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Howletts Wild Animal Park (formerly known as Howletts Zoo) in the parish of Bekesbourne, [2] near Canterbury in Kent, was established as a private zoo in 1957 by John Aspinall. [1] In 1962, the House known as Howletts was being restored. A small cottage was inhabited by an employee. The animal collection was opened to the public in 1975. [1]
The estate with an Edwardian mansion near Lympne was purchased in 1973 by John Aspinall; the intent was to solve lack of space at the nearby Howletts Wild Animal Park. It was opened to the public in 1976. Since 1984 the animal parks have been owned by a charity (The John Aspinall Foundation, currently led by Damian Aspinall).
Pages in category "Tourist attractions in Kent" The following 48 pages are in this category, out of 48 total. ... Port Lympne Wild Animal Park; R. Rare Species ...
Ashford Borough Museum ; Chatham Historic Dockyard; Dolphin Yard Sailing Barge Museum ; Dover Museum; Kent Battle of Britain Museum; Kent International Airport (formerly known as London Manston Airport) with two aviation museums
Wildwood Trust (formerly known as Wildwood Discovery Park) is a woodland discovery park in Herne, near Canterbury in Kent, England. It features over fifty species of native British animals such as deer, badgers, wild boar, wolves and brown bear. It is located on the main road A291 between Herne Bay and Canterbury.
The Big Cat Sanctuary is a Kent-based charity behind the Big Cats in Crisis campaign, and reached its fundraising target of £500,000 to help rescue five lions, Yuna, Rori, Vanda, Amani and Lira ...
Kent is a county in the south-eastern corner of England. It is bounded to the north by Greater London and the Thames Estuary, to the west by Sussex and Surrey, and to the south and east by the English Channel and the North Sea. The county town is Maidstone. [1]
Canterbury Oast Trust (COT) is a registered charity [1] in England providing accommodation, care and training for people with learning disabilities, and autistic adults in Kent. [ 2 ] Its public site is the South of England Rare Breeds Centre at Woodchurch , near Ashford, Kent , which was set up to provide skills and training to people with ...