Heythrop Zoological Gardens, Chipping Norton

Name: Heythrop Zoological Gardens
Address: Chipping Norton, United Kingdom

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Heythrop Zoological Gardens, Chipping Norton

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Heythrop Zoological Gardens is a private zoo and animal training centre in Heythrop, near Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire. The zoo has the largest private collection of exotic animals in the United Kingdom. The site also houses Amazing Animals, an animal training company that provides exotic animals for the film industry. The company provides the majority of "zoo-type" animals for British film sets. ()

Coordinates: 51°56'41"N, 1°27'33"W

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Chipping Norton United Kingdom

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Heythrop Zoological Gardens – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Rollright Stones, Hook Norton Brewery, Blenheim Farm, Chipping Norton Museum.

5.2 miNW
History museum, Museum
Rollright Stones, Chipping Norton
133 min walk • The Rollright Stones are a complex of three Neolithic and Bronze Age megalithic monuments near the village of Long Compton, on the borders of Oxfordshire and Warwickshire.
3.9 miNW
Brewery, Nightlife
Hook Norton Brewery, Hook Norton
100 min walk • Hook Norton Brewery is a regional brewery in Hook Norton, Oxfordshire, England, several miles outside the Cotswold Hills.
5 miS
Park
Blenheim Farm, Charlbury
128 min walk • Blenheim Farm is a 1-hectare nature reserve near Charlbury in Oxfordshire. It is owned and managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust. This is a meadow surrounded by ancient hedges and woodland.
3.7 miW
Museum
Chipping Norton Museum, Chipping Norton
94 min walk • Chipping Norton Museum is an independent local museum located on the High Street in the town of Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England. The museum is located on the first floor of the Chipping Norton Co-operative Society Hall, which dates from the 1880s.
3.4 miW
Church, Romanesque architecture
Holy Trinity Church, Chipping Norton
86 min walk • Holy Trinity Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England. It is situated on the London road in the centre of the town. It was built in 1836 and is a Grade II listed building.
3.7 miW
Concerts and shows, Theater
The Theatre, Chipping Norton
94 min walk • The Theatre Chipping Norton, sometimes The Theatre, Chipping Norton, is a theatre, cinema, gallery and music venue in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England. The main auditorium was originally a Salvation Army citadel, built in 1888.
5 miS
History museum, Museum
Charlbury Museum, Charlbury
129 min walk • Charlbury Museum is a local museum in the town of Charlbury, Oxfordshire, England. The museum and collections are organized and run by the Charlbury Society, which was founded in 1949.
4.8 miSE
Forts and castles
Glympton Park
122 min walk • Glympton Park is a former deer park at Glympton, 3.5 miles north of Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England. It includes Glympton House and has a 2,000 acres estate including the village of Glympton, its Norman parish church of St.
6.2 miNE
Church, Gothic architecture
St Mary's Church, Bloxham
158 min walk • The church of Our Lady of Bloxham, informally called St Mary's Bloxham, is the Church of England parish church in Bloxham, Oxfordshire. It is notable for its 14th-century tower and spire, which is the highest in Oxfordshire. It is unusually large for a parish church.
6.1 miSW
Archaeological site
Lyneham Longbarrow, Cotswold Water Park
157 min walk • Lyneham Longbarrow is a long barrow near Lyneham, Oxfordshire. It is beside the A361 road, between Shipton-under-Wychwood and Chipping Norton. Just nine metres from the barrow mound stands a 1.8 metre tall standing stone.
6.7 miSW
Forts and castles
Ascot d'Oilly Castle, Cotswold Water Park
172 min walk • Ascot d'Oilly Castle is situated north of the village of Ascott-under-Wychwood in the north west region of Oxfordshire. It is a scheduled ancient monument. A fragment of the castle remains and is a Grade II listed building.