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Highland Wildlife Park

Look for Highland Wildlife Park, a zoo, 14 km southwest of Aviemore. It comes under The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland. Within 15 km there are 4 more places to visit, starting with Highland Folk Museum (9 km).

Where
14 km
southwest of Aviemore
Run by
The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland
the operator on record
How well known
Top 13%
#1,081 of 8,556 places we list
Warmest months
Jul–Jul
highs of 17–17°C
In brief

Zoo near Aviemore

Near Aviemore

Highland Wildlife Park is 14 km southwest of Aviemore. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

The weather, month by month

The warm months in Aviemore are July, with 17°C highs.

Jan5° / -1°121 mm
Feb5° / -2°104 mm
Mar7° / -1°89 mm
Apr10° / 1°75 mm
May13° / 3°77 mm
Jun15° / 7°81 mm
Jul17° / 9°79 mm
Aug17° / 8°95 mm
Sep14° / 6°89 mm
Oct10° / 3°123 mm
Nov7° / 1°112 mm
Dec4° / -2°133 mm
Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Aviemore, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Aviemore. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Aviemore’s full climate →
About

Highland Wildlife Park

There are Wikipedia articles on it in 7 languages.

Type
Zoo
Run by
The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland
Wikipedias
Covered in 7 languages
Town
14 km southwest of Aviemore
Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).
The map

Highland Wildlife Park at a glance

The map centres on Highland Wildlife Park, in orange, with nearby places numbered.

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© OpenStreetMap contributors · NRS locality 2022

Towns near it

The towns around Highland Wildlife Park

Its home town tops the list; the rest follow by distance.

1 · 14 km northeast of it

Aviemore

2,841 people · 3 places to visit

Make a day of it

Nearby, too

Around it, within 15 km, lie 4 more, including 3 attractions and a museum.

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

Your questions on Highland Wildlife Park

Where is Highland Wildlife Park?

Highland Wildlife Park is 14 km southwest of Aviemore, Highland.

What is Highland Wildlife Park?

Zoo.

Who runs Highland Wildlife Park?

The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland.

When is the best time to visit Highland Wildlife Park?

July are the warmest months in Aviemore, with afternoon highs of 17–17°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Highland Wildlife Park?

Within 15 km: Highland Folk Museum (9 km), TreeZone (12 km), Cairngorm Brewery (14 km) and Aviemore Kart Raceway (15 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the NRS 2022 locality (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

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