Dobwalls Adventure Park was a family-run visitor attraction in the village of Dobwalls, near Liskeard, Cornwall. Founded in 1970, by John Southern, the park was one of Cornwall's top visitor attractions.
The park consisted of two miniature railway networks complemented by large play areas and recreational grounds, both indoors and outdoors, an award-winning art gallery and woodland walks.
The park closed at the end of the 2006 season for redevelopment work. In June 2007 it was announced that it would not reopen in its original form as an adventure park.
The redevelopment projects stalled, with the John Southern Gallery and new camping site closing. The administrators were called in and the Dobwalls Adventure Park site, complete with many of the original buildings and landscapes still in existence were put up for sale by sealed bid auction.
Read more about Dobwalls Adventure Park: Miniature Railway Networks, Locomotives, Redevelopment Work
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