Paradise Wildlife Park

#1360 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Paradise Wildlife Park is a family-run wildlife park and charity located in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England. Previously known as Broxbourne Zoo, it was renamed Paradise Wildlife Park after it came under the management of Peter & Grace Sampson family in 1984. In 2017, their daughter Lynn Whitnall became CEO and continued the family business. They became Zoological Society of Hertfordshire in 2017, a registered charity that works alongside Paradise Wildlife Park. The zoo receives no government funding. Since 2017, it has been named Hertfordshire's best outdoor attraction by TripAdvisor. ()

Opened: 1960 (64 years ago)Area: 30 acres (0.0469 mi²)Coordinates: 51°44'32"N, 0°3'14"W

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

Nearby attractions include: Rye House Kart Raceway, Cheshunt Park, The White Horse, Hoddesdon Cemetery.

3.3 miNE
Game and entertainment center, Go kart, Sport venue
Rye House Kart Raceway, Hoddesdon
85 min walk • Rye House Kart Circuit is a kart circuit, in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, England, and is adjacent to the Rye House Stadium. The circuit is one of the oldest in the country, and has been used by drivers including Jenson Button, Anthony Davidson and Lewis Hamilton.
1.6 miS
Golf
Cheshunt Park, Cheshunt
42 min walk • Cheshunt Park is a 40 hectare public park and Local Nature Reserve in Cheshunt in Hertfordshire. It is owned and managed by Broxbourne Borough Council. The history of the park goes back to Roman times and was crossed by Ermine Street. It was originally the park of Cheshunt Great House.
3.8 miN
Nightlife
The White Horse, Hertford
97 min walk • The White Horse is a public house on the south side of Castle Street, Hertford. England. The pub occupies numbers 31 and 33 Castle Street, two of a group of three grade II listed houses that also includes number 35. The timber-framed buildings date from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries with later additions.
2.6 miNE
Cemetery
Hoddesdon Cemetery, Hoddesdon
67 min walk • Hoddesdon Cemetery is the burial ground for the town of Hoddesdon in Hertfordshire in the UK and is owned and maintained by the Borough of Broxbourne.
3.2 miSE
Bridge
Fishers Green, Cheshunt
81 min walk • Fishers Green is a settlement 1 mile to the north of the town of Waltham Abbey, Essex, England, in the parish of Waltham Abbey. It lies on the flood plain of the River Lea.
1.7 miW
51°45'4"N • 0°5'28"W
Brickendon Grange Golf Club, Hertford
44 min walk • Outdoor activities, Golf
1.7 miE
Watermill
Broxbourne Mill, Hoddesdon
44 min walk • Broxbourne Mill is located at the Old Mill and Meadows Site Lee Valley Park, Broxbourne, Hertfordshire.
2.9 miNW
Observatories and planetariums
Bayfordbury Observatory
73 min walk • Bayfordbury Observatory is the University of Hertfordshire's astronomical and atmospheric physics remote sensing observatory, and one of the largest teaching observatories in the UK.
3.3 miNE
Memorial
Rye House, Hoddesdon
84 min walk • Rye House in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire is a former fortified manor house, located in what is now the Lee Valley Regional Park. The gatehouse is the only surviving part of the structure and is a Grade I listed building.
1.7 miE
Church
St Augustine's Church, Hoddesdon
43 min walk • St Augustine's Church is an active Church in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England. The church stands opposite the New River.
3 miNW
Observatories and planetariums
Bayfordbury
77 min walk • Bayfordbury, Hertfordshire, is a large Grade II* listed country house with surrounding parkland, and the location of a University of Hertfordshire campus, housing its biology/geography field station and observatory.