Places to go in the Surrounding Area of Brantford
Paula Tysoski
Monday, April 17, 2023
Blog written by our Co-Op student, Jonathan
Brantford Twin Valley Zoo - Twin Valley Zoo is a 25-acre, holistic healing space for animals and people alike. They are home to over 70 species of animals, including Lions, Chickens, Kangaroos, Zebras, Goats and so many more! Founded in 1991 by Henny and Tony Stallmann,they have continued to embrace their passion for animals and evolved into a wildlife sanctuary and healing garden. They continue to provide a loving, healthy environment for animals in need. Through education, consciousness and love we aspire to grow with one another and raise awareness and connectivity to make our world a better place for animals, nature and future generations. Reconnect yourself with nature and animals, warder down our winding trails, relax in the grounding forest and listen to the whispering willows cradled by nature. We are all one.
Lynden Park Mall - you could visit a mall and hit out your to-do list in their either could be shopping for clothes and pieces of jewelry such as chains, bracelets or any kind or you can hit up the food court and try out their food court food which in all honestly some of their food court brands are good for eating and taking out all the time when I say all the time I mean when your craving it.
Brantwood Farms - after when you go back to your hotel or house then the next day if you have kids you can go out with them to see this amazing farm in Brantford called Brantwood Farm, and even if you don’t have kids at home or none at all you can take your family out her and visit what this farm has to offer such as you can eat fresh fruits their and veggies or you can take home fresh veggies and fruits it really all up to you
Walking Trails - Once you are done with the farm you and your family members could use a walk there are so many walking trails to go here in Brantford so many ones that can take you to Cambridge once can take you to the middle of nowhere you just gotta be careful and have the map and as well as be ready when you go on these trails like be prepared with good clothing and all if in winter times to stay warm and cozy while in the springtime wear good boots cause it can get really muddy as climate changes into the summer season
Montanans - now while you're in Brantford go taste some fine dining or some good food your craving to eat or even are looking forward to eating Montanans is one good place because they sell usually everything such as fruit bowels/salad bowels/chicken bowels, and they have everyone's favourite ribs and ribs that are actually decently good remember this is not a fine dining restaurant it's like a pub but I would try it out I have tasted their chicken bowls and those bowls are so good.
Bell Homestead - now this is something special as this is history a history of gold let me tell you this history is when someone created the first phone call here in Canada and made a call to Brantford and his name is Alexander Graham Bell He was the one that put everything to place and made the first phone call ever made in this world which is insane but his story is that he studies in Boston Massachusetts and after that, he went home with his family because he became ill/sick he laid in bed once he got better that's when he had the idea to make the first phone call and you can actually go visit this place it's in Brantford.
Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre - Now this is a sure must-visit in Brantford while you visiting Brantford weather is staying nights in hotels or seeing family over the weekend or you are in the community everyone has been to this sports centre and if you haven't you need to come one through it has everything the kids would like if you have kids and it has a whole gym that you can work out in you can also rent out the community room if your like have a kids birthday party those rooms are perfect you can even schedule when you want to come in online as online their website is clear and very understanding to look through. Wayne Gretzky sports centre is really the place to be if you're trying to exercise chill in the cold pool and get taught by professionals how to swim their also day camps just a whole lot to do while you're visiting Brantford.
Escape Key - this next activity will be fun and challenging for you and your family is called escape key it is like when you are locked in a room and you have to escape the room you are trapped in using the escape key or you have to find the key to escape but it will be challenging it all into teamwork you have to find the balance into teamwork once you find that and all you don’t panic then you can figure it out just don’t be rushing as that's the number one mistake people do when they enter these exclosures rooms. the thing is don’t depend on finding the key as well as there are puzzles in the room you gonna have to figure out before you try getting the key that's why this game is a patient game and as well as a brain one once you have figured out the puzzles then you can go ahead and look for that key just make sure to look everywhere even in a place you think the key won’t be their look as you can easily miss it.
Lorne Park - after you have done all activities you and your family can walk through a nice and lovely park that has the most beautiful flowers that come with the park's beautiful grinding by the people who take care of it such as the community and the people and spend time laughing through that park you can create good memories or even take pictures of the flowers sometimes you can catch a bee on those type of flowers you can even bring your kids biking they're you can teach them how to ride a bike if you haven't already which is a good thing of its self as you are creating memories that they can look back on or even you on how you taught them how to ride a bike through a beautiful place called Lorne park a park that not only make the community smile but would make yours smile as well just don’t forget to take pictures of the beautiful scenery and beautiful nature as I said take your time and don’t rush the moments you can even throw a panic table or lunch here and you guys can eat.
Sociable Kitchen And Tavern - this should be your very last place before visiting Brantford as this will be a restaurant once your leave to go home try coming to this place and trying their food out as their food is actually really good and is insanely good especially their chip burger that one is good and their drinks are not that bad there is a competitor next to the like across the street from them do not go their this place is way better than their competitor across from them and the way this place is designed is also very interesting it's a very nice restaurant with music and a lot of parking space.