East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire
★★★
Meerkats, tamarins and coatis; wildcats, burrowing owls and leaf-cutting ants… Calderglen Zoo doesn’t have the big-name animals to rival Edinburgh Zoo, but for the tiny admission fee you won’t be complaining. This family-friendly menagerie occupies a small corner of Calderglen Country Park on the edge of East Kilbride, and has around 50, mostly fun-sized species housed around an attractive garden area, with a few more inside a warm conservatory. If you’ve time to spare afterwards, take a walk along the Rotten Calder river.
Location
O.S. Grid Reference: NS 654527
GPS coordinates: 55.748754,-4.146375
On or near High Common Road (0.5 mi)
Car park
Key info
Daily
£4 adult / £2 child
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