The Isle of Wight Zoo is a well-established, popular wildlife centre based on the east coast of the Isle of Wight, and is a major tourist attraction.
Following many years under private ownership, it is the Island’s original zoo and is well-loved by the local community and widely visited by residents as well as tourists.
In 2017 the Zoo become part of The Wildheart Trust, a charity founded to secure a long-term future for the zoo and enable it to fulfil its global ambitions to make a really meaningful impact on the health of the natural world while improving the well-being of animals in human care.
The zoo is dedicated to engaging, involving and empowering people from both the heart and the head – one of its most important tasks is to convert ‘care’ into ‘action’. It is also committed to providing a life-long, loving home to rescued big cats and other animal residents and the team work holistically to ensure each individual has an enriched and meaningful life.
The Wildheart Trust actively funds and donates its human resources to assist with the in-situ conservation of tigers (in India), lemurs (in Madagascar) and rare moths (IOW).
Serving a selection of freshly prepared sandwiches and baguettes also with a choice of hot fillings, soup of the day, jacket potatoes, freshly prepared salads with seafood and ploughman’s lunches a specialty – crab is a favourite.
