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Acorn Farm - Knowsley
Acorn Farm offers a fun and educational day out for all the family in Kirkby, Liverpool. There's lots to see and do at Acorn Farm! Meet and feed the animals, check out the 2 fun-filled play areas or take a stroll through the woodland walk. During weekends and Knowsley school holidays, horse rides and small animal petting sessions are...
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Chestnut Centre - Otter Haven & Owl Sanctuary
Welcome to the Chestnut Centre Conservation & Wildlife Park: Our Conservation and Wildlife Park, located in scenic Peak District National Park of Derbyshire, is set in 50 acres of landscaped grounds and is home, not only to a unique collection of birds and animals, but to many wild birds and mammals. As you walk about the Wildlife Park...
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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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Heaton Hall & Orangery - Manchester
The house that had stood on the site of the present Heaton Hall since the late 17th century would have been very old fashioned when its 21 year old owner Sir Thomas Egerton (later 1st Earl of Wilton) married Eleanor Assheton of Middleton in 1769. Three years later Sir Thomas commissioned a fashionable architect named James Wyatt to design a new...
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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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Manor Heath Park Jungle Experience - Halifax
The park occupies the site of an old manor house that fell into terminal decline after the war and was demolished in 1959. Fortunately, the park has continued in use and has become one of the best parks within the region. The park occupies around eight hectares with a large number of facilities on site. The Jungle Experience at Manor Heath...
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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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Rice Lane City Farm - Walton
Welcome to Rice Lane City Farm. We are a community based project that has been running for 30 years bringing the countryside to the city. Located on the historical site of Walton Cemetery we have a working farm yard with livestock and gardens producing edible and decorative plants. We are also proud of our community based...
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Stockley Farm - Northwich
Lamb Feeding Come and help bottle feed the lambs at 1pm and 3 pm in the lamb feeding area. There are always plenty of very greedy lambs, so everyone will always get to help. Large Animal ShedThe large animal shed has a variety of animals. After lamb feeding you can help feed some of the cows, calves and pigs that live in here. At the far end of...
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Wythenshawe Park Farm
The Farm offers an exciting opportunity for children to learn about where food comes from and witness the hustle and bustle and all the elements of a working countryside farm within an urban setting. An array of farm animals including cows, sheep, goats, pigs ducks and horses can be seen, as can a prize-winning herd of Hereford cattle. The farm...
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This section lists zoos wildlife parks near to Salford so if you would like to take the little monkeys to the zoo please see our list below. Some of the zoos listed maybe farms, 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 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 live in the Salford vicinity and you are on the lookout for a great day trip then why not take the family to the nearby zoo. With a great deal to discover and do, a visit to the zoo is the perfect day out for people of all ages. From Grandma to tots, aunties and uncles, a visit to the zoo is terrific fun time for all the house. A trip to your nearest zoo close to Salford is equally enlightening and full of facts, and will leave you having a long lasting impact. The creatures on display will be made up of many varieties of rare, unique and protected wildlife. Getting close to one of the larger animals for instance camels and / or gorillas is an unforgettable experience. there are many varied types of wild birds to see at a zoo such as owls and waterfowl. Quite a few zoos could have a reptile house so you can see creatures such as extremely poisonous snakes including cobras. A diverse variety of mammals shall be on exhibit for example monkeys as well as polar bears. From the streams as well as seas of our planet there are a lot of amazing species of fish to see such as lion fish. Varied and vibrant marine life for example coral are usually brilliant to discover. Amphibians including salamanders are usually interesting for kids of all age groups to study. A zoo is actually a place in which living creatures are housed to be displayed and researched. The name is actually a well-known variety of zoological garden, and many zoos are landscapes or parks containing structures and various other enclosures. Zoos usually look after only untamed creatures, several of these coming from remote nations around the world. However, some zoos exhibit indigenous creatures such as cattle and hogs to show to city little ones that have no way to pay a visit to farms. Kid's zoos are sometimes included in zoological gardens. They may possibly have areas where children can see young creatures, and at times now have places where young children are able to pet as well as feed tame creatures. Zoos are definitely crucial centres for wildlife conservation. Many zoos breed protected species, several of which are no longer found in the wild.