Newquay Zoo

Just wrote a 2000 word on this and lost it all so I will now try again! We visited Newquay zoo this morning as we were at a bit of a loose end. We regularly visit zoo's and were keen to have a look around this one. *Location* The zoo is located a 5 minutes drive out of Newquays town centre. It is also accessible by foot and I imagine this would take around 20 minutes on foot. Once you arrive in Newquay, the zoo is signposted by a number of brown signs and is very easy to find. If using a sat nav, the postcode needed is slightly different to that of the zoo. This is TR7 2NN. The zoo doesn't have a car park of its own meaning that you need to park in ...  Read the complete review

Newquay Zoo is a great family zoo, despite it being small the zoo is host to many animals. The zoo has a reptile house which is host to many endangered reptile, the zoo is also host to the worlds smallest monkey the Pygmy Marmoset. There is always plenty going on at the zoo, there are different feeding times for the animals where there is a keeper giving a talk about the animals. The fist of which being the Lemurs at 11am then at 12 noon the otter followed by the penguins. The most popular of the animal talks is the big cats which was about 3.30 when we were there, Through out the day there are also animal encounters in the tropical house, where ...  Read the complete review

Newquay Zoo was an unexpected pleasure and I really enjoyed it. We saw creatures such as lions, zebras, penguins, monkeys, skinks (yes, blue tongued skinks at that!), tapirs and various other creatures I hadn't heard of and a multitude of those I had. They all appeared to be living in suitable sized enclosures and looked in good health as far as my untrained eye can tell. I really enjoyed a leisurely walk around the whole place, we saw various feeding demonstrations and talks about the zoo residents and came away with a much expanded knowledge of the animals and birds in particular .( Did you know a lion's roar can be heard for miles? And that zoo's can ...  Read the complete review

My experiences of Newquay Zoo come from working there in 2003. The Zoo is a small yet very friendly zoo and is home to many animals from many endangered reptiles in the reptile house as well as the worlds smallest monkey the Pygmy Marmoset, to the larger animals such as Zebras and lions. The Zoo is host to many conservation projects for endangered species so if you take a visit to the Zoo despite it being smaller than most Zoo’s you are bound to see some amazing animals. During the day there are feeding times of the animals where you can see the animals being fed and learn about them. Another daily event is the opportunity to hold a snake or other ...  Read the complete review

Spending last week in Newquay wasn’t all sun, sea and…um…sambuca’s you know. I did manage to get myself down to Newquay Zoo as I have always enjoyed seeing animals I would otherwise only see in books. Now my opinion is on the actual zoo and not about people’s perceptions and the rights or wrongs about keeping wild animals in zoos. I think people will always agree to disagree on that one. Anyway, back to the zoo… ~ Publicity The zoo is heavily publicised as an attraction for all those thousands of people who visit Newquay every year. You will see ...  Read the complete review