Monkey Sanctuary
The Monkey Sanctuary was founded in 1964 by Len Williams, father of classical guitarist John Williams, as a cooperative to care for rescued woolly monkeys.Photo: David Lally, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Zoo
- Description: zoo in Cornwall, England
- Also known as: “The Monkey Sanctuary”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Looe railway station and St Martin’s Church, St Martin-by-Looe.
Looe railway station
Railway station
Photo: Andrewrabbott, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Looe railway station serves the twin towns of East and West Looe, in Cornwall, England. The station is the terminus of the scenic Looe Valley Line 8+3⁄4 miles south of Liskeard. It faces out across the estuary of the River Looe. Looe railway station is situated 2 miles west of Monkey Sanctuary.
St Martin’s Church, St Martin-by-Looe
Church
Photo: Paula Goodfellow, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Martin's Church is a parish church in the hamlet of St Martin, Looe, Cornwall, in the Church of England Diocese of Truro. St Martin’s Church, St Martin-by-Looe is situated 1½ miles west of Monkey Sanctuary.
Old Guildhall, Looe
Museum
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Old Guildhall is a municipal building in Higher Market Street in Looe, Cornwall, England. The structure, which is currently used as a museum, is a Grade II* listed building. Old Guildhall, Looe is situated 2 miles southwest of Monkey Sanctuary.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Millendreath and Seaton.
Millendreath
Locality
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Millendreath is a hamlet in the parish of St Martin-by-Looe, Cornwall, England, situated two miles east of the town of Looe. A station was to be built at Millendreath as part of the proposed St Germans & Looe Railway in the late 1930s, but the railway was abandoned without the station having been built.
Seaton
Village
Photo: Necrothesp, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Seaton is a village on the south coast of Cornwall, England, at the mouth of the River Seaton 3.8 miles east of Looe and ten miles west of Plymouth. The village is in the civil parish of Deviock.
Plaidy
Suburb
Photo: Trevor Rickard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Plaidy is an eastern suburb of Looe, Cornwall, England, UK. Plaidy Beach is a sandy beach and Millendreath Beach is at its eastern end. The writer Eleanor Hibbert lived near Plaidy Beach during World War II and used it as the basis for one of her pen names, Jean Plaidy.
Monkey Sanctuary
- Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: St Martin-by-Looe, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.3654° or 50° 21′ 55″ northLongitude
-4.41393° or 4° 24′ 50″ westOpen location code
9C2Q9H8P+5COpenStreetMap ID
node 4957673324OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=zooWikidata ID
Q6900809
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In Other Languages
“Monkey Sanctuary” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “ملاذ القرد”
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