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Butterfly World (Stockton-on-tees)

 
Description: Address: Preston Park / Yarm Road / Stockton-on-tees / TS18 3RH England / Set inside Preston Park Museum is an indoor ... more
Butterfly World (Stockton-on-tees) ... tropical garden populated by exotic free-flying butterflies complemented by a display of fascinating insects.

Newest Review: ... in and you will enter what is essentially a huge greenhouse. Exotic butterflies flutter from plant to plant, rest on food left out for them, or occasionally land on a visitor's head. Quail run about the place freely. Wander through, past the goldfish pond, and you can gape at a window of crysalises and possibly see a butterfly crawl out, or you can walk through to the second room. There you ... more

 ... will find tanks filled with reptiles, snakes and spiders. There's also a large habitat where two elderly meerkats (they've been there for at least ten years now) play, chase each other, and stare at visitors. In busy periods and holidays such as halfterm...more

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Premium Review Butterfly World (Stockton-on-tees): Want To See Flutterbys? (442 words)
by shewhoguards - written on 02/05/08 (Very useful, 188 readings)
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Hidden away in a not-often-visited corner of the North East of England is a butterfly wonderland. Butterfly World is in Preston Park, situated close to Thornaby and Stockton on Tees (Teesside/Middlesbrough area if you're not familiar with it). It's easy to get to, and shares a large car park with the park, which is rarely full. They open between March and october, between 10am and 16:30pm, including Sundays and bank holidays. Prices are relatively cheap - £3.50 for adults, and £3.00 for kids, with a family ticket available for £12.00. Go in and you will enter what is essentially a huge greenhouse. Exotic butterflies flutter from plant to ...

 
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