Butterfly House and Mini Zoo

Butterfly House and Mini Zoo is a zoo in Lancaster, Lancashire, England. Butterfly House and Mini Zoo is situated nearby to the peak Williamson Park, as well as near Ashton Memorial.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ashton Memorial and Williamson Park.

Ashton Memorial

Photo: Mark Longair, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Ashton Memorial is a folly in Williamson Park, Lancaster, Lancashire, England, built between 1907 and 1909 by the millionaire industrialist Lord Ashton in memory of his second wife, Jessy, at a cost of £87,000.

Williamson Park

Park

Photo: Barbara Carr, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Williamson Park in Lancaster, England, was constructed by millionaire James Williamson, 1st Baron Ashton, and his father, also called James Williamson.

Christ Church

Church

Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Christ Church is in Wyresdale Road, Lancaster, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Lancaster and Morecambe, the archdeaconry of Lancaster, and the diocese of Blackburn. Christ Church is situated 1,600 feet west of Butterfly House and Mini Zoo.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Skerton and Aldcliffe.

Skerton

Suburb

Skerton is an area in the north of Lancaster, Lancashire, England, on the other side of the River Lune to the castle. It was formerly a township, but in the late 1800s it was incorporated into Lancaster and the neighbouring townships. Skerton Bridge takes the A6 southwards towards the city centre.

Aldcliffe

Village

Photo: Ian Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Aldcliffe is a hamlet, and former township and civil parish, now in the parish of Aldcliffe-with-Stodday, south-west of Lancaster, in the Lancaster district, in the county of Lancashire, England. Aldcliffe is situated 1½ miles southwest of Butterfly House and Mini Zoo.

Stodday

Hamlet

Photo: John Illingworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Stodday is a hamlet in the civil parish of Aldcliffe-with-Stodday, in the Lancaster district, in the county of Lancashire, England. It is just south of the city of Lancaster, near the A588 road and the River Lune. Stodday is situated 2 miles southwest of Butterfly House and Mini Zoo.

Butterfly House and Mini Zoo

Type: Zoo
Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
Location: Lancaster, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.04553° or 54° 2′ 44″ north

Longitude

-2.78079° or 2° 46′ 51″ west

Open location code

9C6V26W9+6M

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1108013590

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=zoo

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