Longleat
At the heart of the Longleat estate is a stately home with extensive grounds and Britain’s first Safari Park, featured on BBC’s Animal Park. It also has an impressive hedge maze and gardens, smaller animal attractions where you can observe them up close, as well as plenty of places to eat and drink and shop for souvenirs.
Special displays and events run throughout the year, including the hugely popular Festival of Light in the winter.
The house is widely regarded as one of the best examples of high Elizabethan architecture in Britain. It was completed in 1580 and is now occupied by the 7th Marquess of Bath. This house has also been home to 15 generations of the Thynne family.
Longleat House also features:
- Art collected by 15 generations of the Thynne family
- Guided tours including general house tours, butler, housekeepers and rooftop tours
- Formal gardens first commissioned by the 1st Viscount Weymouth
- Parkland 900 acres of stunning Capability Brown
- Pleasure gardens featuring the Pleasure Walk
- House exhibitions curated to commemorate important events
Main Square attractions
- Walking safari: see some of the smaller animals up close, including meercats, tamarins and koalas
- Animal Adventure: the animal handling hall offers another chance to get close to animals
- Family Farmyard: a chance to meet some farmyard favourites
- Adventure Castle: the medieval fortress and adventure playground
- Hedge Maze: one of the biggest hedge mazes in the world, with over two miles of path
- Longleat Railway: climb aboard the Longleat railway for a unique view of the lakeside animals
Safari Drive Through
The incredible safari tour lets you spot a range of animals including an elephant, macaque monkeys, wolves, tigers, lions, cheetah and deer. You can also visit:
- African Village and Walking Safari: a stroll along the specially designed viewing platform to spot even more animals, plus the lemur walk-through
- Big Game Park: an impressive herd of southern white rhinos as well as Bactrian camels, scimitar horned oryx, ostriches and Ankole cattle.
VIP Experiences
Longleat offer a range of VIP experiences giving you the chance to get up close and personal with your favourite animals on an immersive safari adventure.
