Isle of Wight Zoo

The Isle of Wight Zoo, known locally as 'Sandown Zoo', is home to the largest collection of Tigers in Britain. It's also the basis of the ITV wildlife series 'Tiger Island'. Admission for adults costs £5.95, whilst children and seniors can gain entry for £4.95 - under 5's go free. The zoo itself is fairly small and is housed in an old victorian fort. The building does look a little tatty from the front - but the interior makes for an interesting home for the animals, and actually suits the zoo layout very well. Enclosures are in good condition and the new themed tiger habitats - built in the last few years - are very large and provide an ...

I visited the Isle of Wight Zoo in June 2008 during a day trip to the island. We were camping in the New Forest and decided to hop over the channel to visit the zoo after picking up a brochure and discovering that the zoo was home to 'ITV's Tiger Island'. The Isle of Wight Zoo is situated in Sandown on the south east coast of the island. It is built around an old Victorian fort and is easy to notice by its large, thick walls upon which stands a huge statue of a tiger overlooking the seafront. From the outside the zoo looks very grand and impressive. There is a large gravel car park which I imagine would be large enough for even the busiest days at the ...

We visited the Isle of Wight Zoo as it was advertised as the 'home of ITV's Tiger Island' so we thought it must be good and at £6.50 entry thought it to be quite reasonable. We took our 2 year old son as he likes to look at animals but we were quite disappointed. Part of the park was under construction so had no animals at all and some of the tigers had been moved out while they construct a exhibit for them. We did see a lovely white tiger who was gorgeous and a couple of male lions, and jaguars. There were a couple of monkeys in another display and also some lemurs,but that was about it. The play area for children was also ...