Zoo
The Living Rainforest
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
🦒 Zoo or wildlife park, United Kingdom 20 spp. present
The Living Rainforest is an indoor greenhouse tropical rainforest located in Hampstead Norreys in Berkshire, England. It is an ecological centre, educational centre and visitor attraction consisting of three glasshouses, operated and run by the Trust for Sustainable Living. The glasshouses are named Amazonica, Lowlands and Small Islands respectively. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
51.481° N 1.221° W
🎟️ Visit
Essentials
Entrance
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Tourism
High
Species present
20
speciesOpened
1993
Size
Small
Visit
Opening hours
Every day · 10:00–17:00
Getting there
- Phone
- +44 1635 202444
What visitors say
🦒 Animals in captivity
Before you go
Where is The Living Rainforest?
United Kingdom
The Living Rainforest is a zoo or wildlife park in the United Kingdom. Its coordinates are 51.481° N, 1.221° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Snowdonia National Park, about 232 km away.
What animals can you see at The Living Rainforest?
20 species
Citizen-science photos record 20 species at The Living Rainforest, including Ringed Teal, Emerald Tree Boa, Azara's Agouti, Linnaeus's Two-toed Sloth and Channel-billed Toucan. 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 The Living Rainforest in the wild?
Ringed Teal: El Impenetrable National Park
Some of the animals photographed at The Living Rainforest also live in the parks and cities we cover: Ringed Teal (about 10% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in El Impenetrable National Park), Emerald Tree Boa (about 30% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Brownsberg Nature Park) and Azara's Agouti (about 40% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Iguazú National Park).
When is The Living Rainforest open?
Every day · 10:00–17:00
According to its open map listing, The Living Rainforest 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 The Living Rainforest open and how big is it?
Opened 1993, 0.1 ha
The Living Rainforest, a zoo or wildlife park in the United Kingdom, opened in 1993 and covers about 0.1 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 20 species are photographed there.
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Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Wikidata (CC0) · iNaturalist observers · Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)