Yorkshire Wildlife Park, Branton, Doncaster

I'm a Doncastrian by birth, yet something I always find is that I have not really spent much time at the tourist attractions in the area, instead travelling much further afield to try things in other areas. It is like I have a bit of a twisted logic that the things that are close to my house can't possibly be that good. Yet, every fabulous attraction I have ever visited must be just down the road from someones house, so I should stop letting it stop me doing all there is to do in the area. The Yorkshire Wildlife Park opened in its current format a few years back. Before this it used to be a ... more

We have been visiting Yorkshire Wildlife Park for around 10 years now, the changes that have taken place are amazing. It started out as Brockholes farm, a riding centre that welcomed visitors to the farm. It had the usual horse pigs and occasionally had things like Raccoons etc. However a couple of years ago things changed, the little farm became Yorkshire Wildlife park (YWP)!! The park is situated approximately 10 mins from junction 3 off the M18, it is well signposted with usual visitor attraction brown signs from pretty much everywhere in Doncaster. The post code for sat nav is DN46TB off ... more

It's not very often a new animal park opens in your local town. I was quite excited to see the bus advertisement stating 'new for 2009 - The Yorkshire Wildlife Park'. I had a look into it and found it was located a few miles away so we decided to give it a visit. The park opened on the 4th April 2009 and our visit was made on Sunday the 26th of the same month. Being from the area, I assumed I knew exactly how to get to the park from the name of the area of Doncaster - Branton. What I should have noted was the directions on the website as the way we went was a bit of a sneak through some ... more

what a great day.it took us all day to get around the park .A lot of the animals are walking around in there own areas which people are able to go into so we are very close to the animals and able to touch some of them .the monkeys are cheeky and was walking beside us .there is a couple of good size play area for the children which are well equiped and places to buy food etc .and a picnic area .this is well worth a visit and somewhere the kids as well as adults will enjoy.we will definetly be going again as it was such an enjoyable day and the prices are resonable considering it was a full day ... more