Tropical Wings World of Wildlife

Tropical Wings (World of Wildlife) is a small zoo which is situated in South Woodham Ferrers, Essex. My first visit was very recently (June 2009) and I'm certain it won't be my last visit. Tropical Wings can be found off the A130 and is signed up when you get within a mile or two. When we reached the entrance I was totally unsure if we were at the right place. It all looked very small and strange, I thought it was actually a shop. In my opinion the entrance from the road should be made more obvious. There were a couple of car parking spaces at the front (but not many at all) which were all full and a main carpark further on down a small ...  Read the complete review

My son loved his school visit here and has pestered ever since to go back. This is a kind of mini zoo located in Essex near South Woodham Ferrers off the A132. As long as you get to the vicinity you will find brown direction signs with a butterfly symbol on it to get you to the precise location. It is a wonderful day out for all the family. I don’t know if it was the time of year (September), the day of the week (Saturday) or the time of day (morning), but it wasn’t very crowded so that enhanced the enjoyment of the experience for all. On arrival, we made the first important observation of the sign indicating that parking for Tropical Wings is at the ...  Read the complete review

Last week I had the pleasure of visiting one of the largest Butterfly Houses in the country. Its part of the Tropical Wings World of Wildlife at South Woodham Ferrers in Essex and this was my second visit. I have to admit that the first time I went there it came as a complete surprise to me. I say that because I must pass it at least once a week and, although I knew it was there, I had absolutely no idea of how big it was or what creatures inhabited it. The first surprise came with the size of the car park, or perhaps I should say parks as they have a main car park and at least two overflows. Parking is free and the walk back to the entrance is very ...  Read the complete review

Tropical Wings is a small zoo/butterfly house and is in South Woodham Ferrers, Essex. I visited for about the third time earlier today. It is near Southend and Chelmsford and the website has directions about how to get there from these places. We visited and found that it was very busy and had to go in the overflow car park, most of the visitors were elderly or families with children. It was very busy but I suppose it was because it was in the summer holiday. At the entrance is the gift shop which sells various bits and bobs but nothing particularly great. There is a desk where you pay admission fees which are £7.75 for adults and £4.75 for children ...  Read the complete review

I was visiting some friends in London over the weekend, and we decided to try to find a relatively local attraction that wouldn't require us to head into central London (always expensive and stressful, and we'd seen most of it before!). A quick internet search turned up Tropical Wings. The website was not massively promising, but it was fairly closeby so we decided to give it a try. It was easy to find by car, and although the outside looked a little unkempt we were extremely impressed by the experience. It costs £7.75 for an adult ticket (£4.75 for a child), which I think is remarkably cheap considering the zoo is unexpectedly large. If we had gone into ...  Read the complete review