Buckfast Butterfly Farm and Dartmoor Otter Sanctuary, Devon. Open daily. Admission charge.

Details

Accessibility:

The sanctuary is wheelchair friendly but the otter enclosure fences are too high for wheelchair viewing. Sanctuary keepers are available to assist wheelchair users access the best viewing points. Free parking is available on site.

Brief Description:

A combined butterfly and otter sanctuary with associated educational information. The butterfly sanctuary has a regulated rainforest artificial habitat and home to several species of tropical butterflies. The otter sanctuary has three species of otter including the native British otter, Asian and North American otters.

Further Information:

Address:

Buckfast Butterfly Farm and Dartmoor Otter Sanctuary,
The Station, 
Buckfastleigh, 
Devon  
TQ11 0DZ

Telephone:

01364 642916

Email:

contact@ottersandbutterflies.co.uk

Website:

http://www.ottersandbutterflies.co.uk/

Opening Hours:

Open daily 10:00am until 5:00pm until October 31^st. Visit website for details.
See website for admission charges.

Directions:

Travelling south on the Devon Expressway take the exit for Lower Dean. At the junction turn north onto Plymouth Road B3380. Continue north across the junction of Timbers Road which merges with Strode Road. After passing the petrol station on the north side of the road, take the next turn south east sign posted for the South Devon Railway. Follow the road under the bridge and into the station. Continue through the station and under the bridge following the sign for ‘Dartmoor Otters and Buckfast Butterflies’.

OS SX746661

Transport:

For more travel information go to http://www.travelinesw.com/ or call Devon Transport Co-ordination Service on 01392 382800 

Amenities:

There is a gift shop on location. Visit Buckfastleigh for restaurants, cafés and shops. Fore Street has a post office, pharmacy and veterinary surgery.