Zoo · Waltham Forest · London

Get To Know Animals

Get To Know Animals is a petting zoo zoo. Waltham Forest has it inside its built-up area. Look also at Tower of London, 15 km away, first of 227 more within 15 km.

Where

In Waltham Forest

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–23°C

In brief

Zoo in Waltham Forest

Inside Waltham Forest

Get To Know Animals is inside Waltham Forest’s built-up area, with 4 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.

When to go

The weather, month by month

For warmth, aim for May to September (18–23°C highs in Waltham Forest).

Jan8° / 3°59 mm

Feb9° / 3°45 mm

Mar12° / 4°37 mm

Apr15° / 6°42 mm

May18° / 9°46 mm

Jun21° / 12°52 mm

Jul23° / 14°47 mm

Aug23° / 14°56 mm

Sep20° / 11°51 mm

Oct16° / 9°68 mm

Nov11° / 5°66 mm

Dec8° / 3°60 mm

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

About

Get To Know Animals

Zoo: petting zoo.

In Waltham Forest, inside the town’s built-up area.

Type: Zoo
Town: in Waltham Forest

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

The map

Map of Get To Know Animals and nearby

Orange shows Get To Know Animals; numbers mark the places near it.

Towns near it

Towns that list Get To Know Animals

Among the 8, Enfield is the biggest, home to 329,822 people. Each town here links to its own guide.

1 · It’s in town

Waltham Forest

278,129 people · 73 places to visit

2 · 1.4 km southeast of it

Redbridge

309,509 people · 33 places to visit

3 · 1.7 km east of it

Buckhurst Hill

11,749 people · 7 places to visit

4 · 2.3 km west of it

Enfield

329,822 people · 39 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Get To Know Animals is	People	Places to visit
Waltham Forest	It’s in town	278,129	73
Redbridge	1.4 km southeast of it	309,509	33
Buckhurst Hill	1.7 km east of it	11,749	7
Enfield	2.3 km west of it	329,822	39
Sewardstone	2.4 km north of it	721	10
High Beech	2.7 km northeast of it	186	7
Loughton	2.8 km east of it	33,338	9
Haringey	4.1 km southwest of it	264,069	149

Make a day of it

Next door to Get To Know Animals

Our list has 227 more within 15 km, among them 2 museums, a castle and a cathedral.

Big drawCastleTower of London15 km away · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)2

CathedralSt Paul's Cathedral15 km away 3

Historic shipHMS Belfast15 km away · 241K visitors a year 4

Art galleryBarbican Centre14 km away 5

Historic house · English HeritageKenwood House13 km away · 160K visitors a year (2015)6

MuseumLondon Museum14 km away 7

Fort · English HeritageLondon Wall14 km away 8

MuseumSir John Soane's Museum15 km away · 108K visitors a year

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

Get To Know Animals in questions

Where is Get To Know Animals?

Get To Know Animals is in Waltham Forest, London, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Get To Know Animals?

Zoo: petting zoo.

When is the best time to visit Get To Know Animals?

May to September are the warmest months in Waltham Forest, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Get To Know Animals?

Within 15 km: Tower of London (15 km), St Paul's Cathedral (15 km), HMS Belfast (15 km) and Barbican Centre (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)

Tower of London: Bob Collowan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Paul's Cathedral: Mark Fosh, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
HMS Belfast: Images George Rex from London, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Barbican Centre: en:User:Nevilley, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kenwood House: Jim Osley, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
London Museum: Justinc, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
London Wall: Jamzze, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Sir John Soane's Museum: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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