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Curraghs Wildlife Park

 

This page provides a summary of basic information for this animal park as at 12th September 2000. To check for up to date information and full details please visit the official website at :

Curraghs Wildlife Park

 

Name
Curraghs Wildlife Park

Address:
Ballaugh, Ramsey, Isle of Man IN7 5EA

Telephone number:

Fax Number

E-mail address

  44-1-624-897-3

44-1-624-897-327

nick.pinder@curraghswlp.dtl.gov.im

How to Get There For directions go to Mapquest and type in the postcode of the zoo.

Train:
Coach:

Opening Hours

Summer (Easter holidays - end October); 10 am to 6 pm daily
Summer school holidays to 9 pm on Wednesdays

Winter (end Oct - start of Easter school holidays); 10 am - 4 pm on Saturdays and Sundays only

Facilities

General

  • Shop
  • Toilets (incl disabled)
  • Large free car park

Catering

  • Café
  • Picnic areas

Children

  • Child buggy loan
  • Play areas

Disabled

  • Wheelchair loan
  • Toilets - disabled

Feeding

  • Penguins 11.15 and 3.15
  • Pelicans 11.30 and 3.30
  • Others as advertised in Summer holidays
  • During the summer school holidays there is a daily programme of feeding time talks including various monkeys, otters and racoons
  • No public feeding

Shows

Feeding time talks and Animal Encounters in school summer holidays

Other Attractions

  • Minitaure railway on summer sundays and bank holidays
  • Large walk through paddocks and aviaries arranged on zoogeographical theme
Additional Costs  
Restrictions  

Number Of Species

Number of animals

 

  Number of Species Number of Specimens
Mammals

34

145

Birds

64

202

Reptiles

6

43

Amphibians

0

0

Fish

0

0

Invertebrates

0

0

Totals

104

390

Annual number of visitors Number of staff Area in acres Association memberships Proprietor

46,000

10

40

 

 

  Your Day at Curraghs Wildlife Park
10.00am Park Opens
11.15am Penguins feeding
11.30am Pelicans feeding
3.15pm Penguins feeding
3.30pm Pelicans feeding
4.00pm Park closes (end Oct - start of Easter school holidays)
6.00pm Park Closes (Easter holidays - end October)
9.00pm Park closes in summer school holidays on Wednesdays

Rating

40 acres in total - 26 acres developed as a wildlife park, 14 conserved as a natural area for wild plants, birds and other animals (undisturbed curraghs consisting of peat bog - fen vegetation with nature trail & observation tower)

Developed adjacent to the most important wetland conservation site in the Isle of Man, the Curraghs Wildlife Park exhibits around 100 species in the spacious and scenic surroundings of the Ballaugh Curraghs. Most exhibits are mixed, walkthrough paddocks and aviaries giving visitors the opportunity for close-up views without bars in the way.

This entry was updated by Curraghs Wildlife Park on 24th May 2002.

 

This page provides summary information only to allow a consistent approach for entries in this website directory and aid comparison. We cannot accept any responsibility for the information or services offered and advise you to check details with the animal collection concerned.  

 

Last Updated 09/03/2008

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