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Woburn Safari Park

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Woburn Safari Park - All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go (2024)

• Sun - Sat 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
• (0.34 mi) The Firs Guest House
• (2.28 mi) Havisham House
• (3.49 mi) South Lodge
• (4.55 mi) The White House B&B
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• (0.39 mi) Rose & Crown
• (0.34 mi) The Firs cafe & Guest House
• (1.15 mi) Ridgmont Station Tea Room and Heritage Centre
• (0.79 mi) The White Horse
• (2.74 mi) Ottoman Kitchen
• (5.96 mi) Alders Air Gun Range
• (4.84 mi) Big Rock Hub
• (4.84 mi) Climb Quest
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• (5.76 mi) Formula Fast Karting

Woburn Safari Park

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WOBURN SAFARI PARK: All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go (with Photos)

• Sun - Sat 10:00 - 17:00
• (0.54 km) The Firs Guest House
• (3.65 km) Havisham House
• (5.58 km) South Lodge
• (7.27 km) The White House B&B
• (11.93 km) Premier Inn Milton Keynes Central (Xscape) hotel
• (0.62 km) Rose & Crown
• (0.54 km) The Firs cafe & Guest House
• (1.83 km) Ridgmont Station Tea Room and Heritage Centre
• (1.26 km) The White Horse
• (4.39 km) Ottoman Kitchen
• (9.54 km) Alders Air Gun Range
• (7.75 km) Big Rock Hub
• (7.75 km) Climb Quest
• (10.44 km) Blackout Escape Rooms
• (9.22 km) Formula Fast Karting

Woburn Safari Park

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WOBURN SAFARI PARK: All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go (with Photos)

Go on an exotic adventure at Woburn Safari Park

Woburn, bedfordshire.

Explore the habitats of lions, zebras, giraffes and much more at this family-friendly, conservation-focused safari park.

Featuring both a road safari and a foot safari, Woburn Safari Park is both a family-friendly attraction and a vital animal conservation resource. Most of the animals found within the park are classified as endangered species, making Woburn an essential part of their continued survival.

Get up close and personal with African lions and zebras from the safety of your own car in the road safari, before parking up and exploring penguin habitats and insect biomes. Kids will also enjoy the various leisure attractions on site, including indoor and outdoor play areas and a boating lake.

Woburn Safari Park is open all year round and discounts are available on family tickets. Both the road and foot safari sections are included in the cost of one ticket - be sure to book in advance!

The Road Safari will be reopening from 15 June - check the website below for ticket information and details.

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Woburn Safari Park offers an escape to the wild plains, jungles and savannahs of Africa without leaving the country! Teeming with amazing wildlife, your journey will take you just a windscreen width away from a huge number of endangered and exotic animals, including rhinos, elephants, lions, bears, tigers, zebra and giraffe.

The Bedfordshire based Safari Park offers visitors a fun family day out, where you can enjoy seeing wild animals in an outdoor open space whilst having minimal contact with people from outside your household.

With free parking, loads of indoor and outdoor activities and a full programme of keeper talks and demonstrations all included in your ticket price, a day out at Woburn is super value for money.

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Please check the Woburn Safari Park website for the latest ticket prices and special offers.

Accessibility

• Disabled access

Booking & Payment Details

• Credit cards accepted (no fee)
• On-site catering
• On-site light refreshments
• Picnic site
• Baby changing facilities
• Education/study area
• Guided tours for groups
• Free Parking

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• Public toilets
• Smoking not allowed
• WiFi or internet access

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• Coach parties accepted

Map & Directions

Road directions.

Woburn Safari Park is only accessible by car and you must arrive in your own vehicle. From J13 of the M1 and from the A5: Follow signs to Woburn Safari Park. Use the postcode MK43 0TU for your satnav for the entrance gate on High Street in Ridgmont.

Public Transport Directions

You can only enter Woburn Safari Park in your own vehicle, you cannot enter the park if you are on foot. There is no height or weight restriction on vehicles.

Mini buses and coaches are permitted in the Safari Park and if you have 15 or more paying individuals on board, you may be eligible for a group discount.

Please note: cabriolet and soft top convertible cars will not be allowed access into the Kingdom of Carnivores or African Forest for safety reasons.           

Opening Times

* Please check the Woburn Safari Park website for the latest opening times.

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Stary Oskol - Overview

Stary Oskol is a city in Russia located in the Belgorod region, standing on the banks of the Oskol River, about 142 km northeast of Belgorod, 632 km south of Moscow.

