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Living Coasts

Q: Where is Living Coasts?

United Kingdom. Living Coasts is a zoo or wildlife park in the United Kingdom. Its coordinates are 50.458° N, 3.525° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Snowdonia National Park, about 268 km away.

Q: What animals can you see at Living Coasts?

8 species. Citizen-science photos record 8 species at Living Coasts, including African Penguin, European Toad, Northern Giraffe, Ring-tailed Lemur and King Colobus. Those with a page of their own in our atlas show the odds of seeing them in the wild.

Q: Where can you see the animals of Living Coasts in the wild?

African Penguin: Table Mountain National Park. Some of the animals photographed at Living Coasts also live in the parks and cities we cover: African Penguin (about 10% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Table Mountain National Park), European Toad (about 70% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Białowieża National Park) and Northern Giraffe (about 80% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Murchison Falls National Park).

Q: When did Living Coasts open?

Opened 2003. Living Coasts, a zoo or wildlife park in the United Kingdom, opened in 2003, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 8 species are photographed there.

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

🦒 Zoo or wildlife park, United Kingdom 8 spp. present

Living Coasts was a coastal zoo at the site of Torquay Marine Spa in Devon, England. It was owned by South West Environmental Parks as part of the Wild Planet Trust, formerly known as Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust, which also operates Newquay Zoo and Paignton Zoo. It was a registered charity, based around seabirds and other coastal wildlife. The site had a covered giant aviary which included several animal enclosures and habitats including an artificial tidal estuary, a penguin beach, a tropical mangrove swamp, and underwater viewing areas. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

50.458° N 3.525° W

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Opened

2003

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Getting there

livingcoasts.org.uk ↗

What visitors say

🦒 Animals in captivity

Spheniscus demersus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

in Table Mountain National Park+ 2 more parks

Bufo bufo

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

in Białowieża National Park+ 11 more parks

Giraffa camelopardalis

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely

in Murchison Falls National Park+ 3 more parks · Nearby records

Lemur catta

Daily sighting probability —

Not in our parks or citiesNearby records

Colobus polykomos

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

in Taï National ParkNearby records

Gorilla gorilla

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

in Odzala-Kokoua National ParkNearby records

Acinonyx jubatus

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

in Serengeti National Park+ 20 more parks · Nearby records

Lutra cinerea

Daily sighting probability —

Not in our parks or cities

Before you go

Where is Living Coasts?

United Kingdom

Living Coasts is a zoo or wildlife park in the United Kingdom. Its coordinates are 50.458° N, 3.525° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Snowdonia National Park, about 268 km away.

What animals can you see at Living Coasts?

8 species

Citizen-science photos record 8 species at Living Coasts, including African Penguin, European Toad, Northern Giraffe, Ring-tailed Lemur and King Colobus. 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 Living Coasts in the wild?

African Penguin: Table Mountain National Park

Some of the animals photographed at Living Coasts also live in the parks and cities we cover: African Penguin (about 10% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Table Mountain National Park), European Toad (about 70% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Białowieża National Park) and Northern Giraffe (about 80% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Murchison Falls National Park).

When did Living Coasts open?

Opened 2003

Living Coasts, a zoo or wildlife park in the United Kingdom, opened in 2003, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 8 species are photographed there.