Windmill Animal Farm
Windmill Animal Farm is a petting zoo zoo. It stands 1 km southwest of Holmeswood. A short trip away is Rufford Old Hall, 3.7 km off, the first of 20 within 15 km.
Zoo near Holmeswood
Just outside Holmeswood
Windmill Animal Farm is 1 km southwest of Holmeswood. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Warm months and wet ones
Afternoons in Holmeswood peak at 18–20°C, June to September.
Windmill Animal Farm
Zoo: petting zoo.
- Type
- Zoo
- Town
- 1 km southwest of Holmeswood
- Official site
- windmillanimalfarm.co.uk
Windmill Animal Farm and what surrounds it
Orange: Windmill Animal Farm.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · Numbers: the places near it, as listed below. · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns within reach of Windmill Animal Farm
The most populous of the 8 is Burscough, at 8,773. Closest first, each of these towns names it on its page.
Holmeswood
Rufford
Burscough
Mere Brow
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Windmill Animal Farm is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holmeswood | 1 km northeast of it | 350 | 2 |
| Rufford | 2.5 km east of it | 1,562 | 3 |
| Burscough | 2.6 km southeast of it | 8,773 | 3 |
| Mere Brow | 2.9 km north of it | 279 | 5 |
| Tarleton and Hesketh Bank | 3.1 km north of it | 8,756 | 3 |
| Bescar | 3.7 km southwest of it | 551 | 1 |
| Banks | 4.8 km northwest of it | 4,439 | 4 |
| Scarisbrick | 4.9 km southwest of it | 298 | 6 |
Make a day of it near Windmill Animal Farm
4 museums, 2 historic houses and 2 theme parks are among the 20 within 15 km.
Historic house · National TrustRufford Old Hall3.7 km away2
Theme parkSouthport Pleasureland9.9 km away3
MuseumSouthport Botanic Gardens6.7 km away4
MuseumBritish Lawnmower Museum9 km away5
Historic houseMeols Hall6.7 km away6
MuseumSouthport Arts Centre9.2 km away7
MuseumLytham Hall14 km away8
Theme parkSouthport Model Railway Village9.5 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Questions before you go
Where is Windmill Animal Farm?
Windmill Animal Farm is 1 km southwest of Holmeswood, Lancashire.
What is Windmill Animal Farm?
Zoo: petting zoo.
When is the best time to visit Windmill Animal Farm?
June to September are the warmest months in Holmeswood, with afternoon highs of 18–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Windmill Animal Farm?
Within 15 km: Rufford Old Hall (3.7 km), Southport Pleasureland (9.9 km), Southport Botanic Gardens (6.7 km) and British Lawnmower Museum (9 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)
- Rufford Old Hall: Doug Elliot, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Southport Pleasureland: Robert Linsdell from St. Andrews, Canada, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Southport Botanic Gardens: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- British Lawnmower Museum: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Meols Hall: Small-town hero, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Southport Arts Centre: Anthony Foster, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lytham Hall: Michael D Beckwith, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Southport Model Railway Village: Frombowen, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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