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115 of 115 Ciao users found the following review helpful

hayleigh_18

A SUPER visit to Knowsley Safari Park....!
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21/07/2010

User recommends the product

Advantages Fun for all the family - Wheelchair Friendly - Good prices!
Disadvantages Not much food provided for kiddies - take a picnic!

Knowsley Safari Park I’d grown up hearing good things about Knowsley Safari Park, which is just 45 minutes drive from where I live in Manchester, but as children we never visited it; mum took us to all the theme parks known to man and on many holidays abroad, but we’d never been to Knowsley! I’m not quite sure why as we always had a car but it just left me wanting to visit as I got older and started to venture out on my own. In August 2009 I was lucky enough to enjoy a visit there with my boyfriend, his 3 year old son and my 6 year old cousin. It wasn’t the best of days where the weather was ... more
88 of 88 Ciao users found the following review helpful

MizzMolko

Member since 01/08/2005

Reviews written: 171

The 'Mane' Attraction or just Monkey Business?
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18/07/2009

User recommends the product

Advantages A fun, educational day out and lovely animals
Disadvantages Bad smelling cafe, questionable toilet safety and animals being put away too early : (

When we were in Liverpool for a couple of days a year ago, as well as wondering around many Beatles exhibitions, my family had the nerve to suggest we do something different: so what if we’d already been on the Magical Mystery Tour and inside The Beatles Story! Mum had already made us go on a tour of Anfield – surely going and finding the Eleanor Rigby statue would have made up for me - of all people - being in a museum about bloomin’ football?! We’d managed to pick up a couple of brochures about wildlife parks and other animal centres whilst on our travels. My Dad, who can be a real grizzly ... more
38 of 38 Ciao users found the following review helpful

louisechackett

Member since 05/08/2006

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Knowsley Safari Park
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11/05/2012

User recommends the product

Advantages good day out, see animals up close, lots to see
Disadvantages added extras such as rides, quite expensive for a family day out

The plan had been to take my son and his friend to the South Lakes Wild animal park for his birthday treat but as he had been poorly right up to his birthday I didn’t think it was going to be a good idea to travel for around three hours in total to get up to the South Lakes and back. We decided that we would have a trip to Knowsley safari park instead which was around an hour and a half round trip and would obviously mean less walking around for my son. This is my review of the park. Getting there We did have use of sat nav to help us in getting to the safari park but the drive was simple with ... more
113 of 113 Ciao users found the following review helpful

MumCC

Animals galore at Knowsley! 11/08/2007

User recommends the product

Advantages A great value day out in North West England
Disadvantages None

KNOWSLEY SAFARI PARK This animal park is situated near the M58 to the east of Liverpool and could be somewhat of a surprise to those not local to this part of North West England. Knowsley is actually a borough of what was Merseyside before one of our governments decided to start producing a plethora of unitary authorities in some counties but not others. According to the owners, Knowsley Safari Park was opened in 1971 by the 18th Earl of Derby, and today it is overseen by the 19th Earl of Derby. They claim to have around 30 species of mammal roaming in 200 hectares of land, plus a few birds ... more
46 of 46 Ciao users found the following review helpful

mythdata

A Wild Day Out 25/10/2008

User recommends the product

Advantages Great fun for the whole family....
Disadvantages Where suitable shoes as your feet will get sore.

History Knowsley safari park has been a great family attraction for over 35 years, it was first opened to the public in July 1971 by the earl of derby. The safari park is only 8 miles from Liverpool city centre, Knowsley was the first safari park to be built close to a large city. When the park was built there was extreme apprehension about the possible problems associated with large numbers of animals (including lions) roaming about close to the city, but the park has gone to extreme lengths and succeeded to trade for the past 37years. When the park opened in 1971 it was unique, as it had the ... more