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Five Sisters Zoo
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
🦒 Zoo or wildlife park, United Kingdom 16 spp. present
Five Sisters Zoo is a privately owned zoological park located in Polbeth, West Calder. The zoo was founded by Brian and Shirley Curran and originally operated as an attraction within their garden centre on the same site. The zoo officially opened in 2005 when it was granted a licence to display wild animals to the public. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
55.863° N 3.562° W
🎟️ Visit
Essentials
Entrance
Paid
Tourism
Medium
Species present
16
speciesOpened
2005
Size
Medium
Visit
Opening hours
Every day · 10:00–17:00
Getting there
What visitors say
🦒 Animals in captivity
EN
African Spurred Tortoise
Centrochelys sulcata
Before you go
Where is Five Sisters Zoo?
United Kingdom
Five Sisters Zoo is a zoo or wildlife park in the United Kingdom. Its coordinates are 55.863° N, 3.562° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Cairngorms National Park, about 137 km away.
What animals can you see at Five Sisters Zoo?
16 species
Citizen-science photos record 16 species at Five Sisters Zoo, including Gray Wolf, Laughing Kookaburra, African Sacred Ibis, Emu and Grey Mouse-lemur. Those with a page of their own in our atlas show the odds of seeing them in the wild.
Where can you see the animals of Five Sisters Zoo in the wild?
Gray Wolf: Isle Royale National Park
Some of the animals photographed at Five Sisters Zoo also live in the parks and cities we cover: Gray Wolf (about 60% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Isle Royale National Park), Laughing Kookaburra (about 70% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Royal National Park) and African Sacred Ibis (about 70% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Nairobi National Park).
Does Five Sisters Zoo charge an entrance fee?
Yes, it is paid
The open map data for Five Sisters Zoo lists it as a paid-entry attraction. It does not include ticket prices or any change since it was last edited, so check the official website before you go.
When is Five Sisters Zoo open?
Every day · 10:00–17:00
According to its open map listing, Five Sisters Zoo is open Every day · 10:00–17:00. Opening hours change with the season and on public holidays, so confirm them on the official website before you travel.
When did Five Sisters Zoo open and how big is it?
Opened 2005, 8.2 ha
Five Sisters Zoo, a zoo or wildlife park in the United Kingdom, opened in 2005 and covers about 8.2 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 16 species are photographed there.
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Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Wikidata (CC0) · iNaturalist observers · Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) · the centre's official website