Name: Exmoor Zoo
Rating: 5.0

Exmoor Zoo

Exmoor Zoo, Bratton Fleming, Barnstaple, UK

1-90 Years

Paid

Description

Exmoor Zoo is a family-friendly zoo in Barnstaple, UK, home to over 175 fascinating species of mammals, birds, reptiles, and invertebrates. Known for its rare and unusual animals, the zoo provides a fun, educational, and immersive wildlife experience for all ages. It’s open 362 days a year, welcoming visitors to explore nature up close.

Highlights include animal experiences like “Keeper for a Day,” carnivore encounters, and guided VIP tours such as “Walk on the Wild Side.” Guests can also adopt animals, enjoy meet-and-greet sessions, and let kids play in picnic areas and family-friendly zones. The zoo even offers birthday parties with optional animal encounter sessions.

Ticket prices are £17.90 for adults, £14.30 for children (3–15), and £60.40 for a family of four. Children under 3 enter free.

With scenic picnic spots, an African Café, and exciting close-up animal experiences, Exmoor Zoo offers something truly special. It’s the perfect spot for wildlife lovers seeking a more personal and memorable day out.

Features

Paid
Host birthday parties: Yes

Features

Animal experiences: Exmoor Zoo cares for 175 species of animals, birds and reptiles. Many extremely rare captive species are exhibited such as Malagasy civets, margays, New Guinea singing dogs, rusty-spotted cats and yellow-throated martens.
Carnivore experience: A very privileged VIP behind the scenes zoo animal experience and close encounter with our bigger cats and dogs. Get as close as a whisker to a Leopard or Puma or maybe enjoy the interaction of our Australian dingo’s.
Meet and greet experiences: Come and get really close to the animals and help feed them. These experiences are all about one hour in duration and are your own personal experience. After the session is finished, they will give you a certificate and then you have the rest of the day to enjoy the zoo.
Walk on the wild side: Are you passionate about wildlife? Would you like to get up close and personal with exotic animals? Walk on the wild side experience gives you an exclusive VIP guided tour with one of the senior zoo staff, who will introduce you to a range of the zoo’s inhabitants and ensure that you experience them in a very special way.
Animal Adoption: Anyone can adopt an animal—whether you’re an individual, a large company, a Cub pack, or a care home for the elderly. Simply choose the animal you’d like to sponsor and complete the online booking form below.
Keeper for a Day: Through “Keeper for a Day” scheme zoo can offer you a unique opportunity to experience a day in the life of a zoo keeper, but be warned, you will be expected to join in the “cleaning”. “Keeper for a Day” experience is available to anyone over 16 years of age (Children between the ages of 8-15 inclusive can do the junior keeper for 1/2 a day).

Facilities

Food & Drinks: You have the option to eat with us here at the zoo’s African Café & conservatory Tea rooms, or you are welcome to bring your own food with you to eat in our designated picnic areas.
Parking: Car parking is available next to reception.
Picnic areas: The zoo has several picnic areas. You are more than welcome to bring your own picnic lunches. An undercover picnic area is situated next to the playground and can be served by the Snack Shack in main summer school holiday term times.

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Contact

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Price

Price: Paid

Price Details

Gate & Online Ticket prices (without Gift Aid) :

Adult (aged 16yrs+): £17.90
Child (aged 3-15yrs): £14.30
Family (2 Adults & 2 Children): £60.40

Children under 3yrs old enter free of charge.

Pricing URL: https://www.exmoorzoo.co.uk/plan-your-visit/tickets-and-prices/

Birthday Parties

Offer Birthday Parties: Yes

Birthday Party Details

What better way to celebrate your birthday than to have your birthday party at the zoo?

Your party lunch in the African Café will be either sandwiches, sausage rolls, sausages, cakes, biscuits, soft drink and crisps (but not a birthday cake, bring your own cake and leave it with our café staff) or chicken nuggets and chips in a party box.
Zoo will take care of all the children’s catering for you (except the birthday cake). Two styles of party are available; our standard party where afterwards you can continue to enjoy the rest of the zoo for the day or our deluxe party where your own personal encounter session follows (about 30 minutes duration in our education centre) and then you can retire to the rest of the zoo.
Encounter sessions can revolve around your selection of our friendly contact animals such as our meerkats, owl, armadillo or other animals that we use daily at the zoo such as the snakes, spiders, or minibeasts!

For the standard party:

Per child party lunch (party food or nuggets/sausages/fish fingers & chips and squash) £17.45 (3-15 inc)

For the deluxe party:

Per child party lunch (party food or nuggets/sausages/fish fingers & chips and squash) £20.45 (3-15 inc)
1 Adult free with every 6 children
Additional adults £13.00 and must be paid for with booking.(does not include food)

(Minimum 6 children)

Click here for more information.

Zoo is currently opening at 10:00am every morning.

Closing time in Summer is typically 17:00
Closing time in Winter is typically 16:00

Exmoor Zoo is open 362 days of the year. (Expect Christmas Eve, December 25th & December 26th)

Address: Exmoor Zoo, Bratton Fleming, Barnstaple, UK

Post Code: EX31 4SG

Council: North Devon

County: Devon

By Bus: Only one bus service operates near to the zoo. This is the A310 that departs from Barnstaple (the bus central station for this area) to Lynton and returns.
By Car: For car satellite navigation the post code is EX31 4SG. The zoo is situated along the A399 mid-way between Combe Martin and South Molton. Onsite parking available.
By Train: The nearest train station to the zoo is Barnstaple.