Longleat Safari Park
United Kingdom /
England /
Warminster /
World
/ United Kingdom
/ England
/ Warminster
World / United Kingdom / England
zoo, safari park, interesting place, tourist attraction
The first drive-through safari park outside Africa, opened in 1966.
The safari park was the first of its kind anywhere in the world and was considered to be a massive breakthrough in the way in which captive animals were kept, with the animals roaming freely and the visitors in cages (cars). Today Longleat's collection comprises over 500 animals, and the whole estate is situated on 9000 acres (36 km²) of Wiltshire countryside.
The safari park was the first of its kind anywhere in the world and was considered to be a massive breakthrough in the way in which captive animals were kept, with the animals roaming freely and the visitors in cages (cars). Today Longleat's collection comprises over 500 animals, and the whole estate is situated on 9000 acres (36 km²) of Wiltshire countryside.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longleat_Safari_Park
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 51°11'28"N 2°15'42"W
- Stonehenge World Heritage Site 28 km
- Glastonbury 33 km
- St Giles Estate 37 km
- Crichel House Estate 39 km
- Clifton 40 km
- Frome Valley 40 km
- Ashton Court Estate 41 km
- The Beech Avenue 42 km
- New Forest National Park 42 km
- Severn Estuary / Mouth of the Severn 56 km
- Longleat Arboretum 1.5 km
- Center Parcs Longleat 2 km
- Fir Area of Centre Parcs Longleat (Villas 473 to 735) 2.1 km
- Longleat Woods 2.4 km
- Longleat Forest 2.5 km
- Norridge Wood 4 km
- Berkley Wood 5.2 km
- Black Dog Woods 5.4 km
- Cranborne Chase AONB 25 km
- Somerset 55 km