A WILDLIFE park near Pangbourne has reopened to the public this week with various safety measures in place to protect visitors and staff.

Beale Wildlife Park reopened its doors on Monday (June 22) having been closed to the public since March 22 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

A statement on the park’s website explains staff are “delighted” to be reopening to visitors.

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It said: “It has been a quiet few months and we are thrilled to know that the Park will be filled with noise and laughter once again.”

Various safety measures have been put in place to allow the park to reopen.

The website explained: “Most of the Park will be open to visitors but, due to social distancing measures some facilities such as the play areas will remain closed in accordance with government guidelines.

“We have conducted a comprehensive risk assessment and introduced new measures to keep visitors safe which includes keeping the play areas, paddling pool and sandpit closed.”

The number of visitors able to visit the park will be limited and be allowed inside on a first come, first served basis.

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The park recommends people keep an eye out on their social media pages for updates before they travel there.

Throughout the park there will be social distancing measures in place and the restaurant will provide a takeaway service.

Some areas of the park will be one-way and there will be fewer seats available in the train carriages.

The website said: “We do not want to turn visitors away and will be constantly monitoring the situation so we are simply asking people to bear with us in these unusual times.”

The park had suffered “huge financial damage” during its closure according to the park’s curator Andrew Nicholls who previously explained the park needed to reopen to begin offsetting this.