How to describe Wake The Tiger. Whacky and unusual? Absolutely. Fun and engaging? Without a doubt. Wake The Tiger is a place like no other – part immersive art installation, part fantasy playground, and 100% bonkers.
Imagine Alice in Wonderland fused with a mad scientist’s lab, sprinkled with the eccentricity of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Because that’s the kind of mind-bending, sensory-overload experience you’re in for!
Not only is this Bristol family attraction ginormous with over 40 vibrant interactive rooms to explore, Wake The Tiger is the UK’s largest attraction of its kind, and the world’s very first “amazement park.” (yep, thats a thing)
So, If you’re hunting for something thats truly one-of-a-kind, this surreal space in the South West should be high on your list.
Right then. Get ready, because you’re about to discover the weirdest realms of kaleidoscopic, whacky imagination.
(There’s a few spoilers in this….)
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Where is Wake the Tiger?
Wake The Tiger is around a 15 minute drive from the centre of Bristol (although that could easily double if traffic is bad) or around 30 minutes drive from the city of Bath.
It’s housed inside a warehouse looking building, with it’s white brick walls splashed with a rainbow of dripping paint. The outside doesn’t look like much, but that doesn’t really matter because its inside where all the magic happens.
The address is: 127 Albert Road, St. Philips Marsh, Bristol, BS2 0YA
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How long do you need to explore Wake The Tiger Amazement park?
This really depends on how much you want to stop and read whilst you explore Wake The Tiger. Let’s just say; If you wanted to read everything in here, you’d need many hours! Seriously. There’s endless posters, books and cork-boards full of notes you could read.
We read quite a lot during our visit, and spent time listening to different machines and phones as we journeyed through the fun amazement park. We also had tasks to solve and spent some time unearthing secret door openings. All in all, we tallied up a total of 3 hours in this illuminous immersive world.
If you’re attending with younger children who can’t yet read. You may find that you zoom through faster, especially as they will be keen to venture off to explore the next room. But there’s still loads to keep them curious and captivated with so much to look at and discover.
Personally, I would advise allowing a minimum of 2 hours at Wake The Tiger.
Does Wake The Tiger have it’s own carpark?
Yes it does – but the carpark out the front of Wake The Tiger isn’t huge, and works on a first come first served basis. ANPR monitoring will capture your cars entry time, and parking needs to be paid before you exit.
Up to 3 hours costs £3, and then any additional hour will be charged at £1 per hour. There is an electronic screen just before you exit the building, so make sure you tap in your cars registration and make the payment before you leave.
If that carpark is full, head to the Bristol Fruit Market at the top of Albert Road. Parking there costs £5 for the day and it’s only 5 minutes walk away.
It’s also in the Wake The Tiger carpark where you’ll receive a gentle introduction into the weirdness you’re about to encounter. With a half sunken car melting into the tarmac, just like a dropped ice cream beginning to pool on a hot pavement.
Grab some food at the Wake The Tiger Cafe
The Double Puc cafe at Wake the Tiger sources local produce and has a good selection of sweet treats and savoury options. When we visited they had a lunch time menu offering sandwiches, salad boxes, soups and cheese toasties along with a cabinet displaying huge chewy cookies, thick slices of cake and freshly baked jam stuffed donuts. I had one and it was bursting with deliciously tangy raspberry jam.
Prices for both food and drink seemed in line for a UK family attraction. To help families stretch the pennies, they had a kids meal deal offer which included a sandwich, snack pot and drink for £6.95.
The café had plenty of indoor seating and it felt cohesive with the rest of the Wake the Tiger experience. There’s even a small hot air balloon and a miniature train track that loops around the ceiling. It reminded me of the one they used to have circling around in the Cadbury’s chocolate store in Clarks Village.
Buy a quirky souvenir in the gift shop
It’s no surprise that the gift shop at Wake the Tiger is quirky like the attraction. Although you won’t find your more regular type of gifts in here, you will find crystals, tarot cards, mini mushroom themed ornaments and books on how to read tea leaves.
If a bit of their own merch tickles your fancy, they also had a selection of Wake The Tiger t-shirts available. Stock levels were pretty low though when we visited. It was mainly adults sizes left and only a handful of kids sizes available.
Is there an age limit to visit?
There’s no age limit to visit Wake The Tiger (excluding the adults only sessions) and under 5’s are free.
