My little girl lives in fantasy world of fairies, pixie dust, magic and unicorns. She is what a child should be with an imagination full of dreams. We recently started our Adventures of Eire and headed off to Well’s House and Gardens in Wexford, the kingdom of fairies, pixies, leprechaun’s and elves.
Upon arrival Kayla was speechless, there was a big ‘palace’ and if you have fairy followers at home you would know this is where ‘Queen Clarion’ lives. To me and you it’s Well’s House, a magnificent Victorian house dating back to the 1600’s surrounded by majestic oak tree’s. Kayla begged to go inside but unfortunately we had missed the daily tour.
We headed to the craft courtyard first, in search of the fairy shop where we found a real life tinker fairy who makes fairy doors, wands and lots of fairy trinkets. We couldn’t leave without getting her, her very own magic fairy wand.
Next we started the real adventure seeking hidden treasure on the Lady Frances woodland walk.
We found many treasures…
Fairy kingdom’s
A troll bridge
Hopscotch
A wooden sculpture of the Gruffalo
A wishing well
and lots of fairy, elf, pixie and leprechaun doors
We had brought a picnic along with us but it was way too cold to have it outdoors so we decided to head to Mrs Stone’s Pantry, a little cafe with a complete range of hearty foods from dinners, sandwiches and desserts. The menu was very tempting, myself and joe had some soup while the kids dug into their picnic. It was very cosy family friendly environment. There was a little section full of toys, high chairs and plenty of room at the back of the tea room for buggies.
Once we warmed up we headed over to the adventure playground. It was full of swings, climbing frames, slides and muck, lots of muck. It looked as if a tractor had driven right through tearing up all the grass but Kayla didn’t mind and we had the playground to ourselves the whole time.
We spent three hours exploring Wells House and Gardens, walking over 2km in the freezing cold and my sugar-plum fairy didn’t complain once. She was enthralled discovering all the hidden treasure Wells had to offer.
A day out at Well House and Gardens costs €8 per car and there is no time limit on your day. I would highly recommend it, as it’s an adventure for all. Although pick a warmer day or bring wellies for the smallies. Oh and Frankie was with us, but he spend so much time giving out on the drive from Dublin he slept for most of the time we were there.
Want to see more budget friendly days out in Ireland that we have been too and loved? See here! You can also follow our adventures on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
16 Comments on Fairy Hunting at Wells House and Gardens
2Pingbacks & Trackbacks on Fairy Hunting at Wells House and Gardens
-
[…] five year old. She is a little princess and a daddy’s girl. She loves books, colouring, fairies, make-up and adventures. Even at five she has her own sense of style. She will only wear girly […]
-
[…] We love Wells and everything about it. It’s a fun cheap day out costing €8 per car. Pack a picnic or check out the amazing tea room’s for some delicious homemade foods. Read my review HERE. […]
Leave a Reply
This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.
Wells House is lovely, shamefully we only went for the first time last Summer!!
Abbie loved it, knocked on every Fairy Door looking for Ben & Holly lol! She was enthralled the whole way around.
Ben and holly thats so cute!! We’ll definitely be back in a few weeks once yhe warm weather comes.
this looks fantastic! I wish there were things like this near me, even if I had to go without the kiddo! I’ll have to make a trip someday…
It’s a good hour from us with no traffic but well worth the journey. We’ll defo be back!
Will have to keep note of this for when #BabyPink is older. Don’t know if her brothers would like it though?
It’s not all fairies, lots of wooden foxes, rabbits and tree’s to climb too. My little wouldn’t dare climb in fear of wrecking her shoes. They can bring a scooter too.
Wow! What a beautiful place! The Bundles would love this… we are miles away unfortunately! thanks for sharing it 🙂 x
Wow, that looks like an amazing place to visit! Fantastic for kids imaginations!
We were supposed to visit when we were in Rosslare last August but didn’t get the chance. We’re going back again this year so I think we’ll have to make a special effort.
Iv only heard about Wells the last year and iv only ever heard great things. Kayla looks likes she was in her element!
Oh wow this looks fantastic I must put it on our adventure list, looks like you had a great time 🙂
I am off to look how far away this is from us as I need to go! Thank you for sharing in #KidsCorner x
this looks like such a great day out my three girls would love this so much! thanks for linking up to #kidscorner x
From wexford and love it here. For the person who want sure if her boys would like it…I have two and no girls and it’s magical. We spent from 11am until 5pm there recently. There’s also an indoor picnic area now…In by the chess and draughts.