clay_9
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Just thought I'd share this place with you guys.
Penscynor wildlife park was a wonderful place, it housed monkeys / chimps, rare birds, reptiles, penguins and various other wildlife. I can't find any details about it online as to its size before closure, I remember visiting it many times as a young lad before it closed in October 1998.
The site was redeveloped as a housing estate but there are some remains of various buildings and features. It's very easy to get to, it's just hidden slightly off a public footpath. Visited April 2011.
I can't remember what was housed in this area, there's an island sort of structure and a walkway stretching over the water.
There was an awesome toboggan ride there, there was a chair lift that took you towards the top of the hill and the run stretched through the forest on the side of the hill on its way back down. Best toboggan run I've ever been on. Nothing is left of the lift and practically all of the track was removed upon closure.
Some of the chair lift cable
The footbridge which was at the end of the run.
the other side of the hut, this is where you'd pay your pound and get on the chair lift.
A tiny part of the actual track can be seen sticking through the undergrowth
This is inside the reptile house, the compartments held various kinds of snakes, lizards etc
Cages around the back, currently being used by some of the residents of the housing estate as a place to store wood.
This is one of the monkey/chimp enclosures
This is directly under the last pic above, dark and scary
I went in, cautiously.
Looking into here was pitch black, camera flash obviously helps for pics.
'Monkey runs'
Looking up at where I was earlier
I think this is a run, the outer cage would have been higher and wider.
Looking up towards what I believe was the penguin arena
This was the window people could look through to see the penguins swimming around
From inside
Man thats a lot of photos. There really is hardly anything left, shame.
Penscynor wildlife park was a wonderful place, it housed monkeys / chimps, rare birds, reptiles, penguins and various other wildlife. I can't find any details about it online as to its size before closure, I remember visiting it many times as a young lad before it closed in October 1998.
The site was redeveloped as a housing estate but there are some remains of various buildings and features. It's very easy to get to, it's just hidden slightly off a public footpath. Visited April 2011.
I can't remember what was housed in this area, there's an island sort of structure and a walkway stretching over the water.
There was an awesome toboggan ride there, there was a chair lift that took you towards the top of the hill and the run stretched through the forest on the side of the hill on its way back down. Best toboggan run I've ever been on. Nothing is left of the lift and practically all of the track was removed upon closure.
Some of the chair lift cable
The footbridge which was at the end of the run.
the other side of the hut, this is where you'd pay your pound and get on the chair lift.
A tiny part of the actual track can be seen sticking through the undergrowth
This is inside the reptile house, the compartments held various kinds of snakes, lizards etc
Cages around the back, currently being used by some of the residents of the housing estate as a place to store wood.
This is one of the monkey/chimp enclosures
This is directly under the last pic above, dark and scary
I went in, cautiously.
Looking into here was pitch black, camera flash obviously helps for pics.
'Monkey runs'
Looking up at where I was earlier
I think this is a run, the outer cage would have been higher and wider.
Looking up towards what I believe was the penguin arena
This was the window people could look through to see the penguins swimming around
From inside
Man thats a lot of photos. There really is hardly anything left, shame.
