I think the screech owl sanctuary is a part of gnome world. Personally, I would love to have fish and chips served to me by a recovering screech owl in a shelter run by gnomes.
I've found Cornwall to be bad for this. We were on holiday last year in Cornwall and it was pissing it down with rain so wanted to take the kids somewhere indoors. We'd seen the brown signs (in the UK, brown signs indicate a place of interest) for some "jungle barn" or something, thinking it was going to be an awesome place, but it turned out to be a normal run of the mill hellish soft play centre.
That Springfield Fun Park is actually quite decent for young kids though.
I always wanted to visit these places, but it’s a long drive back North from the peninsulas. Must be really rough on the gnomes living in mortal terror that they could be snatched by talons at any moment.
Go for the Owls and sent the letter up with a rumor that the De-Gnoming procedure is about to start. They are not that bright. They will run down to you.