Some of the rooms are quite dark (and strange) though, which could potentially be a tad frightening or confusing to some younger visitors. Although the majority is a mix of vibrant scenes and psychedelic patterns.
Explore Wake The Tiger after hours
Don’t like toddlers, tantrums and squabbles or just want some child-free time? “After Hours” offers the chance to experience all 40 immersive Wake The Tiger zones without one single child in sight. These adult only (18+) tickets are only available every other Friday between the 31st January until the 21st November 2025.
With an After Hours ticket you can gain entry from 7pm-9pm, then stay and enjoy the crazy world of Wake The Tiger right up until 11pm. And if you get hungry during that time, the café will be open with a pizza and pint combo. You can even pre-order that with your ticket, if you wish.
It’s a good option if you would rather experience this place without there being lots of children running around. I should imagine it also has a slightly more party atmosphere too!
Ticket Prices
Save yourself some pennies by booking Wake The Tiger in advance! If you book at least 48 hours before your visit you’ll manage to save 20%. Keep your eyes pealed for additional offers too, for example they recently had an Easter offer which let you book half price children’s tickets.
We visited on a weekend in March and it cost £79.20 for a family of 4. If you can visit on a weekday (not open Mondays & Tuesdays) you would easily be able to halve that cost. Prices vary a lot depending on if it’s peak or off-peak, you can check their timetable here.
For that reason, consider visiting during the week if you’re able!
| Off Peak | Peak | |
| Adults (16+) | £16.00 | £24.50 |
| Child (5-15) | £13.00 | £19.50 |
| Under 5s | Free | Free |
| Student (with valid ID) | £13.00 | £19.50 |
| Blue Light Holder (with valid ID) | £13.00 | £19.50 |
| Carers (with valid ID) | Free | Free |
Things to do inside Wake The Tiger Amazement Park
I can’t list (or even explain) every single room that you’ll explore – they are just bonkers. For example, one of them has many washing machines, retro children’s play phones and plastic rocking horses all backlight and cemented into the walls. Why? Your guess is as good as mine.
There is a loose narrative around Wake The Tiger. Your journey begins inside an abandoned paint factory, and if you find the retro PC and you’ll discover a bit of a back story on what’s happened. This then leads onto a dream factory, until you eventually end up in the OUTERverse. There’s no set direction as such, and you can wander around as you please from the word go. Theres no group tours, so you can work your way around at your own pace. Plus there’s hidden doors and rooms to discover along the way. We walked through a vending machine, fireplace and metal wardrobe to name a few.
Here’s a look at a few of the things you’ll get to see and do whilst visiting Wake The Tiger.
In one of the rooms you’ll discover a spiral tube slide, although the queue for this backed up rather badly during our visit. Someone’s child was refusing to go down, but also wouldn’t move aside to let any of the other children take a turn. In the end we gave up waiting and came back later for a go.
There’s a few different upside down rooms at Wake The Tiger. Be sure to ring the doorbell and watch out for the giant eyeball that follows you in the window, and take a peek inside the wardrobe of the upside bedroom! We also liked the room thats wrapped in pulsating glowing roots with neon mushrooms taking centre stage.
There’s a room where you have to harvest the dreams and capture them inside the jar, and a big mirror ball that you can climb inside. It’s weird because people can see in, but when you’re stood in there you’re unable to see out.
There’s also the fun VR room inside an aeroplane! Pop on the VR headset that dangles down like an oxygen mask and get ready to fly to the OUTERverse! We found a underground train too, although all the ticket machines didn’t seem to work.. i’m wondering if there was a sequence we needed to solve!
Places to stay nearby
The city of Bristol has loads of accommodation options – take a look at whats available here! Wake The Tiger is around a 10 minute drive from Cabbot Circus, or a 20 minute walk from Temple Meads train station.
Conclusion – would I revisit?
We loved it. It’s weird, wacky, and wonderfully immersive – a sensory feast for all ages. Our boys (age 9 and 11) especially enjoyed all the interactive elements and finding hidden doors to open up new rooms.
That said, I do think it could be a bit of a one-time visit sort of place. Purely because once you know where all the secret hidden doors are, you cant recreate that feeling of discovering them again on a second visit. Yet – I suppose who’s to know if we actually discovered them all? We may have missed entire sections.
Wake The Tiger doesn’t really make sense, but I think that’s all part of its charm.
If you visit, be sure to try every door (excluding the Staff Only ones) as there’s so many nooks and hidden zones to discover.
Would you visit Wake The Tiger?
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