Peak Wildlife Park

#742 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Nature and wildlife, Park, Outdoor activities, Zoo

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Peak Wildlife Park is a zoo in central England. The nearest towns are Leek, Ashbourne and Stoke-on-Trent. ()

Opened: 1991 (33 years ago)Species: 17Elevation: 883 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 53°3'42"N, 1°55'27"W

Location

Ipstones, StaffordshireLeek ST13 7QR EnglandUnited Kingdom

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Day trips

Peak Wildlife Park – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Octonauts Rollercoaster Adventure, All Saints' Church, Cheddleton Flint Mill, Thor's Cave.

5.1 miS
Amusement, Amusement park, Amusement ride
Octonauts Rollercoaster Adventure, Alton Towers
132 min walk • Octonauts Rollercoaster Adventure is a family roller coaster located in CBeebies Land at Alton Towers, Staffordshire. It opened on 21 March 2015. It is located next to Spinball Whizzer, in an area which was previously part of Adventure Land.
5 miNW
Church
All Saints' Church, Leek
128 min walk • All Saints' Church is an Anglican church in Leek, Staffordshire, England. It is a Grade I listed building. It was designed by Norman Shaw, and built in 1885–1887; the church has stained glass by Morris & Co.
5 miW
Museum
Cheddleton Flint Mill, Cheddleton
127 min walk • Cheddleton Flint Mill is a water mill situated in the village of Cheddleton in the English county of Staffordshire. The mill race takes water from the river Churnet. The site is believed to have been used for milling since the Middle Ages.
3.6 miNE
Archaeological site
Thor's Cave, Peak District
92 min walk • Thor's Cave is a natural cavern located at SK09865496 in the Manifold Valley of the White Peak in Staffordshire, England. It is classified as a karst cave.
5 miNW
Memorial
Nicholson War Memorial, Leek
129 min walk • The Nicholson War Memorial in Leek, Staffordshire, England is a 1925 war memorial. It was commissioned by local manufacturer Sir Arthur Nicholson and his wife Lady Marianne, née Falkner, in memory of their son Lieutenant Basil Lee Nicholson, who was killed in action at Ypres...
3.7 miE
Ruins
Throwley Old Hall, Peak District
94 min walk • Throwley Old Hall is a ruined stately home near the village of Calton and adjacent to the River Manifold, in north-east Staffordshire, England. It is a Grade II* listed building and a scheduled monument. The estate is privately owned.
3.4 miNE
Church
St Bartholomew's Church, Peak District
88 min walk • St Bartholomew's Church, Butterton is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Butterton.
5 miS
Archaeological site
The Old Furnace, Alton Towers
129 min walk • The Old Furnace is a colloquial name given to an historic site in Oakamoor, Staffordshire, England, that supported the development of medieval and post-medieval iron smelting. The furnace was situated in the Churnet Valley in the Staffordshire moorlands.
4.9 miE
Gothic Revival architecture, Hostel, Park
Ilam Park, Peak District
126 min walk • Ilam Park is a 158-acre country park situated in Ilam, on both banks of the River Manifold five miles north west of Ashbourne, England, and in the ownership of the National Trust. The property is managed as part of the Trust's White Peak Estate..
3.2 miSW
Canal
Uttoxeter Canal
81 min walk • The Uttoxeter Canal was a thirteen-mile extension of the Caldon Canal running from Froghall as far as Uttoxeter in Staffordshire, England. It was authorised in 1797, but did not open until 1811.
2.7 miNW
Hill
Morridge, Peak District
69 min walk • Morridge is a geographical feature, a few mile east of Leek, in Staffordshire, England. It is in the local government district of Staffordshire Moorlands. It is a long ridge of high moorland. The northern end, Morridge Top, is about a mile south of Flash.