Wildlife park · near Dagnall · Buckinghamshire

Common Hippo

Common Hippo is an enclosure Wildlife park. It lies 600 m northeast of Dagnall. Our list has 39 more places within 15 km; first among them is Whipsnade Zoo, at 400 m.

Where

600 m

northeast of Dagnall

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–22°C

In brief

Wildlife park near Dagnall

Just outside Dagnall

Common Hippo is 600 m northeast of Dagnall. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

A month-by-month guide

Aim for June to September, when Dagnall reaches 18–22°C.

Jan7° / 1°68 mm

Feb7° / 1°58 mm

Mar10° / 2°49 mm

Apr13° / 4°59 mm

May16° / 7°60 mm

Jun19° / 9°60 mm

Jul22° / 12°60 mm

Aug21° / 12°73 mm

Sep18° / 9°64 mm

Oct14° / 7°86 mm

Nov10° / 4°88 mm

Dec7° / 1°77 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Dagnall, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Dagnall. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Dagnall’s full climate →

About

Common Hippo

Wildlife park: enclosure.

Type: Wildlife park
Town: 600 m northeast of Dagnall

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Where it sits

Find Common Hippo in orange; each number is a place listed below.

Towns near it

The nearest towns

Dunstable, with 34,498 people, is the largest of the 8. Pick a base: each town is a page of its own, with what else there is to see.

1 · 600 m southwest of it

Dagnall

377 people · 11 places to visit

2 · 1.4 km east of it

Holywell

599 people · 13 places to visit

3 · 2.2 km east of it

Kensworth

1,517 people · 13 places to visit

4 · 2.5 km east of it

Oldhill Wood

151 people · 12 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Common Hippo is	People	Places to visit
Dagnall	600 m southwest of it	377	11
Holywell	1.4 km east of it	599	13
Kensworth	2.2 km east of it	1,517	13
Oldhill Wood	2.5 km east of it	151	12
Little Gaddesden	2.9 km south of it	631	16
Eaton Bray and Edlesborough	3.1 km northwest of it	4,201	14
Dunstable	3.8 km north of it	34,498	14
Totternhoe	4 km north of it	1,017	11

Make a day of it

Close to Common Hippo

Also close at hand are 2 historic houses, 2 abbeys or priories and a zoo, among 39 within 15 km.

ZooWhipsnade Zoo400 m away 2

MuseumNatural History Museum at Tring9.6 km away · 134K visitors a year (2022)3GardenGarden · National TrustWhipsnade Tree Cathedral1.4 km away 4

Castle · English HeritageBerkhamsted Castle8.7 km away 5

Historic houseMentmore Towers10 km away 6

Historic houseAshridge4.8 km away 7

Abbey or prioryAmaravati Buddhist Monastery6 km away 8

Abbey or prioryDunstable Priory5.3 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Common Hippo: what to know

Where is Common Hippo?

Common Hippo is 600 m northeast of Dagnall, Buckinghamshire.

What is Common Hippo?

Wildlife park: enclosure.

When is the best time to visit Common Hippo?

June to September are the warmest months in Dagnall, with afternoon highs of 18–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Common Hippo?

Within 15 km: Whipsnade Zoo (400 m), Natural History Museum at Tring (9.6 km), Whipsnade Tree Cathedral (1.4 km) and Berkhamsted Castle (8.7 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 (7)

Whipsnade Zoo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Natural History Museum at Tring: Rob Farrow. Rob Farrow, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Berkhamsted Castle: Winstainforth at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Mentmore Towers: The original uploader was Swanker at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Ashridge: myself, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Amaravati Buddhist Monastery: Jake Barnes, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Dunstable Priory: Mike Stuchbery Mikestuchbery, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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