Zoo
Paignton Zoo
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
🦒 Zoo or wildlife park, United Kingdom 39 spp. present
Paignton Zoo is a zoo in Paignton, Devon, England, operated by Dutch leisure company Libéma since January 2026. The zoo houses a collection of approximately 1,876 animals representing nearly 189 species, and cultivates about 1,600 different species of plant across its 80-acre site. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
50.429° N 3.584° W
🎟️ Visit
Essentials
Entrance
—
Tourism
High
Species present
39
speciesOpened
1923
Size
Large
Visit
Opening hours
Every day · 10:00–17:00
Getting there
- Address
- Totnes Road, Paignton TQ4 7EU
- Phone
- +44 1803 697500
- Access
- Partly wheelchair accessible
Who runs it
- Run by
- Paignton Zoo
What visitors say
🦒 Animals in captivity
LC
Hamadryas Baboon
Papio hamadryas
Before you go
Where is Paignton Zoo?
United Kingdom
Paignton Zoo is a zoo or wildlife park in the United Kingdom, at Totnes Road, Paignton TQ4 7EU. Its coordinates are 50.429° N, 3.584° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Snowdonia National Park, about 271 km away.
What animals can you see at Paignton Zoo?
39 species
Citizen-science photos record 39 species at Paignton Zoo, including Red-footed Tortoise, Common Peafowl, Chilean Flamingo, Hamadryas Baboon and Marabou Stork. 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 Paignton Zoo in the wild?
Red-footed Tortoise: Emas National Park
Some of the animals photographed at Paignton Zoo also live in the parks and cities we cover: Red-footed Tortoise (about 30% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Emas National Park), Common Peafowl (about 90% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Udawalawe National Park) and Chilean Flamingo (about 50% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Lauca National Park).
When is Paignton Zoo open?
Every day · 10:00–17:00
According to its open map listing, Paignton 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 Paignton Zoo open and how big is it?
Opened 1923, 30 ha
Paignton Zoo, a zoo or wildlife park in the United Kingdom, opened in 1923 and covers about 30 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 39 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