CASTLECOMER DISCOVERY PARK
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Discover a world where prehistoric amphibians swim and walk through enormous swamp forests, where giant insects fly through the treetops and giant millipedes crawl through ferns and mosses. Discover the coal formed from those forests and the skeletons of those early amphibians preserved for 300 million years. Discover the men who worked the coal seams and those who brought the fossils to light. Come to Castlecomer Discovery Park to discover all this and more. Castlecomer Discovery Park is a wonderful forest multi-activity park. It occupies 80 acres of mixed woodland and boasts 6km of walking trails, two Rainbow Trout Angling Lakes, a children's adventure playground, picnic areas and a 'craft yard' but it is the exhibition centre and the 'Footprints in Coal' focuses on two distinct but interlinked eras of Castlecomer's History - the formation of coal during the Carboniferous period about 300 million years ago and the coal mining industry that came much later.

ADDRESS: Castlecomer Demesne Copmany Limited, The Estate Yard,
Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
TEL: 056 - 4440707
FAX: 056 - 4440628
EMAIL: info@discoverypark.ie
WEBSITE: www.discoverypark.ie

LOCATION: 15kms North of Kilkenny City on the N78 just outside Castlecomer Town

SEASON: Open all year

OPENING TIMES:
May-Aug: 09.30-18.00
Sept, Oct, Mar, Apr: 10.00-17.00
Nov-Feb: 10.30-16.30
Will open out of hours for groups by appointment

GROUP BOOKINGS
NECESSARY: Yes

MANAGER: Sandra Mc Grath

EDUCATION OFFICER: Una Patterson

AVERAGE VISIT LENGTH: 2-4 Hours (Including exhibiton visit, woodland walks,
angling, schools, science programme)

ENTRANCE FEES: Adult €8.00 / OAP/Student €6.00/ Child €5.00/
Family €20.00 (2A+2C) (Exhibition Only)
Additional charges for educational programmes.

EXHIBITION: Interactive Multi-Media display tracing the history
of coal formation and mining: models, displays, fossils, artefacts and audio
visual presentations.

Outdoor Activities: Two angling lakes - daily permits.
Primary Science Programme - 4 Hours
Other Educational Tours/ guided tours on request

RESTAURANT: Yes, Home baked food a speciality

PICNIC AREA: Yes

SHOP: Yes, Gift shop and craft yard

COACH PARKING: Yes, 4 coaches

CAR PARKING: Yes

DISABLED ACCESS/TOILET: Yes