Exmoor Zoo, Barnstaple

Name: Exmoor Zoo
Address: South Stowford, Barnstaple, EX31 4SG, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1598 763352

#3 among attractions in Barnstaple

Top attraction, Outdoor activities, Park, Zoo

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Facts and practical information

Exmoor Zoo is a conservation centre in Exmoor, North Devon, England. The zoo developed from Exmoor Bird Gardens, opened on the site of a farm in 1982. The current owners took over in 1993, and have enlarged and developed the zoo, now specialising in the conservation of smaller animals. The zoo has been a member of BIAZA, the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums, since 1995 and recently became a member of EAZA in 2018. ()

Opened: 1982 (42 years ago)Area: 12 acres (0.0187 mi²)Elevation: 896 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 51°8'54"N, 3°55'29"W

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South StowfordBarnstaple EX31 4SG United Kingdom

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+44 1598 763352

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Day trips

Exmoor Zoo – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Pack of Cards, Combe Martin Wildlife and Dinosaur Park, Arlington Court, Church of St Peter.

5.8 miNW
Nightlife
Pack of Cards, Combe Martin
149 min walk • The Pack o' Cards is a historic house built about 1690 in Combe Martin in North Devon. Today it is a public house and hotel. It is listed Grade II* on the National Heritage List for England.
4.4 miNW
51°11'18"N • 4°0'15"W
Combe Martin Wildlife and Dinosaur Park, Combe Martin
113 min walk • Amusement, Nature and wildlife, History museum
2.5 miW
Museum, History museum
Arlington Court
64 min walk • Arlington Court is a neoclassical style country house built 1820-23, situated in the parish of Arlington, next to the parish church of St James, 5 1/4 miles NE of Barnstaple, north Devon, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.
4 miSW
Church
Church of St Peter
103 min walk • The Church of St Peter is the 13th-century Anglican parish church for the village of Shirwell in North Devon. It is a Grade I listed building and comes under the Diocese of Exeter.
5.5 miNW
Church
Church of St Peter ad Vincula, Combe Martin
142 min walk • The Church of St Peter ad Vincula is the Church of England parish church for the village of Combe Martin in North Devon in the UK.
4.4 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Barle Valley, Exmoor National Park
112 min walk • Barle Valley is a 1,540 acres Site of Special Scientific Interest within Exmoor National Park, situated in the counties of Devon and Somerset through which the River Barle flows.
7 miSW
Cemetery
Barnstaple Cemetery, Barnstaple
179 min walk • Barnstaple Cemetery is the burial ground for the town of Barnstaple in Devon and is managed by North Devon Council. The cemetery opened in 1856 for the Barnstaple Burial Board and extends over an area of 13.2 acres and is bisected by a stream between the two slopes on which the cemetery is laid out.
3 miN
Church
St Petrock's Church, Exmoor National Park
77 min walk • St Petrock's Church in Parracombe, Devon, England was built in the 13th century. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is now a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
3.3 miE
Forts and castles
Shoulsbury castle, Exmoor National Park
84 min walk • Shoulsbury Castle is an Iron Age hill fort close to Challacombe in Devon, England. It takes the form of a multi-ditch and rampart enclosure close to the top of a hill on the shoulder of Shoulsbarrow Common at an elevation of 472 metres above sea level.
6.8 miNE
Museum
Lyn and Exmoor Museum, Lynton
174 min walk • The Lyn and Exmoor Museum is a small museum in Lynton, Devon, England, housed in the town's oldest surviving domestic dwelling, a Grade II listed, whitewashed, stone cottage. There are seven rooms of displays and a garden.
6.4 miSW
Forts and castles
Burridge Fort, Barnstaple
164 min walk • Burridge Fort is an Iron Age Hill fort situated to the North East of Barnstaple in Devon, England. The fort occupies a hill top approx 150 Metres above Sea Level overlooking the Yeo and Bradiford rivers.