Tropiquaria Zoo
Animal Farms, Zoos & Wildlife Parks · Watchet, Somerset
Also outdoor play & adventure playgrounds
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Closed — opens tomorrow at 10.30am
🏠 Indoor & outdoor0–11–33–55–88–1212–16🐐 Animals🛝 PlaygroundEducationalBirthday partiesAdventure play
What’s there
- Café on site
- Parking
- Birthday parties
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
Tropiquaria sits in and around a Grade II listed radio transmitting station on the West Somerset coast, and the site has been turned into a small zoo and animal sanctuary. Families can walk through the reptile house, the aquarium and the nocturnal house, then explore several acres of outdoor enclosures that hold animals from around the world, many of them rescues. Indoor and outdoor play areas give younger children a place to burn off energy between exhibits, and there is a restaurant on site for a break. Daily talks and animal encounters run through the day, and the venue also hosts birthday parties and school visits. It suits a relaxed family outing where animals, a bit of local history and some conservation work come together.
Stuff to take with you
The things people wish they’d packed for a day out like this one.
- Wellies
- Wristband for lost childrenWrite your number on it before you go in.
- Refillable water bottleMost places will fill it for free.
- Snacks that survive a rucksackCheaper than the café, and buys you twenty minutes.
- Sick bagsYou only forget these once.
- Picnic blanket
- Toddler reins
- Hair bobbles
- Hand sanitiser
- Spare carrier bagFor the wet things. There are always wet things.
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