Target Centre

The Target Centre is the Outdoor Activity Centre, located on elevated ground near the famous Giant Redwoods on Redwood Hill. This is where Center Parcs concentrates its target sports and outdoor combat activities, and it's one of the more remote areas of the village - the official website warns it "may be up to a 35-minute walk from central areas."

Activities include:

• Target archery
• Field archery (stalking through the forest firing at woodland targets)
• Archery adventure (themed targets for families)
• Little Outlaws (Robin Hood-themed children's archery for ages 3-9)
• Crossbows (age 12+)
• Laser combat (forest battles with laser guns, age 6+)
• Laser clay shoot out (family-friendly, age 10+)
• Paintball (age 12+)
• Quad bike safaris on purpose-built off-road tracks (various sessions from age 6+)

The dramatic setting is enhanced by 14 towering Giant Redwoods planted over 180 years ago as status symbols by the Longleat Estate. Victorian visitors arriving by horse and carriage would have passed beneath these spectacular trees on what was then one of the main driveways to Longleat House. Center Parcs rangers claim one is the tallest redwood in the United Kingdom and possibly the second tallest in Europe. Despite their enormous size, the cones are surprisingly small - about the size of a golf ball - and guests can tap them on a hard surface to release tiny seeds.