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Yorkshire Wildlife Park
Walk through natural habitats and encounter animals from all over the world. Also a woodlands nature trail. See marsupials, antelopes, zebra, ostrich and lemurs, anteater. There's family fun all day long with our walkthrough safari animal areas, a full programme of ranger talks and feeding time, indoor and outdoor play areas, cafes and shops in...
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Peak Wildlife Park - Winkhill
Get up-close and personal with three brand new immersive animal walk-throughs. Inspire your kids and let them come face to face with lemurs, penguins, wallabies and much more! Our large walkthroughs allow you to come face to face with exotic and endangered animals from across three continents. Whether you love lemurs, have a passion for penguins...
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Flamingo Land - Malton
Journey through The Lost Kingdom’s vast African plains, the clear blue skies of Swoosh! and the wet and wacky world of Splosh! and we’re sure you’ll discover that our Theme Park has something for all ages to enjoy. If you’re looking for adrenaline-fuelled thrills, then eight extreme rides are waiting just for you,...
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The Jungle Zoo
Visitors can take a journey through a tropical paradise and experience the sights, sounds and smells of a real jungle. The Jungle, which is home to a variety of parrots, toucans, monkeys, reptiles, giant snakes and iguanas, also accommodates a superb array of unusual and exotic plants. The Jungle is not only a visitor attraction, however, but...
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Hornsea Mere Marine
Hornsea Mere Marine is situated in the east coast seaside town of Hornsea. We are sited on the banks of the largest inland natural water in Yorkshire. Tucked away in the popular seaside resort of Hornsea on the East Yorkshire coast, The Mere Café sits on the edge of Hornsea Mere, the largest freshwater lake in Yorkshire. A site of...
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Honysuckle Farm
We look forward to welcoming you to Honeysuckle Farm in 2010. It has been a busy winter here as we have been busy improving the farm ready for the new season. Lots of things have changed and been added and a few of these can be seen on the website but that is no substitute for a visit to the farm. We open for the 2010 season on March...
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Gentleshaw Wildlife Centre
Gentleshaw Wildlife centre is a small sanctuary for exotic animals and birds of prey. As well as a hospital unit for the treatment of wild raptors (Not on display), the centre is home to over 30 different species of Bird of prey, Primate, Reptile, Invertebrate, Raccoons, Cats and many more. . Our mission statement is to provide at all times the...
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Knowsley Safari Park - Merseyside
Knowsley Safari Park has a five mile safari drive with animals roaming freely throughout their large enclosures. In the safari drive you are in the cage (your car) and the animals a free. In the safari drive you will see Lions, tigers, hunting dogs, bison, wildebeest, camel, white rhino, Knowsley Safari Park's infamous baboons and many...
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Drayton Manor Park - Tamworth
Drayton Manor Family Theme Park is one of the oldest parks in the country where families can enjoy a day of excitement and adventure. Originally billed fifty years ago, in 1949, by George Bryan as an 'Inland Pleasure Resort', the park is still to this day 'Family Run for Family Fun'. With loads of fantastic rides to keep you thrilled throughout...
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Rutland Water Butterfly Farm
The Butterfly Farm is now closed to the public. For all school bookings please phone for details. Rutland Water Butterfly Farm: The largest tropical house in the area, 5,000 sq ft of walk through jungle with free flying tropical butterflies and birds. Iguana lizards. Ponds with Koi carp and terrapins. 'Twilight Zone' insect...
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Twycross Zoo - Atherstone
Twycross Zoo is now renowned as a World Primate Centre and has a wide variety of monkeys and apes including the UK’s only group of bonobos. We have breeding groups of many endangered primate species so we often have babies and toddlers playing around in our great ape groups, and in many of our monkey groups. We also hold a range of other...
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Croxteth Hall and County Park - Liverpool
Children and adults will enjoy the sights and sounds of country life! Get close to all the animals (cows, pigs, horses, sheep, etc) on a real working farm. See the traditional Victorian farmyard, home to an important collection of rare farm breeds of the past. Also learn about modern farming, watch our livestock grazing in the...
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This section lists zoos in South Yorkshire so if you would like to take the little monkeys to the zoo please see our list below. Some of the zoos listed maybe wildlife parks, or petting farms, these zoos have a varied selection of animals for viewing.
there are lions and you can sometimes drive through the paddocks and view them from the comfort of your car. there are also baboons and monkeys which can be fun to watch. Or there are elephants, giraffes and other African and Indian a animals. A lot of zoos have collections of insects and birds and also water creatures, all in all a trip out to the zoo is an educational experience for your children.
If you are living in the South Yorkshire region and you are on the lookout for a good family day out for your nearest and dearest, then why not take your family to the nearest zoo or a wildlife park. With so much to see and do, a day out to the zoo will be the great outing for mums and dads of all ages. From Grandma to toddlers, aunties and uncles, a trip to the zoo is fantastic fun time for all of the friends and family. A day out to your nearby zoo close to South Yorkshire is both educational and beneficial, and will leave you having a lasting impression.
The wildlife on show will consist of several types of uncommon, unique and protected wildlife. Getting close to one of the bigger animals for example , camels or gorillas is an unique encounter. there can be many different varieties of birds to see at a zoo for instance eagles and waterfowl. Many zoos and wildlife centres have a reptile building so you can easily see wildlife like extremely poisonous snakes including rattlesnakes. A diverse assortment of mammals will be on display for example apes along with meerkats. From the streams and seas of our earth you will find plenty of impressive species of fish to see like electric eels.
Diverse and colourful underwater life such as turtles are usually brilliant to view. Amphibians such as frogs will always be intriguing for children of all age groups to study. A zoo is actually a place where living wildlife are housed to be displayed and researched. The name is actually a well-known variety of zoological garden, and a good number of zoos are landscapes or recreational areas that contains buildings and also other enclosures. Zoos generally maintain only wild wildlife, many of these from remote nations around the world. However, a number of zoos house indigenous wildlife such as cows and goats to show to city little ones who have no chance to go visit farms. Kid's zoos are occasionally included in zoological gardens. They could possibly have nurseries where kids can view small wildlife, and sometimes now have sections where children are able to pet and feed tame wildlife. Zoos and wildlife parks are definitely essential centres for wildlife preservation. A lot of zoos breed protected animals, some of that are extinct in the outdoors.