD

We expect these sessions to sell out once again, so please book early to avoid disappointment!

https://hillviewspringvisits2025.eventbrite.co.uk/

(Animal feed and lamb bottle feeding is an extra activity that can be purchased on entry subject to availability)

08/04/2025

Introducing you to our 2 Bagot goat kids...

🌼DANDELION and DAFFODIL🌼!!

These 2 are just a few days old now, and are really becoming independent already!

Bagot goats are one of the hardiest breeds of goat native to the UK, and normally we have our kids born in the cold depths of Late January/early February.

This year they have been born to some glorious weather, where these robust little girls have been loving life.

Come and see them soon!

Book your tickets here:

https://hillviewspringvisits2025.eventbrite.co.uk/

07/04/2025

Today is another SELL OUT!

If you haven't pre-booked tickets, then we cannot guarantee entry due to our restrictions on car parking spaces.

Thank you all again for your continued support!

We still have limited availability over the Easter period, and you can book your tickets here:

https://hillviewspringvisits2025.eventbrite.co.uk/

06/04/2025

Babies everywhere, and still more to come!!

Tomorrow, Monday the 7th of April, our 1pm-3pm session has SOLD OUT!

Our 10am-12pm session only has 1 TICKET REMAINING!!

We have had lots of people asking for tickets after we have sold out slots, so please, to avoid disappointment, BOOK EARLY!

To book your ticket, follow this link:

https://hillviewspringvisits2025.eventbrite.co.uk/

Thank you to everyone that has booked and visited already, we have had some lovely feedback!

06/04/2025

Another sell out!

This afternoon's session (1pm-3pm) has SOLD OUT!

Thank you to everyone that has booked, most of our sessions over April are now at least 50% booked up.

We look forward to seeing you all over the Easter period.

If you haven't booked already, you can do so here:

https://hillviewspringvisits2025.eventbrite.co.uk/