Heaven's Gate

Heaven's Gate serves the western Fir lodges and is the nearest stop to Aqua Sana Forest Spa. The spa has more than 25 experiences, including a tepidarium inspired by local caves and a Treetop Sauna 10 metres above the ground.

The Heaven's Gate viewpoint is on the Longleat Estate beyond the Center Parcs boundary. You can reach it from Nockatt Coppice car park, on the road to the village entrance. At 746 feet, it overlooks Longleat House and the Safari Park. On clear days you can see the Mendip Hills and Welsh mountains. The path passes rhododendrons and redwoods before reaching Prospect Hill, where seven granite sculptures by Paul Norris stand. Lord Bath commissioned them, and Norris carved them over two years.

Capability Brown designed the viewpoint as part of the estate landscape. A 3km forest path continues to Shearwater Lake. Visitors have reported hearing timber wolves from the Safari Park at the viewpoint.

The Fir lodges served by this stop (approximately villas 473-735) are among the furthest from central facilities. Woodland and wildlife ponds surround them.