Acorn Farm
Acorn Farm is a petting zoo zoo. Inside Kirkby’s built-up area is where it stands. Top of the 58 other places within 15 km is Walker Art Gallery, 12 km off.
Zoo in Kirkby
Inside Kirkby
Acorn Farm is inside Kirkby’s built-up area. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
A month-by-month guide
For warmth, aim for June to September (18–21°C highs in Kirkby).
Acorn Farm
Zoo: petting zoo.
In Kirkby, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Zoo
- Town
- in Kirkby
- Official site
- acornfarm.co.uk
Mapping Acorn Farm
Orange is Acorn Farm; numbered in green, the places near it.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Kirkby’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns that list Acorn Farm
Home to 506,564 people, Liverpool is the largest of these 6. Pick a base: each town is a page of its own, with what else there is to see.
Combine it with these
Our list has 58 more within 15 km, among them 3 museums, 2 art galleries and 2 cathedrals.
Art galleryWalker Art Gallery12 km away · 338K visitors a year2
CathedralLiverpool Cathedral13 km away3
CathedralMetropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King12 km away4
Big drawArt galleryTate Liverpool14 km away · 540K visitors a year5
Big drawMuseumWorld Museum Liverpool13 km away · 606K visitors a year6
Big drawMuseumMerseyside Maritime Museum14 km away · 945K visitors a year7
Historic house · National TrustJohn Lennon's Childhood Home13 km away8
MuseumU-boat Story15 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Quick answers on Acorn Farm
Where is Acorn Farm?
Acorn Farm is in Kirkby, Merseyside, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Acorn Farm?
Zoo: petting zoo.
When is the best time to visit Acorn Farm?
June to September are the warmest months in Kirkby, with afternoon highs of 18–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Acorn Farm?
Within 15 km: Walker Art Gallery (12 km), Liverpool Cathedral (13 km), Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King (12 km) and Tate Liverpool (14 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (8)
- Walker Art Gallery: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Liverpool Cathedral: calflier001, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King: Superchilum, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tate Liverpool: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- World Museum Liverpool: User:Jonathan Oldenbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Merseyside Maritime Museum: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Lennon's Childhood Home: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- U-boat Story: Paul adams, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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