Fota Wildlife Park

Fota Wildlife Park is a 100-acre wildlife park located on Fota Island, near Carrigtwohill, County Cork, Ireland. Opened in 1983, it is an independently funded, not-for-profit charity that is one of the leading tourism, wildlife and conservation attractions in Ireland.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fota and Belvelly Castle.

Fota

Railway station

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Fota railway station serves Fota Island in County Cork. It is a station on the Cork to Cobh commuter service. Travel to Glounthaune station to transfer to Midleton. Fota is situated 630 metres northwest of Fota Wildlife Park.

Belvelly Castle

Castle

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Belvelly Castle is a 14th or 15th-century tower house in County Cork, Ireland. It is situated next to the small village of Belvelly, opposite and overlooking the only road bridge connecting Fota Island to Great Island. Belvelly Castle is situated 780 metres southeast of Fota Wildlife Park.

Slatty Viaduct

Bridge

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Slatty Viaduct is a bridge, which is situated 780 metres northwest of Fota Wildlife Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Belvelly and Glounthaune.

Belvelly

Locality

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Belvelly is a small village on the northern end of the Great Island of Cork Harbour, about four miles north of the town of Cobh, County Cork, Ireland. Belvelly is situated at the shortest crossing point between Great Island and the neighbouring Fota Island.

Glounthaune

Village

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Glounthaune is a village in County Cork, Ireland, some 7 kilometres east of Cork city, on the north shore of Cork Harbour, the estuary of the River Lee. Glounthaune is situated 2½ km northwest of Fota Wildlife Park.

Passage West

Town

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Passage West is a port town in County Cork, Ireland, situated on the west bank of Cork Harbour, some 10 km south-east of Cork city. Passage West was designated a conservation area in the 2003 Cork County Development Plan. Passage West is situated 3 km southwest of Fota Wildlife Park.

Fota Wildlife Park

Type: Zoo
Description: wildlife park on Fota Island, Ireland
Categories: nonprofit organization, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: County Cork, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.89282° or 51° 53′ 34″ north

Longitude

-8.31088° or 8° 18′ 39″ west

Operator

Zoological Society of Ireland

Open location code

9C3HVMVQ+4J

OpenStreetMap ID

way 31344800

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=zoo

Wikidata ID

Q5473889

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From French to Spanish—“Fota Wildlife Park” goes by many names.

French: “Fota Wildlife Park”
Hausa: “Gidan shakatawa na namun daji na Fota”
Irish: “Páirc Fiadhúlra Fhóite”
Japanese: “Fota Wildlife Park”
Japanese: “フォタアイランド自然動物公園”
Spanish: “Parque de vida silvestre de Fota”

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