Tropiquaria

Tropiquaria Zoo is a small tropical house and zoo in Somerset, England. It is located at Washford Cross, 16 miles from Taunton and 9 miles from Minehead.

Opening hours: 10:30 AM—5:00 PM
Type: Zoo
Description: zoo in West Somerset, United Kingdom
Address: Washford Cross, Watchet, TA23 0QB

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Washford transmitting station and Washford railway station.

Washford transmitting station

Photo: Rabbi WP Thinrod, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Washford transmitting station is a medium wave broadcasting station and low-power digital terrestrial television relay near Washford, Somerset. A smaller 45.7 metres mast is used to relay digital terrestrial television services from the Mendip transmitting station. Washford transmitting station is situated 590 feet north of Tropiquaria.

Washford railway station

Railway station

Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Washford railway station is a station on the West Somerset Railway, a heritage railway in England. The station is situated in the village of Washford, which is itself within the civil parish of Old Cleeve in the county of Somerset. Washford railway station is situated 1 mile west of Tropiquaria.

Cleeve Abbey

Ruins

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Cleeve Abbey is a medieval monastery located near the Washford River and village of Washford, in the English county of Somerset. It is a Grade I listed building and has been scheduled as an ancient monument. Cleeve Abbey is situated 3,600 feet west of Tropiquaria.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Washford and Old Cleeve.

Washford

Village

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Washford is a village on the Washford River in the civil parish of Old Cleeve, Somerset, England. The village is next to Cleeve Abbey, one of the best-preserved medieval monasteries in England.

Old Cleeve

Village

Photo: Martin Southwood, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Old Cleeve is a village 5 miles south east of Minehead in Somerset, England, and also a civil parish. The civil parish of Old Cleeve covers an area of 2,092 hectares and includes the villages of Old Cleeve, Roadwater and Washford as well as hamlets such as Bilbrook, Chapel Cleeve, Golsoncott and Leighland Chapel.