Date opened 1988 No. of animals 700+ Annual visitors 400000 Opened 1988 Number of animals 700 | No. of species 200+ Phone +44 1834 812731 Number of species 200 | |
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Address Kilgetty SA68 0XA, United Kingdom Hours Open today · 10AM–5PMTuesday10AM–5PMWednesday10AM–5PMThursday10AM–5PMFriday10AM–5PMSaturday10AM–5PMSunday10AM–5PMMonday10AM–5PM Similar Oakwood Theme Park, Manor House Wildlife P, Blue Lagoon Water Park, Carew Castle, Caldey Island Profiles | ||
Folly farm adventure park and zoo 2016
Folly Farm Adventure Park and Zoo (also known as Folly Farm), situated to the north of Saundersfoot and Tenby in Pembrokeshire, is a visitor attraction in Wales with over 400,000 visitors each year. Initially a farm attraction, the park is now also home to an indoor vintage funfair, a zoo with over 200 different species of animal and extensive indoor and outdoor adventure play areas. New to Folly Farm in 2013 was Penguin Coast, a state-of-the-art saltwater penguin enclosure which is home to 24 Humboldt penguins and was the setting for an unusual proposal of marriage.
Contents
- Folly farm adventure park and zoo 2016
- Folly farm adventure park and zoo wales uk
- Areas and Attractions
- History
- Further information
- References
Folly farm adventure park and zoo wales uk
Areas and Attractions
Folly Farm is made up of four areas: a farmyard; a zoo; an undercover vintage funfair, including a Wurlitzer organ; and an 'adventure play' area.
Zoo
The Zoo animal collection includes: Bactrian Camel, bongo, fossa, lemurs, meerkats, the only giraffes in Wales;, lions and Eastern Black Rhinos. The aviaries are home to: parrots, owls, cranes, herons, stocks, Kookaburra, turaco, ibis and lovebirds. The reptile collection includes snakes, tortoises and iguanas.
The Zoo is a member of EAZA and BIAZA taking part in a European breeding program for Eastern Black Rhinos, which are listed as critically endangered animals according to the IUCN red list.
History
Folly Farm started life as a dairy farm. After noticing families stopping by the roadside to pet and watch their cattle, the Folly Farm founders decided to diversify into tourism. In 1988, Folly Farm was born. The former dairy farm was converted to receive visitors; now guests could stop to visit the Folly Farm cows and see them being milked. Over the last 25 years Folly Farm has grown with continued reinvestment. The first zoo animals arrived at the park in 2002.
Further information
Winners of the Wales Tourist Board's 'Best Day Out in Wales' award in 2015, 2010 and 2005. and Pembrokeshire Tourism's 'Best Family Day Out' award in 2009 before taking over sponsorship of the award.
A limited company, owned and operated by the Williams and Ebsworth families, Folly Farm holds Investor in People status and is a major employer in Pembrokeshire with 60 full-time employees and an additional 100 seasonal members of staff.