Monkey World
Monkey World is an animal Welfare Organization. On the map, it sits 400 m east of Wool. Close by, The Tank Museum is 1.6 km away, one of 26 within 15 km.
Zoo near Wool
Just outside Wool
Monkey World is 400 m east of Wool. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
The best months to visit
Afternoons in Wool peak at 17–22°C, May to September.
Monkey World
5 Wikipedia editions have an article on it.
- Type
- Zoo
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 5 languages
- Town
- 400 m east of Wool
- Official site
- monkeyworld.org
Entry, hours, address
- EntryA fee is charged
Finding Monkey World
On this map, Monkey World is orange and its neighbours are numbered.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
Staying near Monkey World
By population, Wareham leads the 8 with 5,876. The town it is in comes first, then the others whose pages list it, nearest first.
Wool
Winfrith Newburgh
Briantspuddle
Bere Regis
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Monkey World is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wool | 400 m west of it | 5,044 | 6 |
| Winfrith Newburgh | 5.5 km southwest of it | 310 | 5 |
| Briantspuddle | 5.7 km northwest of it | 218 | 4 |
| Bere Regis | 6.5 km north of it | 1,320 | 1 |
| Wareham | 7.1 km east of it | 5,876 | 3 |
| Crossways | 7.9 km west of it | 2,494 | 5 |
| West Lulworth | 7.9 km south of it | 313 | 7 |
| Tolpuddle | 8.1 km northwest of it | 518 | 3 |
Places to add to Monkey World
Choose from 26 places within 15 km, such as 3 museums, 3 castles and 2 historic houses.
MuseumThe Tank Museum1.6 km away2
Castle · National TrustCorfe Castle13 km away · 190K visitors a year (2010)3
Historic house · National TrustClouds Hill3.5 km away4
Castle · English HeritageLulworth Castle6.2 km away5
CastleWoodsford Castle9.1 km away6
Historic house · National TrustMax Gate14 km away7
MuseumPurbeck Mining Museum12 km away8
MuseumMuseum of Jurassic Marine Life11 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Monkey World in questions
Where is Monkey World?
Monkey World is 400 m east of Wool, Dorset.
What is Monkey World?
Animal Welfare Organization.
When is the best time to visit Monkey World?
May to September are the warmest months in Wool, with afternoon highs of 17–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Monkey World?
Within 15 km: The Tank Museum (1.6 km), Corfe Castle (13 km), Clouds Hill (3.5 km) and Lulworth Castle (6.2 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 (9)
- Monkey World: John Lamper, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- The Tank Museum: Hohum, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Corfe Castle: Albany E. Howarth, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clouds Hill: LordHarris at English Wikipedia, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Lulworth Castle: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Woodsford Castle: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Max Gate: Pierre Terre, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Purbeck Mining Museum: John Rowley, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Museum of Jurassic Marine Life: Jpbowen, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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