Paignton Zoo is home to thousands of amazing animals and plants. Visit the desert, cross the savannah, explore the forest and trek through the tropics. Use your senses to discover the wild world: look around, listen out - you’ll even need your sense of smell! It’s a great day out for everyone.
Why not visit Living Coasts, our sister attraction in Torquay, to learn more about animals from the coastlines of the world? Or visit Newquay Zoo, Cornwall's award winning zoo.
Festive Fun
Join Paignton Zoo this Christmas for a truly unique experience. 3-course Christmas lunches will be available on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays in December. Please click here for more information...
Children can enjoy a festive brunch with the Santa’s Elves in the Island Restaurant, they will be entertained by magicians and magical Christmas songs to sing along to. Then they can visit the elves workshop where they can decorate their own snow globe and choose their own gift. The Magic Ticket also allows you and your children to ride our festive train. Places are limited so book today.
Or why not choose the tranquil setting of the Island Restaurant in the heart of the Zoo to hold your staff Christmas party. Join other small parties in celebrating the festive season. Click here for more information.
Or do you fancy a more formal Christmas Party? Why not join us for the Mistletoe Ball at the Grand Hotel in Torquay? Click here to find out more.....
How will you be seeing in the New Year? Why not join us for a New Year's Eve Party! For more information please click here.
What will you do with your pumpkins?
Wondering what to do with your pumpkins once Halloween is over? Why not bring them along to the Zoo?
Keeping staff at the Zoo are happy to take in surplus pumpkins from families, shops, schools, supermarkets, nurseries and growers and we will use them as feed and for environmental enrichment for the animals. Click here to read more.
Record Breaking.......
Zoo breaks visitor record - again Record numbers of people have visited Paignton Zoo Environmental Park this year.
Despite variable weather in the summer and the economic downturn this autumn, the Zoo – a registered charity – received 529,740 visitors during its financial year to the end of October. This beats the previous record, 507,068, set last year, by 22,672.
Join Paignton Zoo this Christmas for a truly unique experience. 
Wondering what to do with your pumpkins once Halloween is over? Why not bring them along to the Zoo? 
Zoo breaks visitor record - again
