Howletts Wild Animal Park
Howletts Wild Animal Park in the parish of Bekesbourne, near Canterbury in Kent, was established as a private zoo in 1957 by John Aspinall. In 1962, the House known as Howletts was being restored.- Type: Zoo
- Description: zoo in Kent, England
- Also known as: “Howletts Zoo” and “Howletts Zoo Park”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Howletts House and Bekesbourne railway station.
Bekesbourne railway station
Railway station
Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bekesbourne railway station is on the Dover branch of the Chatham Main Line; it serves the villages of Bekesbourne and Patrixbourne, in Kent, England. It is sited 64 miles 58 chains down the line from London Victoria, situated between Canterbury East and Adisham. Bekesbourne railway station is situated 4,100 feet southwest of Howletts Wild Animal Park.
St Vincent of Saragossa Church, Littlebourne
Church
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Vincent of Saragossa's Church is the Church of England parish church of Littlebourne, Kent, England. The parish is part of the Benefice of Littlebourne including Ickham, Wickhambreaux and Stodmarsh. It is a Grade I listed building. St Vincent of Saragossa Church, Littlebourne is situated 1 mile northeast of Howletts Wild Animal Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Littlebourne and Bekesbourne.
Littlebourne
Village
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Littlebourne is a village and civil parish 4 miles east of Canterbury in Kent, South East England.
Bekesbourne
Village
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bekesbourne is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Bekesbourne-with-Patrixbourne, in the Canterbury district, in Kent, South-East England.
Patrixbourne
Village
Photo: HARTLEPOOLMARINA2014, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Patrixbourne is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Bekesbourne-with-Patrixbourne, in the Canterbury district in Kent, England. It is 3 miles south-east of Canterbury.
Howletts Wild Animal Park
- Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: Littlebourne, City of Canterbury, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.26853° or 51° 16′ 7″ northLongitude
1.15091° or 1° 9′ 3″ eastOpen location code
9F337592+C9OpenStreetMap ID
way 23281184OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=zooWikidata ID
Q3576021
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Howletts Wild Animal Park” goes by many names.
- French: “zoo de Howletts”
- French: “Zoo de Howletts”
- Italian: “zoo di Howletts”
- Japanese: “ハウレッツ・ワイルド・アニマル・パーク”
- Spanish: “Howletts Wild Animal Park”
- Spanish: “Zoo de Howletts”
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