
POKÉMON fans better listen up as there is about to be a shedload of attractions across the UK for you.
This summer, National Trust‘s Summer of Play will feature at 142 locations across the UK, with 27 featuring Pokemon Play Zones.
In each Pokémon Play Zone, visitors can take part in Pokémon challenges, as well as Pokémon Trading Card Game Mega Evolution (where a Pokémon can become more powerful) trails at 15 locations.
If you have Pokémon Go, there are also specific National Trust Pokéstops and Gyms to find.
At a select number of locations, families will be able to book Pikachu meet and greets too.
At all of the National Trust’s 142 Summer of Play locations, families will be able to pick up a Pokémon x National Trust sticker book too.
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The experiences are all included with your admission and there is no need to pre-book.
At Clumber Park in Nottinghamshire, for example, visitors can enter the Pokémon Play Zone, where they will find a straw bale maze arena to practise their training moves before taking on five themed challenges.
Clumber Park will also have football, cricket, sensory play and creative sessions.
Or at Dunham Massey in Cheshire, there are giant deckchairs to chill out on as well as lawn games and circus skills workshops.
You can try out different Mega Evolution Pokémon activities including striking your best Pokémon pose and attempting ‘the floor is lava’.
Other activities that are part of the Summer of Play include bug hunting, den building and team races.
Carl Greenman, the National Trust’s Programming and Production Manager, said: “There’s such a natural fit between Pokémon and Summer of Play — both are about encouraging families to have fun together and explore the world around them.
“By bringing a globally loved brand, celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, into the places we care for, we’re helping more families discover them as spaces for play, adventure and shared experiences.”
National Trust places with Summer of Play and Mega Evolution trails
HERE are the National Trust locations that have Mega Evolution trails, as well as Pokemon Play Zones:
- Dyrham Park, South Gloucestershire
- Kingston Lacy, Dorset
- Lanhydrock, Cornwall
- Saltram, Devon
- Hughenden, Buckinghamshire
- Winkworth Arboretum, Surrey
- Blickling Estate, Norfolk
- Wimpole Estate, Cambridgeshire
- Attingham Park, Shropshire
- Belton House, Lincolnshire
- Quarry Bank, Cheshire
- Sizergh, Cumbria
- Speke Hall, Merseyside
- Tredegar House, Newport
- Rowallane Garden, County Down (Trail only)