Last September my daughter and I had been to Alton Towers for her birthday, we'd spent the night in the area and were looking for something to do the next day before meeting up with friends on the evening. We decided to visit Trentham Monkey Forest after reading the leaflet in the B&B and I'm really pleased we did! Trentham Monkey Forest is home to 140 Barbary Macaques, these monkeys usually live in the wild in Algeria but these two families have been homed here as part of conservation programme, which seems to be ethical and well run. The monkeys wander freely within a 60 acre enclosed forest. Other than the fences for the enclosure there ...  Read the complete review

Even tho it rained when we went my children all loved it even myself and hubby did too great day trip the monkeys can walk right up to you ( my young brother love that there was a monkey with the same name as him ) we took a pushchair with us and only found one little bit , a bit hard but ok to get around the only down side was the lack of shelter for when it rains and the price int the cafe We all had such a great time we want to go back but have to wait for another day trip as we dont drive and its not that easy to get too by public transport

I went to the Monkey forest near Stoke a couple of years ago, and as an adult going with my husband and no children we thoroughly enjoyed it. I had read a few articles about this park and they had all said about the monkeys roaming free, but I was very sceptical as to how close you could get and just how free they were. It turns out that I shouldn't have been sceptical, the monkeys are literally in the trees, walking around, with no cages or fences at all. Apart from a knee high wooden barrier that you have to stay on the right side of, but the monkeys don't know that and roam around everywhere. I can't remember how much it cost when I went but I ...  Read the complete review

Trentham Monkey Forest is a large sixty acre plot housing Barbary Macaque monkeys roaming the woodland very near to Trentham Gardens in Stoke on Trent, North Staffordshire. If you were coming out of Trentham Gardens, then take the 3rd exit onto the A34, then at the next roundabout take the 2nd exit and you will find yourself on a dirt track which is very rubbly so I advise 10mph will be plenty!! The postcode for the garage opposite is ST12 9HR and you will find the entrance practically directly opposite. Barbary Macaques are originally from the Atlas Mountains! The car park is pretty large, there are no set spaces but it is easy to navigate and to ...  Read the complete review

It has been decided that I need to behave more like a Brit in Mexico or Colombia when I am a Brit in Manchester. And by that, I don't mean eating ice cream every day (though I may) or filling any pauses with a 'Que más?', I mean actually getting out there and seeing places I always forget to bother with when I'm home. Touristy places. I live just off the A34 in Manchester. Monkey Forest is located on the A34 near Stoke, about 35 miles away. I don't even need driving directions (though we take them anyway, and they get us lost, tsk), so off we go. The park is signed but not as early as I thought it would be, hence a small panic over whether we have gone wrong. Coming from  Read the complete review