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Tropical Hall

 

 

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Aquarium

 

 

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Outdoor Enclosures

 

 

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Pirate Ships

 

 

Pirate Ships

and Play Fort

Indoor Castle and Cafe
Shadowstring Puppet Theatre

 

Shadowstring Puppet

Theatre

 

Indoor Castle

and Cafe

 

 

Radio

Museum

                      

                Tropiquaria is a small tropical house and zoo in

West Somerset, sixteen miles from Taunton and nine miles

from Minehead. We are based in a 1930’s art-deco BBC

transmitter hall, which is now a grade 2 listed bulding. A zoo has

been run from this site since the early 1990’s and the current

owners took over in 2007. Since then, efforts have

been made to develop a slightly more African

theme to the tropical hall and aquarium. As

well as the animal displays, we have a number

of other attractions based here. Including a Radio

Museum, the Shadowstring Puppet Theatre, and a range

of indoor and outdoor children’s play areas.

 

TROPIQUARIA ZOO

WASHFORD CROSS

WATCHET

SOMERSET

TA23 OQB

01984 640688

 

OPENING HOURS

 

Open Daily

from 10:30 am - 5:00 pm

 

info@tropiquaria.co.uk

Tropical Hall
Aquarium
Outdoor Enclosures
Pirate Ships
Indoor Castle and Cafe
Shadowstring Puppet Theatre

 

 

 

 

BIAZA Big Fish Campaign

Tropiquaria Zoo is pleased to announce that

it has signed up to the Big Fish Campaign.

This campaign seeks to stop people buying

species of fish at aquarium shops that

outgrow the sizes of aquarium commonly

kept in the domestic home. The campaign

was set up by the NAW (National Aquarium

Workshop) and the BIAZA (British and Irish

Association of Zoos and Aquaria) Aquarium

Working Group when they heard that over a

four month period 11 selected UK public

aquaria were asked to house 144 fish that had outgrown their owners tanks.

 

The Big Fish Campaign aims to:

• Encourage the public to research properly the fish species that they wish to own as pets

• Overturn the notion that fish will never outgrow the size of their tanks

• Reduce the sale of these species in pet stores to protect their welfare

• Alleviate the problem of public aquaria being pressurized into accepting these big fish.

 

Tropiquaria's Zoological Director Chris Moiser, said “As a member of BIAZA, and a member that has an aquarium as part of its display we wanted to take part. The country's leading aquatic retailer, Maidenhead Aquatics have also signed up to the campaign. Their local branch at Blackdown Garden Centre, Wellington Taunton have teamed up with us and generously helped sponsor the poster.

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