Wildheart Animal Sanctuary

The Wildheart Animal Sanctuary, previously known as the Isle of Wight Zoo and Sandown Zoo, is a wildlife sanctuary on the coastline of Sandown, Isle of Wight.

Photo: Fluteflute, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Opening hours: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
Email: enquiries@wildheartanimalsanctuary.org
Type: Zoo
Description: zoo on the Isle of Wight, UK
Also known as: “Isle of Wight Zoo”, “Sandown Zoo”, and “The Wildheart Animal Sanctuary”
Address: Yaverland Road, Sandown, PO36 8QB

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Dinosaur Isle and Yaverland Battery.

Dinosaur Isle

Museum

Photo: Editor5807, Public domain.

Dinosaur Isle is a purpose-built dinosaur museum located in Sandown on the Isle of Wight in southern England. The museum was designed by Isle of Wight architect Rainey Petrie Johns in the shape of a giant pterosaur. Dinosaur Isle is situated 1,100 feet southwest of Wildheart Animal Sanctuary.

Yaverland Battery

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Yaverland Battery is a battery on the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. It was constructed between 1861 and 1864. It originally mounted eight 7-inch Armstrong Rifled Breech Loading guns, and enclosed with a Carnot wall. Yaverland Battery is situated 2,200 feet northeast of Wildheart Animal Sanctuary.

Sandown Library

Library

Photo: Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sandown Library is situated 3,200 feet southwest of Wildheart Animal Sanctuary.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yaverland and Sandown.

Yaverland

Village

Photo: Editor5807, Public domain.

Yaverland is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Sandown, on the Isle of Wight, England. It is just north of Sandown on Sandown Bay.

Sandown

Town

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Sandown is a seaside resort town and civil parish on the south-east coast of the Isle of Wight, England. The neighbouring resort of Shanklin and the settlement of Lake are sited just to the south of the town.

Adgestone

Hamlet

Photo: Editor5807, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Adgestone is a small hamlet on the Isle of Wight. It is located close to Brading in the east of the island. There is 10-acre vineyard in Adgestone which also is the site of a bed and breakfast.

Wildheart Animal Sanctuary

Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
Location: Sandown, Isle of Wight, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.6612° or 50° 39′ 40″ north

Longitude

-1.13925° or 1° 8′ 21″ west

Elevation

10 feet (3 metres)

Wheelchair access

limited

Operator

The Wildheart Trust

Open location code

9C2WMV66+F7

OpenStreetMap ID

way 545829966

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=zoo

GeoNames ID

12032066

Wikidata ID

Q6084173

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In Other Languages

From Danish to Spanish—“Wildheart Animal Sanctuary” goes by many names.

Danish: “Isle of Wight Zoo”
Spanish: “Isle of Wight Zoo”

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Nearby Places

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