Monkey World assists governments around the world to stop the smuggling of primates from the wild.
At the Centre refugees of this illegal trade as well as those that have suffered abuse or neglect are rehabilitated into natural living groups.
Rescue & Rehabilitation
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For sat nav, our post code is BH20 6HH. Please follow the brown tourist signs for "Monkey World" which are situated at various sites within a few miles radius to the park.
By train from London Waterloo to Wool:
Aproximately 2.5 hours (journey time)
Monday to Saturday
08.05 from London Waterloo arrives at Wool at 10.34.
Trains then run at 5 minutes past each hour.
After 14.30 times change - please enquire.
Sundays - please enquire as times change frequently due to track repairs.
From Wool to Waterloo, London:
2.5 - 3 hours (journey time)
Monday to Saturday
Trains run at 45 minutes past the hour.
Sundays - please enquire as times change frequently due to track repairs.
Please note: Monkey World do not operate a bus service and are unable to answer queries regarding bus transport to the park.
However a brand new service operated by First Group started on Monday 25 July and will run until 2 September 2011. Operating Monday - Friday from Weymouth to Monkey World. This is a stretch of the beautiful Jurassic Coast not normally served by bus from Weymouth.
This is a temporary summer service run by First Group buses. Details above are correct at the time of publish, but please check with www.firstgroup.com for timetables and routes to ensure the service is still active before planning your journey.
Our closest airport is Bournemouth which is about 25 miles away from the park (www.flybournemouth.co.uk). From here you can either take a taxi or bus to Bournemouth train station, and then the train directly to Wool station.
Southampton Airport is about 50 miles from Monkey World. Trains run directly from Southampton Airport Parkway to Wool.
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