Visitors to Hever Castle over Christmas raised more than £13,000 for Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity (GOSH Charity).
As the grounds had a Peter Pan themed trail over the festive period, GOSH Charity was selected to benefit from ticket sales as the author of Peter Pan, JM Barrie, left the rights to his story to Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) in 1929.
Visitors were able donate to GOSH Charity when prebooking tickets online as well as purchase a special Peter Pan or Tinkerbell cookie in aid of the charity at the takeaway food outlets on site.
For visits from 21 November to 27 December a total of £13,417.10 was raised for the charity.
Sarah Wolf, from GOSH Charity says: “We’re so grateful to everyone at Hever Castle for choosing to support GOSH Charity. Following a very challenging year, I hope that all the visitors to Hever Castle enjoyed the timeless story of Peter Pan through the festive trail. The money raised will help us to support seriously ill children from across the UK who are cared for at Great Ormond Street Hospital.”
Visitors were able to take in the magical festive trail when coming to the heritage site’s extensive grounds as part of their daily exercise.
Starting in London in the nursery, the trail took visitors ‘high’ above the City streets into space and following the directions to Neverland – second star to the right and straight on till morning.
They discovered where Peter’s friends The Lost Boys live, visited the Mermaid Lagoon, the Native American camp, tiptoed past the Crocodile with his ticking clock and Captain Hook’s pirate ship at the dock. As the trail finished, Nana the dog was in her kennel.
