Zoo · Branton · South Yorkshire

Yorkshire Wildlife Park

Yorkshire Wildlife Park is a British wildlife park. You will find it inside Branton’s built-up area. Add Conisbrough Castle, 13 km away, to a visit; it leads 13 places within 15 km.

Photo: Yorkshire Wildlife Park, steven ruffles (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Branton

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 16%

#1,300 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–22°C

In brief

Zoo in Branton

Inside Branton

Yorkshire Wildlife Park is inside Branton’s built-up area, with 1 more place 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 climate through the year

Afternoons in Branton reach 17–22°C from May to September.

Jan8° / 2°42 mm

Feb8° / 2°39 mm

Mar11° / 3°37 mm

Apr14° / 5°43 mm

May17° / 8°45 mm

Jun20° / 10°64 mm

Jul22° / 12°62 mm

Aug22° / 12°55 mm

Sep19° / 10°51 mm

Oct15° / 7°55 mm

Nov10° / 4°58 mm

Dec8° / 2°55 mm

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

About

Yorkshire Wildlife Park

Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 6 languages.

Type: Zoo
Wikipedias: Covered in 6 languages
Town: in Branton
Official site: yorkshirewildlifepark.com

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

Plan your visit

Practical information

Entrance fees

EntryA fee is charged

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

Around Yorkshire Wildlife Park, mapped

Orange is Yorkshire Wildlife Park; numbered in green, the places near it.

Towns near it

Which town is nearest

In size, Doncaster comes first of the 8, with 87,440 people. The towns are in order of distance, its own town first.

1 · It’s in town

Branton

1,823 people · 3 places to visit

2 · 600 m northeast of it

Auckley

1,336 people · 2 places to visit

3 · 800 m southeast of it

Finningley

5,919 people · 2 places to visit

4 · 1 km west of it

Doncaster

87,440 people · 8 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Yorkshire Wildlife Park is	People	Places to visit
Branton	It’s in town	1,823	3
Auckley	600 m northeast of it	1,336	2
Finningley	800 m southeast of it	5,919	2
Doncaster	1 km west of it	87,440	8
New Rossington and Rossington	2.4 km southwest of it	13,911	7
Blaxton	2.8 km east of it	849	2
Armthorpe	2.9 km north of it	14,161	4
Hatfield Woodhouse	6.6 km northeast of it	2,208	0

Make a day of it

Nearby, too

Among the 13 within 15 km are 4 museums, 2 castles and an abbey or priory.

1CastleCastle · English HeritageConisbrough Castle13 km away 2

CastleTickhill Castle9.3 km away 3

Abbey or priory · English HeritageRoche Abbey15 km away 4

MuseumThe Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft13 km away 5

MuseumCusworth Hall9.8 km away 6

Garden · English HeritageBrodsworth Hall and Gardens15 km away 7

MuseumDanum Gallery, Library and Museum6.6 km away 8MuseumMuseumSouth Yorkshire Air Museum5 km away

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

Yorkshire Wildlife Park, answered

Where is Yorkshire Wildlife Park?

Yorkshire Wildlife Park is in Branton, South Yorkshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Yorkshire Wildlife Park?

British wildlife park.

When is the best time to visit Yorkshire Wildlife Park?

May to September are the warmest months in Branton, with afternoon highs of 17–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Yorkshire Wildlife Park?

Within 15 km: Conisbrough Castle (13 km), Tickhill Castle (9.3 km), Roche Abbey (15 km) and The Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft (13 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)

Yorkshire Wildlife Park: steven ruffles, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tickhill Castle: original: Michael Patterson derivative work: Paravane, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Roche Abbey: Alison Stamp, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
The Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft: James Race, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Cusworth Hall: Foto43, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Brodsworth Hall and Gardens: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Danum Gallery, Library and Museum: Marasmusine (Janine Timiney), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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