I'm not sure if many people have heard of this place, but being just down from the road from me it would be rude not to take an interest.
And to be honest this little park just keeps on surprising me, with many attractions of its size normally containing some depressed looking vaguely rare animals, some naff native animals like horses and poor quality all around. But this park seems to have taken the alternate route and is set on year after year development. Bearing in mind the park only opened in 2009, since then they have added 12 lions, tigers and leopards, all of which are housed in well landscaped environments with walkways for viewing. There is also a host of other animals such as zebras, baboons, giraffes, (i'm not going to name every animal but it gives you an idea).
This year they are again developing a new polar bear exhibit of which will be housed in their own 10 acre landscaped site.
This may sound more like a review, but my point is that this park is growing by the year, and with a further 170 acres left not used there is plenty of room for development (as well as owners expressing their desire to purchase rides in the next few years). This park is certainly one to watch in my opinion, they have the money and space to create something much larger.
http://www.yorkshirewildlifepark.com/
http://www.yorkshirewildlifeparkfoundation.com/#!the-reserve/c192b
And to be honest this little park just keeps on surprising me, with many attractions of its size normally containing some depressed looking vaguely rare animals, some naff native animals like horses and poor quality all around. But this park seems to have taken the alternate route and is set on year after year development. Bearing in mind the park only opened in 2009, since then they have added 12 lions, tigers and leopards, all of which are housed in well landscaped environments with walkways for viewing. There is also a host of other animals such as zebras, baboons, giraffes, (i'm not going to name every animal but it gives you an idea).
This year they are again developing a new polar bear exhibit of which will be housed in their own 10 acre landscaped site.
This may sound more like a review, but my point is that this park is growing by the year, and with a further 170 acres left not used there is plenty of room for development (as well as owners expressing their desire to purchase rides in the next few years). This park is certainly one to watch in my opinion, they have the money and space to create something much larger.
http://www.yorkshirewildlifepark.com/
http://www.yorkshirewildlifeparkfoundation.com/#!the-reserve/c192b
