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Wildlife Park

Beale Wildlife Park

Lower Basildon

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About Beale Wildlife Park

Meet friendly animals and explore beautiful gardens at this family-favourite park near Reading, featuring thrilling play zones including an exciting aerial cableway that soars above the grounds.

Good to know

Parking

  • ✓Free car park
  • ✓Free street

Accessibility

  • ✓Accessible parking
  • ✓Accessible entrance
  • ✓Accessible toilet
  • ✓Accessible seating

Payment

  • ✓Credit cards
  • ✓Debit cards
  • ✓Contactless

Details via Google — worth confirming with the attraction before you travel, especially for access needs.

Photos

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Facilities

Toilets Gift Shop Onsite Parking Accessible Toilets Baby Changing Food Available Wheelchair Friendly Pushchair Friendly Wheelchair Hire

Opening hours

Monday
10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Tuesday
10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Wednesday
10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Thursday
10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Friday
10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday
10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Sunday
10:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Current hours may differ from the usual schedule above (e.g. holidays) — check Google Maps for today's hours.

What visitors say

Daniel Lawson

A lovely day out with my daughter (7) at Brale. The upgraded feeding experience amazing with the Capybaras. The keeper was cheerful and knowledgeable and the Capys adorable. Great outdoor playing space and my daughter loved bouncing on the massive air pillow! The staff in particular the receptionist who was also the shopkeeper worked tirelessly with large backlogs of people over Easter and put on a massive smile for everyone. She's likely underappreciated and should have had a support team member able to help at certain times of day. Nice little train ride which we saved till the end and realised we'd missed out a section of the park! Great site and feeding experiences, if it's dry a lovely day out! Ice creams most welcome!

· via Google

Rabia Nisar

We enjoyed our day at Beale wildlife park. It was good that ticket money include go cart and train ride. You do not need to pay separately for these activities. Staff was friendly and supportive. It's a good family picnic park.

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Ann

Perfect size - isn’t too big that you get tired and lost like some zoos but large enough that there’s plenty of animals to see. There are a random assortment of animals but they’re pleasant to see nonetheless. The dark enclosure for the mole rats etc was so dark that I couldn’t actually see anything - animals or the other people walking around. There’s a lot of activities available for children. Plenty of parking.

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Duncan Sexton

Great Day out with the Children and Family plenty of levelish parking plus disabled parking at Front with lots of Shade lots of Animals ,little train Ride ,ice cream van on site .small wooden shack for some Hot and cold meals ,outside pool currently closed plenty of Toilets including disabled and plenty of picnic Tables around the site

· via Google

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Visitors say this wildlife park offers a great variety of animals, including unique species, and features a popular train ride and extensive play areas, including a splash pool. They also highlight the friendly, knowledgeable staff and the park's good value for money.

Some reviews mention the areas can be poorly maintained.

Summary via Google

At a glance

Address
Lower Basildon, Pangbourne, Reading, RG8 9NW Get directions
Category
Zoos & Animal Parks
Guest rating
4.4 / 5 (3,926 reviews)
Suitable for
Ages 0-12
Suggested visit
3-4 hours
Setting
Outdoor
Dogs allowed
No
Good for children
Yes
Destination
Reading