Zoos / Wildlife Parks

Zoos / Wildlife Parks

What are they and what do they involve?

Zoos and wildlife parks are venues based around animal encounters! Establishments such as these focus on educating their visitors on the wildlife they look after, and sometimes offer one on one interactions with certain animals. Often including exotic creatures from overseas, a zoo can be a once in a lifetime opportunity to see and learn about animals you’ve never encountered, and wildlife parks are great ways of seeing nature mostly untouched by man.

What are the benefits?

Trips to zoos and wildlife parks are great ways of educating students about the world in general and the different animals and environments out there, and are excellent methods of promoting awareness of animal and wildlife conversation.

What students is it suitable for?

Zoos and wildlife are great for students of all ages and interests!

Costs?

Admission costs for zoos are often between £10-£20 per person, but school groups may get some discounts!

Safety Implications?

If the opportunity arises for up close animal encounters, it’s important that the students behave sensibly and in accordance with any instructions they receive; make sure you have discussed this with your group before and visits!

See below for a list of venues and providers of this kind: 

The Jungle Zoo

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Zoos / Wildlife Parks
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Centres around a Tropical House in a spectacular jungle-like setting which includes a large water feature containing Red-Eared and other Terrapins. The outside exhibits include capuchin monkeys, meerkats, ring tailed lemur and more plus plenty of bird exhibits.

Take a walk around the water feature and see Caiman alligators, large lizards, marmosets, parrots and toucans amongst others. The Reptile House is home to snakes and spiders including yellow anaconda, boa constrictor and the gigantic Burmese pythons.

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Noah's Ark Zoo Farm

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Noah's Ark Zoo Farm is home to rhinos, giraffe, leopards, tigers, elephants and lions - all the biggest zoo animals!

We also have 12 huge indoor and outdoor play areas.

You can get hands on with the farm animals and learn more about the wildlife from our zookeepers at one of the Zookeeper Talks.

School Visits

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Blackpool Zoo Park

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Blackpool Zoo is the perfect destination for your school or group. Outdoor, healthy exercise combined with a unique learning experience and over 1000 animals. Education programmes are curriculum-led from Nursery to post-graduate and extra experiences are available for non-uniform groups. We also offer discounts on admission for school groups.

Animal Experiences

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Hoo Farm Animal Kingdom

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Zoos / Wildlife Parks
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Shropshire based petting farm and zoo with over 150 different species of animal. Indoor and outdoor demonstrations take place daily including lamb feeding, sheep racing; meet the meerkats and egg collecting. The farm also has an indoor and outdoor play area, cafe and gift shop.

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Woburn Safari Park

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Zoos / Wildlife Parks
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If you're looking to plan a full day out, look no further. Woburn Safari Park offers amazing value for money, with many great activities all included in your ticket price. 

Head to the leisure area and Foot Safari and park for free; you'll be amazed how many exciting activities are included in your ticket price.  

Whatever the weather you will love the variety of indoor and outdoor play areas, plus all of the latest new attractions, to make your wild day out even better.

School Visits

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Wildwood

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Zoos / Wildlife Parks
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Welcome to Wildwood, where you can come nose-to-nose with British Wildlife past and present. We have over 200 native animals set in 40 acres of beautiful ancient woodland, see Wolves, Bison, Deer, Owls, Foxes, Red Squirrels, Wild Boar, Lynx, Wild Horses, Badgers, Beavers and more as you make your way around the park.

Allow your students to let their hair down in our amazing adventure playground with drop slide, tube slide, wild fort, tree-top towers and more!

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Natureland Seal Sanctuary

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Everyone loves our resident seals and there are always plenty to been seen during their rehabilitation process. Loads more too: Penguins, Aquarium (find Nemo and friends), Tropical House (creepy crawlies), Tropical Butterflies (April to Oct), Crocodiles and Pets Corner too. 

School Trips at Skegness Natureland

Natureland welcomes schools and their pupils to learn about our work rescuing and rehabilitating orphaned and injured seal pups that get washed ashore on Lincolnshire beaches.

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ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

The UK's Biggest Zoo!
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With so many different species housed at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo, the UK's biggest zoo, your trip will be full of excitement.

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Edinburgh Zoo

Home to the UK's only giant pandas and koalas, as well as more than 1000 other amazing animals
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Open 365 days a year, Edinburgh Zoo welcomes students of all ages. For a great day out, you can't beat Edinburgh Zoo. Our world-class attractions and our extensive animal collection will provide you and your family with memories to last a lifetime!

There are a number of talks for your students to enjoy during the day. You can meet the penguins, rhinos, meerkats, reptiles, chimpanzees and of course our world famous pandas, the only ones in Great Britain. You can watch their feeding time and ask their keepers questions about the animals.

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Gauntlet Bird of Prey, Eagle and Vulture Park

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Gauntlet Birds of Prey, Eagle & Vulture Park is the largest zoo of its kind in Cheshire and the North West.

We specialise in education, conservation, protection and we have an excellent Bird of Prey breeding scheme.

Gauntlet Birds of Prey, Eagle & Vulture Park welcomes schools, colleges and groups to come and visit all year.

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