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Children's Grand Park is a park complex in Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, South Korea. Facilities at Children's Grand Park include hills and hiking trails, Zoo, garden, and an amusement park. Situated in Seoul City's Gwangjin-gu, Children's Grand Park is a leisure facility for families, offering a botanical garden, amusement facilities, and diverse performance events. Opened on a Korean holiday called Children's Day in 1973, the park is full of attractions that appeal to youngsters: Marine Animal House that exhibits seals and polar bears, a Small Animal Village, and even a Parrot Village. Nearly 62% of the park's total area of about consists of trees and grass and various facilities.


Background history

Seoul Children's Grand Park is an eco-friendly park. It obtained ISO 14001 certification and was designated as an educational experiencing place by Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education for operating various educational programs for children. Seoul Children's Grand Park was originally the royal tomb for Myeong Seong Hwang Hu, who was the Queen of the last King, Sunjong, of the Greater Korean Empire. In 1926, the tomb was moved to Yangju-gun (currently Namyangju City) in Gyeongi Province when King Sunjong died. In 1970, by order of President Park Chung-hee, construction of the park started and opened the following year. In April 2021, the park reopened to the public following eight months of renovation.  The park now features 14 rides including a roller coaster, a Viking ship ride, a merry-go-round and bumper cars.  The zoo is inhabited by 90 animal species and provides several educational programs that promote the importance of nature and wildlife conservation.


Service hours

Between 5 a.m. ~ 10 p.m. (05:00 ~ 22:00) Opening time of the main entrance, rear gate, Guuimun, and Neungdongmun (05:00 ~ 22:00) The zoo is open from 9 a.m. ~ 5 p.m. (It is subject to change depending on season and weather.)


Fee information

Entrance is free, but fees for facilities such as the zoo and amusement park vary according to facility. * Free admission of park entrance * Fee charged or the use of Park Facilities


Animal show


Operation

*Year-round


Time

*April ~ October → 11:30 ~ 17:00 on weekdays (every hour) / 11:30 ~ 18:00 on weekends (every hour) *November ~ March → 11:30 ~ 16:00 on weekdays (every hour) / 11:30 ~ 17:00 on weekends (every hour)


Note (contact info.)

*For senior citizen and patriot/veteran: Fee for child. *The handicapped (including group) 5,000 won for adult / 4,000 won for teenager and child. *Event time is subject to change. *Admission fee for adults older than 19 year-old


Fee for the use of park facilities


Information of facilities


Parking facilities

*Main entrance parking lot: 153 parking spaces *Rear entrance parking lot: 252 parking spaces *Guuimun entrance parking lot: 315 parking spaces


Location

Address: 216, Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, Korea (
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Public transportation

* Achasan station * Children's Grand Park station * Bus: 130, 302, 303, 320, 370, 721, 2221, 2311, 3216, 4212, 9403, 3500, 9301, 119


See also

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Everland Everland () is South Korea's largest theme park. Located at the Everland Resort in Yongin, a city in Gyeonggi-do, it receives 5.85 million visitors annually and was ranked nineteenth in the world for amusement park attendance in 2018. As of ...
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Seoul Land Seoul Land is an amusement park opened in 1987, in Gwacheon, a city in Gyeonggi-do province, South Korea. It is located in the Seoul Grand Park complex. It opened just before the 1988 Summer Olympics. It has about 40 rides, including roller coa ...
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Lotte World Lotte World is a major recreation complex in Seoul, South Korea. It consists of the world's largest indoor theme park, an outdoor amusement park called "Magic Island", an artificial island inside a lake linked by monorail, shopping malls, a lu ...


References

*Kidsfuninseoul. (n.d.). "Children's Grand Park Seoul." Retrieved from https://kidsfuninseoul.wordpress.com/playing/amusement-parks/childrens-grand-park/ *Lee, H. S. (2015). Measurement of visitors' satisfaction with public zoos in Korea using importance-performance analysis.''Tourism Management,'' 47- 251–260. doi: 10.1016/j.tourman.2014.10.006 *LifeinKorea. (2015). "Seoul Children's Grand Park." Retrieved from https://web.archive.org/web/20150506012905/http://www.lifeinkorea.com/Travel2/454 *Nam, J., & Kim, H. (n.d). The Correlation Between Spatial Characteristics and Utilization of City Parks: A Focus on Neighborhood Parks in Seoul, Korea. ''Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering'', ''13''(2), 515–522. *Seoul Metropolitan Facilities Management. (2015). "Children's Grand Park." Retrieved from http://new.sisul.or.kr/global/main/en/sub/park.jsp *Korea Tourism Organization. (n.d.). "Children's Grand Park." Retrieved from http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/SI/SI_EN_3_1_1_1.jsp?cid=1051832


External links

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