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If you have not yet visited Peppa Pig World theme park or you want to remind yourself of all of the great rides and attractions here, you can now take a 360 degree virtual tour right in your own home using Google Street View!

Google Maps with Street View lets you explore places through 360-degree street-level imagery. You can take a look at the rides, attractions, or plan your next trip to the Park.

To view this amazing tool follow the instructions below:

• Visit – http://maps.google.com/
• Search for ‘Paultons Park’
• Grab the orange ‘pegman’ icon in the top left hand corner of the map and drop him on one of the blue lines over Paultons Park.

Using the mouse on your computer you can then navigate your way around the Park, changing direction and walking as if you are in Peppa Pig World! You can also explore the rest of Paultons Park with its 60 rides and attractions including, The Cobra, EDGE, Stinger and other family rides.

The panoramic photographs were taken by one of Google’s special Trikes as seen in the video below. On the vehicle there are 9 directional camera’s for 360 degree views at a height of around 8 feet tall. The trike is cycled in and around as many paths as possible at each location taking high quality images along the way. The photographs are then stitched together to create the street view feature.

Discover the Park from a different angle and logon to Google Maps today and start planning your very own adventure to Peppa Pig World.

Have fun!

Useful Links:

• Google Maps
• Street View Demo
• 2D Map of Paultons Park and Peppa Pig World

Peppa Pig World and Paultons Park are proud to support Tommy’s – Peppa Pig’s chosen charity. Tommy’s exist to save babies’ lives by funding research and providing information on the causes and prevention of miscarriage, premature birth and stillbirth. Peppa and her family have helped to raise over £900,000 for Tommy’s since 2005.

Tommy’s Baby Races are a series of fundraising events that are being held throughout July to raise money and awareness for the charity.  Each race is 8km and are for parents to run or power walk with their baby in their buggy. The routes all follow paths perfect for buggies in beautiful parks. No Baby or Buggy? Then fear not you can still take part! These are events for the whole family; you can walk or run and children can join in by cycling or scooting alongside.

The events take place in beautiful, child-friendly venues across the UK in July 2012. There is an entry fee per adult and it includes a free t-shirt and goody bag after the event. Every penny you raise will go towards Tommy’s research and information programmes, which aim to prevent premature birth, stillbirth and miscarriage. Race locations include:

• London
• Aylesbury
• Windsor
• Cheltenham
• Ruislip
• Bedford
• Northwich
• Cambridge

All participants are welcome from mums, dads, pregnant women, friends and let’s not forget, your little ones! For more info and to find out which event is taking place near you with times, dates & how to enter, visit www.tommys.org/babyrace.

Happy racing!

Useful Links:

• Tommy’s Charity
• Paultons Park Charities

Please note Tommy’s Baby Race Events are not taking place at Peppa Pig World. 

Hello Peppa fans!

If you like watching Peppa Pig on Channel 5, Nick Jr. or on DVD then you may have also heard of the popular children’s television cartoon Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom.

The Little Kingdom is home to Princess Holly and her best friend Ben Elf. Holly is a young fairy who is still learning how to do magic properly. Sometimes her spells don’t work out quite right. Ben is an Elf. Elves don’t do magic but they are very good at making things, especially toys.

The Olympic Games are nearly upon us here in the UK and Ben and Holly have been taking part in their own events in ‘Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom: The Elf Games’ a brand new DVD featuring several episodes of the cartoon released on 14^th May 2012.

Ben is in training for the elf games. Holly wants to join in but the rules state there’s no flying or magic allowed… You can pre-order and buy the DVD now on Amazon. We also have 10 lovely copies to giveaway! The competition closes on Friday 11^th May 2012, so be quick to enter by clicking on the link below to the competition page on the Paultons Park website.

THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED – THANK YOU 

Good luck everyone!

Peppa Pig World

Useful Links

• Pre-Order and Buy Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom: The Elf Games DVD from Amazon
• Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom Website 

One of the hidden treasures waiting to be discovered when you visit the theme park is a place where you can truly magic yourself into Peppa’s world! Peppa’s Magic Photo Studio is a state of the art interactive green screen photography suite located adjacent to the entrance of George’s Dinosaur Adventure Ride in Peppa Pig World.

When you step inside the studio you will be greeted by one of the Paultons team and asked to choose which popular animated scene from the Peppa Pig television show that you would like to appear in.

Your choices include:

• Jumping up and down in Muddy Puddles with Peppa Pig, George, Mummy Pig and Daddy Pig
• Riding in George’s Spaceship Rocket with Peppa Pig, Daddy Pig and Grandad Dog
• Splashing in the bathtub with George
• Taking a ride in the car with Peppa Pig, George and Mummy Pig

Next up you stand in front of our special screen and look up at the monitors to reveal how you appear alongside the lovable characters! Remember to show off your best smile as the magical photograph is snapped.

A charge for the photograph applies and then after a few minutes you can collect your picture in one of the beautifully themed folders and keep a wonderful treasure of your memory in Peppa Pig World forever! Some of our visitors have taken their photographs home and put them up in their bedrooms as well as adding them to their photo collections.

Pop in the next time you are looking your best when you visit Peppa Pig World and capture a special memory with Peppa.

Peppa Pig World

Useful Links:

• Peppa’s Toy Shop
• Map of Peppa Pig World and Paultons Park

Hello Peppa fans!

Peppa Pig is loved and adored by many children across the UK and the world now and some of them have very popular Mums and Dads too! Several UK celebrity parents have been enjoying a visit to the world’s only Peppa Pig theme park in Hampshire, England over the past few weeks and they have been kind enough to let us share with you some of their pictures.

Celebrity mummy and presenter of ITV1’s This Morning and BBC1’s The Voice UK Holly Willoughby visited most recently with her family and enjoyed seeing the cartoon come to life.

Holly also features on the popular ITV2 game show Celebrity Juice with host Keith Lemon aka Leigh Francis who visited during the Easter holidays.

Another mummy of two boys and star of reality TV show Celebrity Big Brother Nicola McLean recently took a trip to Peppa Pig World seen here outside of Peppa’s House.

Television and well loved comedian Michael Macintyre took some time off to enjoy the sights and sounds during March.

Business women, author, mummy and reality TV star Katie Price visited with her little ones and friend Michelle Heaton from Liberty X early this year. Soap stars Andrew Lancel (Coronation Street) and Shayne Richie (Eastenders) also stopped by to enjoy the rides.

Last year BBC Radio One DJ’s Sara Cox, Dave Vitty, Dominic Byrne and Zane Lowe visited with their children, Twist & Pulse danced on stage and Kerry Katona filmed her reality television series here. The opening preview event for Peppa Pig World saw Spice Girl Melanie C and television and music stars arrive including Tina O Brian, Natalie Cassidy, Clare Richards, Shaun Ryder, Cerys Matthews, Chanelle Hayes, Charlie Brooks, Lucy Benjamin, Natasha Kaplinsky, Rital Simmons, Samantha Womack and Tamara Beckwith!

Useful Links

• Watch the Peppa Pig World Preview Day Video