Zoo
Tilgate Nature Centre
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
BIAZA
🦒 Zoo or wildlife park, United Kingdom 5 spp. present
Tilgate Zoo is a small BIAZA-accredited zoo located within Tilgate Park in Tilgate Forest, South-East Crawley, West Sussex, England. The zoo holds 74 different animal species (in 2026), and is involved in several programmes to preserve threatened wild species from extinction. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
51.094° N 0.178° W
🎟️ Visit
Essentials
Entrance
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Tourism
Medium
Species present
5
speciesOpened
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Size
Medium
Accreditations
- British and Irish Association of Zoos and AquariumsMembership body of zoos and aquariums in Britain and Ireland
Visit
Opening hours
Apr–Oct · Every day · 10:00–18:00Nov–Mar · Every day · 10:00–16:00
Getting there
🦒 Animals in captivity
LC
Yellow-headed Poison Frog
Dendrobates leucomelas
Before you go
Where is Tilgate Nature Centre?
United Kingdom
Tilgate Nature Centre is a zoo or wildlife park in the United Kingdom. Its coordinates are 51.094° N, 0.178° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Snowdonia National Park, about 315 km away.
What animals can you see at Tilgate Nature Centre?
5 species
Citizen-science photos record 5 species at Tilgate Nature Centre, including Laughing Kookaburra, Yellow-headed Poison Frog, Long-eared Owl, Little Owl and Eurasian Otter. 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 Tilgate Nature Centre in the wild?
Laughing Kookaburra: Royal National Park
Some of the animals photographed at Tilgate Nature Centre also live in the parks and cities we cover: Laughing Kookaburra (about 70% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Royal National Park), Long-eared Owl (about 10% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Death Valley National Park) and Little Owl (about 30% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Hortobágy National Park).
When is Tilgate Nature Centre open?
Apr–Oct · Every day · 10:00–18:00
According to its open map listing, Tilgate Nature Centre is open Apr–Oct · Every day · 10:00–18:00; Nov–Mar · Every day · 10:00–16:00. Opening hours change with the season and on public holidays, so confirm them on the official website before you travel.
Is Tilgate Nature Centre accredited?
BIAZA
Open registers list Tilgate Nature Centre with BIAZA. These marks come from Wikidata, and they are shown here as a fact, not as an endorsement.
When did Tilgate Nature Centre open and how big is it?
4.0 ha
Tilgate Nature Centre, a zoo or wildlife park in the United Kingdom, covers about 4.0 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 5 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