The population of Stary Oskol is about 222,600 (2022), the area - 134 sq. km.

The phone code - +7 4725, the postal codes - 309500-309518.

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History of stary oskol.

In 1300, there was a village called Ugly on the the territory of the present city. Today, it is one of the districts of Stary Oskol. At that time, the village was part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and was a border crossing point on the border with the Golden Horde.

The settlement of Oskol was founded by Russian Tsar Fyodor Ioanovich’s order (Ivan’s the Terrible son) to protect the southern borders of the Russian kingdom in 1593. The bulk of the population were peasants and the military.

In 1617, the town was burned by the Poles. In 1625, 1642 and 1677, the Crimean Tatars approached Stary Oskol, but could not capture it. The town was renamed Stary Oskol (meaning Old Oskol) in 1655, when the town of Tsaryov-Alexeyev, located down the river, was renamed Novy Oskol (New Oskol). Fortifications of the town existed until the 18th century.

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Gradually, Stary Oskol turned into peaceful, commercial and merchant town - the center of an agricultural district. Industrial production was represented mainly by enterprises on processing agricultural products.

In 1780, the town got its coat of arms. In 1784, Stary Oskol like most Russian towns of that time was rebuilt according to a new plan signed by Empress Catherine II. A large number of brick houses were built, mostly two-story buildings. The historic center of Stary Oskol has been preserved to our time.

In the second half of the 19th century, the town had a wide network of schools, libraries, reading rooms, printing, secondary schools. In 1894, construction of the railway began, trade and industry began to develop rapidly.

Until the 1930s, there were eleven Orthodox churches in Stary Oskol. During the Second World War, Stary Oskol was occupied by the Germans from July 2, 1942 to February 5, 1943. In 1954, the city became part of the newly formed Belgorod region.

In the late 1960s - early 1970s, in connection with the active development of the Kursk Magnetic Anomaly (the most powerful iron ore basin in the world), Stary Oskol became a major center of iron and steel industry.

Stary Oskol was declared a city of three top-priority Komsomol construction projects. The largest enterprises: Lebedinsky Mining and Processing Plant, Stoilensky Mining and Processing Plant, Oskolsky Electrometallurgical Plant became not only the city-forming enterprises, but also the largest industrial enterprises of the country. Stary Oskol experienced a new birth.

Today, Stary Oskol is a rapidly developing city, one of the leading mining and metallurgical centers of Russia.

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The coat of arms of Stary Oskol is a shield divided in half diagonally, in the red field there is a rifle, in the green field - a golden plow. It reflects both military and agricultural importance of the town.

Stary Oskol is among Russian cities with the youngest population. The average age of its citizens is about 35 years. The main reason lies in the history of the city. In the second half of the 20th century, a large number of members of the Young Communist League came to Stary Oskol to participate in the construction of large industrial enterprises.

Unique reserves of iron ore, developed industry and infrastructure, high scientific, technical and industrial potential, fertile land form the basis of Stary Oskol economy.

The main branches of local industry are mining, ferrous metallurgy, machine building and metalworking, building materials, food industry. There are more than 140 large and medium industrial enterprises, which employ more than 80 thousand people.

Attractions of Stary Oskol

The city has more than a dozen Orthodox churches and chapels. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral (Tokareva Street, 4/1) is the main church of Stary Oskol. St. Trinity Church (Bolshevistskaya Street, 17/15), built in 1730, is the oldest church in the city.

The Zoo was opened in Stary Oskol in 2008. Bears, lions, tigers, monkeys, wolves, camels, ostriches, and other species of birds and animals live there.

Museum of Local Lore (Lenina Street, 50). The museums, founded in 1923, has exhibitions about the history of Stary Oskol. It is located in a building which is a monument of history and culture of the 19th century once owned by the merchants and brothers Likhutins.

The museum organizes tours of the city and the area including visits to an ancient Russian settlement of Kholki, an underground monastery in Melovy mountains, and a biosphere reserve “Yamskaya steppe”.

Art Museum (Lenina Street, 57). The collection of local masters of folk clay toys (O.M.Goncharova and N.M.Goncharova) is a real pearl of the museum. Stary Oskol folk clay toys production was known from the end of the 18th century.

House Museum of Vasily Yeroshenko (Yeroshenko Street, 15). Yeroshenko’s life is a living legend for blind people not only in Russia but also abroad. He encourages disabled people, supports them with his talent, helps them on their ways to improve techniques. Yeroshenko spoke 12 foreign languages and was the professor of universities in Tokyo and Beijing, he became a classic of Japan literature for children.

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