Plantasia

Plantasia
Plantasia
Date opened	1990 ^[1]
Location	Swansea, Wales
Coordinates	51°37′18.00″N 3°56′19.00″W / 51.6216667°N 3.9386111°W / 51.6216667; -3.9386111Coordinates: 51°37′18.00″N 3°56′19.00″W / 51.6216667°N 3.9386111°W / 51.6216667; -3.9386111
Website	www.swansea.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=1350

Plantasia is a large public hothouse, located in the Parc Tawe retail park, Swansea, Wales that opened in 1990.

Exhibits

Bearded dragons at Plantasia

Plantasia exhibits a wide range of tropical plants, and insects, reptiles, and fish.

The glasshouse contains two climate zones: Tropical with a rainforest, and Arid. The collection includes over 5,000 plants, many of which are extinct from their natural habitat. Plant types include bananas, coconuts, giant bamboo, paw paw and collections of ferns and cacti.^[2]

Along with the plants, there is supporting life including crested geckos, tarantulas, red-bellied piranha, koi carp, green-winged macaws, parakeets, lorikeets, chameleons, bearded dragons and a Burmese python. Additionally, Plantasia houses critically endangered cotton-top tamarins and critically endangered Kleinmann's tortoise.^[3]

In 2011 Plantasia added the Rainforest Hut to its exhibits. The hut was built using the same basic principles used by forest tribes, and with forest materials such as bamboo, palm leaves, and clay, and shows how rainforest tribes live in harmony with nature.^[4]

Filming location

Plantasia was used as a filming location for the Doctor Who episodes "The Doctor's Daughter" (on 21 December 2007) and "Cold Blood" (on 13 November 2009).^[1]

References

1 2 "Doctor Who in Wales - Plantasia, Swansea". bbc.co.uk. BBC Online. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
↑ "Plants (the hothouse trail)". swansea.gov.uk. City of Swansea. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
↑ "Animals at Plantasia". swansea.gov.uk. City of Swansea. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
↑ "Rainforest Hut". swansea.gov.uk. City of Swansea. Retrieved 12 May 2012.

External links

Official website

Zoological gardens in the United Kingdom

Those listed in italics contain more than 5000 animals

Zoos	Africa Alive! Amazon World Zoo Banham Zoo Beale Park Belfast Zoo Birdland Park and Gardens Birdworld Birmingham Wildlife Conservation Park Blackpool Zoo Borth Animalarium Bristol Zoo British Wildlife Centre Chessington Zoo Chester Zoo Colchester Zoo Cotswold Wildlife Park Cricket St Thomas Curraghs Wildlife Park Dartmoor Zoological Park Drayton Manor Zoo Drusillas Zoo Park Dudley Zoo Durrell Wildlife Park Edinburgh Zoo Exmoor Zoo Flamingo Land Resort Folly Farm Adventure Park and Zoo Hamerton Zoo Hawk Conservancy Trust Howletts Wild Animal Park International Centre for Birds of Prey Isle of Wight Zoo Lakeland Wildlife Oasis London Zoo Marwell Wildlife Monkey Sanctuary Monkey World New Forest Wildlife Park Newquay Zoo Noah's Ark Zoo Farm Paignton Zoo Paradise Park, Cornwall Paradise Wildlife Park Peak Wildlife Park Plantasia Royal Surrey Gardens Screech Owl Sanctuary Seaview Wildlife Encounter South Lakes Safari Zoo Tropical World at Roundhay Park The Living Rainforest Tropical Birdland, Leicestershire Tropiquaria Twycross Zoo Welsh Mountain Zoo Wetheriggs Zoo and Animal Sanctuary Whipsnade Zoo Wildwood Discovery Park Wingham Wildlife Park Woodside Farm and Wildfowl Park Yorkshire Wildlife Park

Safari parks	Blair Drummond Safari Park Highland Wildlife Park Knowsley Safari Park Longleat Safari Park Port Lympne Wild Animal Park West Midland Safari Park Woburn Safari Park

Permanently closed	Belle Vue Zoo Glasgow Zoo Coventry Zoo Manchester Zoological Gardens Southport Zoo Windsor Safari Park Rare Species Conservation Centre Cricket St Thomas Wildlife Park

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