Date opened 22 July 2013 Website www.wildplace.org.uk Phone +44 117 980 7175 | Coordinates 51.5314,-2.6081 Opened 22 July 2013 Land area 136 Acres | |
Owner Bristol Zoological Society Address Wild Place, Blackhorse Hill, Bristol BS10 7TP, UK Hours Open today · 10AM–5PMMonday10AM–5PMTuesday10AM–5PMWednesday10AM–5PMThursday10AM–5PMFriday10AM–5PMSaturday10AM–5PMSunday10AM–5PMSuggest an edit Similar Bristol Zoo, Bristol Aquarium, M Shed, Noah's Ark Zoo Farm, International Centre for Birds of P Profiles | ||
Wild Place Project is a wild life conservation park in South Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. It is run by the Bristol Zoological Society and is Wild Place Project is the sister site of Bristol Zoo.
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It is located on the northern outskirts of Bristol, close to Junction 17 of the M5, opposite Cribbs Causeway.
Welcome to the wild place project
History
Wild Place Project is located on Hollywood Estate, a grade II listed estate. The estate was gifted to Bristol Zoological Society in the mid 1960's by the White family. From the 1960's to 2013 the site was used as an off show area for breeding and quarantine. The site also housed the societies nurseries and to this day grows a third of the food for the animals at both Bristol Zoo and Wild Place Project.
In 2008 Bristol Zoological Society announced plans to submit plans to South Gloucestershire Council for the development of a new 55-hectare park.
The park officially opened on 22 July 2013. The original submitted plans suggested a development cost of circa £70 million.
The Park has been designed to link specific ecosystems and conservation programmes across the world, and was originally intended to be split into biomes, representing species found only in specific habitats. Current areas include: Secret Congo, Bristish Ancient woodland, Edge of Africa and Madagascar.
The species list currently includes: Okapi, Red River Hog, Sudan Cheetah, Zebra, Common Eland, Grey Wolf and Gelada Baboon.
Future Plans
Some of the biomes originally planned are: Congo Basin Tropical Forest, Central American Swamp, African Savannah, Sumatra Tropical Forest, Nepal Riverine Forest, Coral Reef and British Wetlands.
The species list for each ecosystem has not yet been finalised, but is likely to include manatees, crocodiles, bonobos, bongo, Bengal tiger, orangutan, giraffe, zebra, warthog, lion, kudu, African hunting dog, rhinoceros and brown bear.
Development of the Park has been supported by the South West of England Regional Development Agency through a grant of £1.5million.