Butterfly World
Butterfly World is a butterfly zoo. It stands inside Egglescliffe’s built-up area. 20 other places to visit are within 15 km, led by Middlesbrough Cathedral (8.4 km).
Zoo in Egglescliffe
Inside Egglescliffe
Butterfly World is inside Egglescliffe’s built-up area, with 3 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
The weather, month by month
Aim for June to September, when Egglescliffe reaches 18–21°C.
Butterfly World
Zoo: butterfly.
In Egglescliffe, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Zoo
- Town
- in Egglescliffe
Around Butterfly World, mapped
The numbers show what else is near Butterfly World, in the order listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Egglescliffe’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Bases for a visit
Middlesbrough tops the 8 for size, at 148,232 people. Every one of these towns counts it as a place to visit.
- 1Egglescliffe
- 2Stockton-on-Tees
- 3Ingleby Barwick
- 4Thornaby-on-Tees
- 5Yarm
- 6Longnewton
- 7Middlesbrough
- 8Middleton St George
Egglescliffe
Stockton-on-Tees
Ingleby Barwick
Thornaby-on-Tees
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Butterfly World is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egglescliffe | It’s in town | 10,250 | 4 |
| Stockton-on-Tees | 900 m north of it | 84,824 | 11 |
| Ingleby Barwick | 900 m southeast of it | 23,380 | 5 |
| Thornaby-on-Tees | 1.8 km east of it | 23,352 | 13 |
| Yarm | 2.6 km south of it | 9,601 | 3 |
| Longnewton | 4.2 km west of it | 810 | 3 |
| Middlesbrough | 4.3 km east of it | 148,232 | 17 |
| Middleton St George | 4.7 km west of it | 4,756 | 5 |
Places to add to Butterfly World
Within 15 km you can add 3 historic houses, 2 museums and a cathedral.
CathedralMiddlesbrough Cathedral8.4 km away2
Historic housePreston Hall300 m away3
Art galleryMiddlesbrough Institute of Modern Art8.3 km away4
MuseumDorman Museum7.3 km away5
Historic house · National TrustOrmesby Hall10 km away6
Historic houseAcklam Hall6.1 km away7
CastleWhorlton Castle14 km away8
MuseumPreston Park Museum300 m awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
What people ask about Butterfly World
Where is Butterfly World?
Butterfly World is in Egglescliffe, County Durham, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Butterfly World?
Zoo: butterfly.
When is the best time to visit Butterfly World?
June to September are the warmest months in Egglescliffe, with afternoon highs of 18–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Butterfly World?
Within 15 km: Middlesbrough Cathedral (8.4 km), Preston Hall (300 m), Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (8.3 km) and Dorman Museum (7.3 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)
- Middlesbrough Cathedral: MiddlesbroughCathedral.JPG: JohnArmagh derivative work: Rabanus Flavus, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Preston Hall: Hugh Mortimer, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art: Francis Hannaway, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dorman Museum: Geni, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ormesby Hall: Simon Armstrong, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Acklam Hall: Originally uploaded by Djdaedalus (Transferred by Hogweard), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Whorlton Castle: Prioryman, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Preston Park Museum: Alex Liivet from Chester, United Kingdom, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
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