Kirkley Hall Zoological Gardens, Ponteland

Name: Kirkley Hall Zoological Gardens
Address: Ponteland, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1670 841235

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Northumberland College Zoo is a zoo located in Ponteland, Northumberland. Based within the 400-acre Kirkley Hall College campus, which is also shared with Kirkley Hall, the site is home to over 200 species and is managed by Northumberland College. It has been a member of the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums since 2012. ()

Coordinates: 55°5'21"N, 1°45'59"W

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Ponteland United Kingdom

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+44 1670 841235

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

Nearby attractions include: Belsay Castle, Belsay Hall, Carlisle Park, Morpeth Castle.

4.1 miW
Forts and castles, Museum, History museum
Belsay Castle
106 min walk • Belsay Castle, located in Northumberland, United Kingdom, is a historic fortress that beckons visitors with its unique blend of medieval military architecture and Grecian-inspired design elements. This grand structure, now operating as a museum, offers an intimate...
3.9 miW
Museum, Garden, History museum
Belsay Hall, Morpeth
100 min walk • Belsay Hall is a Regency style country house located at Belsay, Northumberland. It is regarded as the first British country house to be built entirely in the new Greek revival style. It is a Grade I listed building.
6.1 miNE
Garden, Playground, Park
Carlisle Park, Morpeth
156 min walk • Carlisle Park is a park located on the southern bank of the River Wansbeck in Morpeth, Northumberland. The park has the William Turner Garden, an aviary, a paddling pool, an ancient woodland, tennis courts, several bowling greens and a skate park.
6 miNE
Forts and castles
Morpeth Castle, Morpeth
154 min walk • Morpeth Castle is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Grade I listed building at Morpeth, Northumberland, in northeast England. It has been restored by the Landmark Trust and is now available as a holiday rental home.
5.3 miN
Forts and castles
Mitford Castle
135 min walk • Mitford Castle is an English castle dating from the end of the 11th century and located at Mitford, Northumberland. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Grade I listed building, enlisted on 20 October 1969.
5.1 miNW
Monastery
Aruna Ratanagiri
129 min walk • Aruna Ratanagiri Buddhist Monastery is a Theravada Buddhist monastery of the Thai Forest Tradition in Northumberland, England. The community consists of monks, novices and postulants from a wide range of nationalities, usually numbering around eight Sangha members.
5.4 miE
Park, Monuments and statues
Northumberlandia, Cramlington
138 min walk • Northumberlandia is a huge land sculpture in the shape of a reclining female figure, which was completed in 2012, near Cramlington, Northumberland, northern England. Made of 1.5 million tonnes of earth from neighbouring Shotton Surface Mine, it is 34 metres high and 400 metres long, set in a 19 hectares public park.
3 miSE
55°3'1"N • 1°44'9"W
Ponteland Golf Club, Ponteland
76 min walk • Golf
5.8 miE
Park
Plessey Woods Country Park, Bedlington
147 min walk • Plessey Woods is a country park situated on the north bank of the River Blyth, in Northumberland. The park is accessed from the A192 in the village of Hartford Bridge, north of Cramlington and south west of Bedlington.
1.3 miNW
Forts and castles
Ogle Castle
33 min walk • Ogle Castle is a former fortified manor house at Ogle, near Whalton, Northumberland. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Grade I listed building. After the Norman Conquest in 1066, Humphrey de Hoggell was granted rights over the manor of Ogle.
6.1 miNE
View point
Haw Hill, Morpeth
155 min walk • Haw Hill or Ha' Hill is a mound and scheduled monument in Carlisle Park, Morpeth which was the site of a motte-and-bailey castle, being Morpeth's first castle. The castle was built by the de Merlay family in 1095, originally constructed as a wooden structure, being replaced later by a stone castle in the same location.