Twycross Zoo
Twycross Zoo is a medium to large zoo near Norton Juxta Twycross, Leicestershire. The zoo has the largest collection of monkeys and apes in the Western World, and in 2006 re-launched itself as "Twycross Zoo – The World Primate Centre".Photo: Julielangford, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Zoo
- Description: zoo in Leicestershire, England, UK
- Address: Burton Road, Atherstone, CV9 3PX
Photo: stephen jones, CC BY 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St James and Sir John Moore Church of England Primary School.
Church of St James
Church
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St James is situated 1½ miles southeast of Twycross Zoo.
Sir John Moore Church of England Primary School
School
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Sir John Moore Church of England Primary School, previously known as Appleby Grammar School, is a junior school situated in the village of Appleby Magna, in Leicestershire, England. Sir John Moore Church of England Primary School is situated 2 miles north of Twycross Zoo.
Church of St Bartholomew
Church
Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Bartholomew is situated 2½ miles northeast of Twycross Zoo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Norton Juxta Twycross and Austrey.
Norton Juxta Twycross
Village
Norton Juxta Twycross, usually known as simply "Norton", is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Twycross, in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire, England.
Austrey
Village
Austrey is a village and civil parish in the North Warwickshire District of Warwickshire, England. Austrey is situated 1½ miles west of Twycross Zoo.
Orton on the Hill
Village
Photo: David Rogers, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Orton on the Hill is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Twycross, in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire, England. Orton adjoins Morebarne, Sheepy and Newhouse Grange on the south, Appleby and Austrey to the east. Orton on the Hill is situated 1½ miles southwest of Twycross Zoo.
Twycross Zoo
- Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: Twycross, Hinckley and Bosworth District, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.65242° or 52° 39′ 9″ northLongitude
-1.52823° or 1° 31′ 42″ westOpen location code
9C4WMF2C+XPOpenStreetMap ID
way 189048464OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=zooWikidata ID
Q2398233
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Polish—“Twycross Zoo” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Twycross Zoo”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جنينة حيوانات تويكروس”
- Esperanto: “Bestoĝardeno de Twycross”
- French: “zoo de Twycross”
- French: “Zoo de Twycross”
- German: “Twycross Zoo”
- Italian: “zoo di Twycross”
- Japanese: “トワイクロス動物園”
- Polish: “Twycross Zoo”
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