Mother slams Peppa Pig World for axing free entry scheme

Southampton mum of three, Aimee Bradley, 41, has two children with autism which she says can make day to day life a real challenge.

She says that a decision to scrap a free entry for parents and carers at Peppa Pig World is a ‘huge mistake’ and will limit the opportunities for day trips that the family have in the area and fears other places may follow suit.

But Paultons Park, which is the home of Peppa Pig World, said that scrapping the original scheme and replacing it with a 50 percent discount enables it to continue to operate the scheme as a discount.

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Aimee is now hoping to campaign for a reversal of this policy change, saying that the park 'definitely care about profits and margins' rather than people.

Aimee said: "I definitely won't be spending my money there and I think that's the consensus of most disabled people.

“The park promotes itself as being really inclusive and accommodating to those with disabilities, so this is a real slap in the face for us."

Aimee Bradley and her 6-year-old son, Ashton (Image: Submitted)Claire Pritchard is a parent of a young person with Asperger's and ADHD, and set up a monthly autism awareness support group in Portswood after noticing a lack of support in the local area.

Claire said: "I feel this is limiting the much needed experiences that our families need in order to socialise, access activities that are enjoyed by our children, and are so hard to find in the first place.

"Finding a place that our children enjoy going to and feel safe in the environment is like gold dust, to then limit the accessibility financially for those families is not acceptable."

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Aimee said that Paultons Park 'definitely need' to consider how they are 'alienating' a large portion of the population.

The parent said: "For my children to suddenly have a meltdown because there's a noise they don't like or the weather isn't quite right, for us then to have to leave, we're going to be losing hundreds of pounds."

Aimee said Paultons Park 'definitely need' to consider how changes to the scheme could 'alienate' a large portion of the population. (Image: Aimee Bradley) A spokesperson for Paultons Park apologised to families affected for not communicating the changes in a “transparent and timely manner.”

The spokesperson added: “We wish to support as many disabled guests as possible to come and enjoy Paultons Park.

“The introduction of a 50% discount off the standard ticket price for Essential Companions enables us to continue to operate this scheme on a broad scope.

“It is always our intention to communicate changes affecting our guests in as transparent and timely a manner as we can, and we apologise for not doing so on this occasion.”