Full information about the following parks and attractions can be found in the June 2004 issue of Practical Caravan. For back issues telephone 08456 777812. Admission Price and Opening Times were correct at the time of publishing. Please check for latest information before visiting.

Where to go: KNOWSLEY SAFARI PARK

Address Prescot, Merseyside L34 4AN
Tel 0151 430 9009
Admission Adults £9, children £6, family £25
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 • Opened in 1971 by the 18th Earl of Derby, this was the first safari park to be built close to a city, with lions, elephants, cheetahs and giraffes roaming free through dedicated paddocks just eight miles from Liverpool city centre.

Where to stay: ABBEY FARM CARAVAN PARK

Address Dark Lane, Ormskirk, Lancs L40 5TX
Tel 01695 572686
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Open all year

Where to go: BRISTOL ZOO GARDENS

Address Clifton, Bristol BS8 3HA
Tel 0117 974 7300
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Admission Adults £9.50, children £6, family £28
 • Named Zoo of the Year by the Good Britain Guide 2004, Bristol Zoo Gardens has become a conservation pioneer in the world of endangered species, with its near-perfect recreations of many natural habitats.

Where to stay: NEWTON MILL CAMPING PARK

Address Newton St Loe, Bath BA2 9JF
Tel 01225 333909
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Open All year

Where to go: WOBURN SAFARI PARK

Address Woburn Park, Bedfordshire MK17 9QN
Tel 01525 290407
Admission (depending on season) Adult £7.50-£15.50, child £6.50-£12 (including half-price admission to Woburn Abbey), under-3s free
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 • Winner of the English Tourism Council Visitor Attraction of the Year award, Woburn offers an African/Asian safari drive amid some of the most dangerous and endangered animals in the world

Where to stay: BREAKSPEAR WAY CARAVAN CLUB SITE

Address Buncefield Lane, Breakspear Way, Hemel Hempstead HP2 4TZ
Tel 01442 268286
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Open All year

Where to go: COTSWOLD WILDLIFE PARK

Address Burford, Oxfordshire OX18 4JW
Tel 01993 823006
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Admission Adults £8, children £5.50, senior citizens £5.50, under-3s free
 • This delightfully intimate walk-around park, set in the 120-acre grounds of a yellowstone gothic manor house, is home to an extensive collection of animals including ostriches, white rhino, rare amur leopards and Asiatic lions, which roam through vast purpose-built enclosures.

Where to stay: BURFORD CARAVAN CLUB SITE

Address Bradwell Grove, Burford, Oxon OX18 4JL
Tel 01993 823080
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Open Open end of April-end of October

Where to go: HIGHLAND WILDLIFE PARK

Address Kincraig, Kingussie, Inverness-shire PH21 INL
Tel 01540 651270
Admission Adults £8, children, students, senior citizens and disabled £7, family £25
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 • The newly designated Cairngorms National Park is the location of this splendid range devoted to Scottish wildlife past and present.

Where to stay: HIGH RANGE

Address Grampian Road, Aviemore, Inverness-shire PH22 1PT
Tel 01479 810636
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Open December-November

Where to go: WHIPSNADE WILD ANIMAL PARK

Address Dunstable, Bedfordshire, LU6 2LF 20 minutes from Junction 21 of the M25.
Tel 01582 872171
Admission Adults £13.50, children £10.10, student/senior citizen £11.50, family £42.50
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 • Whipsnade has some of the world's most endangered animals, and operates ground-breaking conservation programmes. There are around 250 species, from Asian elephants, Siberian tigers and the Indian rhino to tiny mammals and birds.

Where to stay: LEE VALLEY CARAVAN PARK

Address Essex Road, Dobbs Weir, Hoddesdon, Herts EN11 0AS
Tel 01992 462090
Email Click here to email Open March-November

Where to go: LONGLEAT SAFARI PARK

Address Warminster, Wiltshire BA12 7NW
Tel 01985 844328
Admission Safari Park only: adults £9, children £7, senior citizens £7. All attractions passport ticket: adults £16, children/senior citizens £13.
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 • Synonymous with its prides of lions and still one of the very best attractions of its kind, Longleat attracted more than half a million visitors last year.

Where to stay: LONGLEAT CARAVAN CLUB SITE

Address Warminster, Wiltshire BA12 7NL Tel 01985 844663 Website Click Here s Open 26 March-1 November

Where to go: CRICKET ST. THOMAS WILDLIFE PARK

Address Chard, Somerset TA20 4DD
Tel 01460 30111
Admission (depending on the season) Adults £5.75-£7.95, children (3-14 yrs) £3.95-£5.95, family £18.50-£25
 • The primary aim of the Cricket St Thomas Wildlife Park, one of the West Country's biggest tourist magnets, is to replicate environments in which animals can behave as naturally as possible and to increase public awareness of such habitats.

Where to stay: OAKDOWN TOURING AND HOLIDAY HOME PARK

Address Weston, Sidmouth, Devon EX10 0PH
Tel 01297 680387
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Open 26 March-31 October

Where to go: WEST MIDLANDS SAFARI and LEISURE PARK

Address Spring Grove, Bewdley, Worcestershire DY12 1LF
Tel 01299 402114
Admission Adults and children, £7.25, including one free return visit, rides extra
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 • The latest addition to this drive-through 200-acre safari park is Britain's first pride of rare white lions. They join 100 different animals, which include elephants, white tigers, rhinos, African wild dogs, zebras, wolves, camels, water buffaloes and many species of antelope.

Where to stay: STANMORE HALL TOURING PARK

Address Stourbridge Road, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, WV15 6DT
Tel 01746 761761
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Open All year

Where to go: FLAMINGOLAND

Address Kirby Misperton, near Malton, North Yorkshire YO17 6UX
Tel 0870 7528000
Admission single £15.50, family £58, children under 3 free, senior citizens £7.75
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 • Deriving its name from its flock of pink residents, Flamingoland is home to Siberian tigers, sea lions, meerkats, monkeys, Humboldt penguins and almost every breed of parrot.

Where to stay: WOODHOUSE FARM AND COUNTRY PARK

Address Winksley, Ripon, North Yorkshire HG4 3PG
Tel 01765 658309
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Open 1 March-2 November

Full information about the above parks and attractions can be found in the June 2004 issue of Practical Caravan. For back issues telephone 08456 777812. Admission Price and Opening Times were correct at the time of publishing. Please check for latest information before visiting.