Story Book Gardens- London

Right after breakfast at our second day in London we left the Lamplighter Hotel and headed out to Storybook Gardens, an amusement park for young children located right in London, Ontario. 

The front entrance is a castle which was super cute to watch through. Inside you can purchase your tickets/passes to the park and you will find a little gift shop inside as well.

Once you leave the castle you can make a wish at the wishing well before starting your adventure.  It also presents families with a great photo opp to help preserve memories of your day out!

The next section of the park we encountered were the rides including a Ferris Wheel, Swings, Elephants and a Slide.  Unfortunately Ryder was way too small to go on any of these rides.  Outside the park though are a carousel ans Springbank Express Train which had no height restrictions.

The park is Storybook themed and you will find characters around the park like the Wind in the Willows installment; we also found Humpty Dumpty sitting on a wall among others.

We next visited Storybook Valley Village where kids can play in the Old Woman’s Shoe and other miniature playhouses. There is even a cute little bank complete with an escape hole Of course, the Valley Village wouldn’t be complete without a peek into the Old Woman’s Shoe which leads to even more playhouses.  Kids love new toys and could have easily spent hours playing there alone. They also had dozens of farm hopper toys for kids to bounce around on.

There is a Splash pad complete with change area that is open in the summer and looks to be a lot of fun.  We also noticed a bounce pad that was being cleaned off for use.

We stopped to watch the ducks swimming around at the Frog Pond.  We were amazed by the size of the fish we saw swimming around the pond as well.

The last stop was Pirate’s Island which features a three story tall slide and various play grounds for different ages.  There is even a really cool Toddler Play Pirate Ship which is perfectly scaled for a toddlers little legs. 

Storybook Gardens is open year round, with what sounds like a really fun skating trail open in the winter months!