Newport Zoo Wales
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Newport zoo wales. 3 4 regal court 6 sovereign road kings norton business centre birmingham b30 3hn england. Tickets cost 4 6 and the journey takes 40 min. According to information published by her family online she was given two himalayan mountain bear. Y redwig is a small village and community parish to the south east of the city of newport in wales united kingdom it lies within the newport city boundaries in the historic county of monmouthshire and the preserved county of gwent.
Whitson is a village on the outskirts of the city of newport south wales it is located about 7 miles 11 km south east of newport city centre on the caldicot levels a large area of coastal land reclaimed from the sea administratively whitson is part of the community of goldcliff. Many newport schoolchildren in the 1960 s and 1970 s will recall that the city had its own zoo whitson zoo centred on the magnificent whitson court country house. To run a zoo in england scotland and wales you need a licence from the local authority. There are so many cool animals here and most of them you can feed and pet.
If you want to run a zoo where you ll be displaying wild animals to the public for at least 7 days a year in any place that s not a circus or pet shop you will need to apply for a licence from newport city council. There are 14 newport zoos and wildlife parks to pick from. We had never even heard of a. Find the perfect places to go with your kids and get out on your next adventure.
Whitson court zoo. All the zoos and wildlife parks we list are rated according to the ages they are suitable for facilities and whether they are suitable for rainy days or best when the sun is shining. There are over 50 different species including bongo fossa turaco nile lechwe and capybara. Registered in england and wales company number.
We came here on our last day of vacation in newport and we were pleasantly surprised by how much fun we had. Please contact newport city council to discuss your application first before making your application on. The owner mrs o j maybury ran the zoo collection. National express operates a bus from newport south wales to bristol bus coach station every 2 hours.
The only giraffes in wales are the headline act but the zoo is full of unusual animals.