Monkey World
The Monkey World Ape Rescue Centre is a 65-acre ape and monkey sanctuary, rescue centre and primatarium near Wool, Dorset, England.Photo: John Lamper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Opening hours:
10:00 AM—5:00 PM
July—August: 10:00 AM—6:00 PM
December 25th: closed - Email: apes@monkeyworld.org
- Type: Zoo
- Description: Animal Welfare Organization
- Postal code: BH20 6HH
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Tank Museum and Wool railway station.
The Tank Museum
Museum
Photo: Hohum, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Tank Museum is a collection of armoured fighting vehicles at Bovington Camp in Dorset, South West England. It is about 1 mile north of the village of Wool and 12 miles west of the major port of Poole. The Tank Museum is situated 1 mile west of Monkey World.
Wool railway station
Railway station
Photo: John Lamper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wool railway station serves the village of Wool in Dorset, England. It is on the South West Main Line, 125 miles 69 chains down the line from London Waterloo. South Western Railway manages the station and operates all services. Wool railway station is situated 1 mile south of Monkey World.
Parish Church of the Holy Rood
Church
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Parish Church of the Holy Rood is situated 1¼ miles south of Monkey World.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East Stoke and Turners Puddle.
East Stoke
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
East Stoke is a village in the English county of Dorset. It lies three miles west of the small town of Wareham and two miles east of Wool. In 2013 the estimated population of the civil parish was 410. East Stoke is situated 2 miles southeast of Monkey World.
Turners Puddle
Hamlet
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Turners Puddle is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Affpuddle and Turnerspuddle, in the Dorset district, in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. Turners Puddle is situated 3½ miles north of Monkey World.
Briantspuddle
Hamlet
Briantspuddle is a small village in the Piddle Valley in Dorset, England, near the villages of Affpuddle and Tolpuddle and about 8 miles east of the county town of Dorchester. Briantspuddle is situated 3½ miles northwest of Monkey World.
Monkey World
- Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: Wool, Purbeck District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.69482° or 50° 41′ 41″ northLongitude
-2.2175° or 2° 13′ 3″ westOpen location code
9C2VMQVJ+WXOpenStreetMap ID
way 276147139OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=zooOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q1926331
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Polish—“Monkey World” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Monkey World”
- Egyptian Arabic: “عالم القرد”
- Japanese: “モンキーワールド動物園”
- Polish: “Małpi świat”
- Polish: “Monkey World”
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