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Welsh Mountain Zoo

Q: Where is Welsh Mountain Zoo?

United Kingdom. Welsh Mountain Zoo is a zoo or wildlife park in the United Kingdom. Its coordinates are 53.294° N, 3.748° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Snowdonia National Park, about 48 km away.

Q: What animals can you see at Welsh Mountain Zoo?

22 species. Citizen-science photos record 22 species at Welsh Mountain Zoo, including Humboldt Penguin, Slender-tailed Meerkat, Eurasian Red Squirrel, Domestic Bactrian Camel and Speckled Pigeon. 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 Welsh Mountain Zoo in the wild?

Slender-tailed Meerkat: Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. Some of the animals photographed at Welsh Mountain Zoo also live in the parks and cities we cover: Slender-tailed Meerkat (about 40% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park), Eurasian Red Squirrel (about 50% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Cairngorms National Park) and Domestic Bactrian Camel (about 40% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park).

Q: When did Welsh Mountain Zoo open and how big is it?

Opened 1963, 13 ha. Welsh Mountain Zoo, a zoo or wildlife park in the United Kingdom, opened in 1963 and covers about 13 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 22 species are photographed there.

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

🦒 Zoo or wildlife park, United Kingdom 22 spp. present

The Welsh Mountain Zoo (Welsh: Sŵ Fynydd Gymreig) is a zoological garden located near the town of Colwyn Bay in Conwy County Borough, Wales. The zoo was opened on 18 May 1963 by the enthusiastic naturalist Robert Jackson. The zoo covers an area of 37 acres (15 ha). Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

53.294° N 3.748° W

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Essentials

Entrance

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Tourism

High

Species present

species

Opened

1963

Size

Medium

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Getting there

welshmountainzoo.org ↗

What visitors say

🦒 Animals in captivity

Spheniscus humboldti

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

in Lima

Suricata suricatta

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park+ 2 more parks

Sciurus vulgaris

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

in Cairngorms National Park+ 16 more parks

Camelus bactrianus

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

in Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park

Columba guinea

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

in Niokolo-Koba National Park+ 43 more parks

Phoenicopterus chilensis

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

in Lauca National Park+ 4 more parks

Tadorna tadorna

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

in Wadden Sea National Park+ 13 more parks

LC Endemic

Alligator mississippiensis

Daily sighting probability ~90% · Very likely

in Big Cypress National Preserve+ 3 more parks

Before you go

Where is Welsh Mountain Zoo?

United Kingdom

Welsh Mountain Zoo is a zoo or wildlife park in the United Kingdom. Its coordinates are 53.294° N, 3.748° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Snowdonia National Park, about 48 km away.

What animals can you see at Welsh Mountain Zoo?

22 species

Citizen-science photos record 22 species at Welsh Mountain Zoo, including Humboldt Penguin, Slender-tailed Meerkat, Eurasian Red Squirrel, Domestic Bactrian Camel and Speckled Pigeon. 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 Welsh Mountain Zoo in the wild?

Slender-tailed Meerkat: Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park

Some of the animals photographed at Welsh Mountain Zoo also live in the parks and cities we cover: Slender-tailed Meerkat (about 40% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park), Eurasian Red Squirrel (about 50% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Cairngorms National Park) and Domestic Bactrian Camel (about 40% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park).

When did Welsh Mountain Zoo open and how big is it?

Opened 1963, 13 ha

Welsh Mountain Zoo, a zoo or wildlife park in the United Kingdom, opened in 1963 and covers about 13 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 22 species are photographed there.