Paignton View
🏖️ 0.65 miles from Goodrington (Good water quality)
Paignton, South West England
Sleeps 6
£513 per break
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Paignton Zoo
📍 TQ4 5JH
Photo: Lewis Clarke (CC BY-SA 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons
- See Sumatran tigers, western lowland gorillas and Bornean orangutans
- Only UK zoo with a northern brown kiwi and echidna
- Daily animal feeding sessions and immersive indoor habitats
- Family play areas and nature trails through Clennon Gorge
- Explore 80 acres of animals and award-winning gardens
Paignton Zoo is an 80-acre zoological park in Torbay, Devon, home to more than 1,800 animals including Sumatran tigers, western lowland gorillas, Bornean orangutans and Rothschild's giraffes, plus species found nowhere else in the UK such as the northern brown kiwi. Expect daily feeding sessions, indoor tropical habitats, play areas and nature trails through Clennon Gorge, making it a good rain-or-shine day out for families. Most visitors stay a full day. It's open every day except Christmas Day. Paignton station is 0.9 miles away and Goodrington beach the same distance, with 321 bookable places to stay within 5 miles for those planning an overnight visit.
Practical details
- Open
- Open every day except Christmas Day
- Time needed
- Most visitors spend a full day
- Accessibility
- Map marks paths that are rough or steep
- Best for
- Families and wildlife lovers wanting a full day out
- Booking
- Animal experiences currently on hold, expected back by year end
From the attraction's own website on 21 Oct 2026 — check before you travel.
Facilities
- ✓ Restaurant
- ✓ Cafe
- ✓ Playground
- ✓ Toilets
- ✓ Disabled Access
- ✓ Gift Shop
- ✓ Picnic Area
- ✓ Indoor Areas
- ✓ Parking
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