Oxfordshire wildlife park nominated for family experience

The attraction in the Burford area is one of 10 finalists in the Muddy Stilettos Awards.

The wildlife park joins Blenheim Palace, Bletchley Park ,Chiltern Open Air Museum, and Millets farm centre in the local awards.

Also nominated are the Oxford Museum of Natural History, Oxford Castle and Prison, The Story Museum, Waddesdon Manor and Xscape in Milton Keynes.

White Rhino calf Mo with mum Ruby a few hours after birth at Cotswold Wildlife Park. (Image: Rory Carnegie / Cotswold Wildlif / SWNS)

Cotswold Wildlife Park and Gardens was named ‘Best Attraction in the Cotswolds’ and ‘Best Family Attraction in the Cotswolds’ in The Cotswold Awards 2025.

In recent years the park was crowned ‘Best Zoo in the UK’ for two years in a row, and named ‘Best Family Attraction’ at both the Muddy Stilettos Awards and Little Ankle Biters’ Awards.

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It was also voted ‘Best Animal Attraction’ in the Red Kite Days Oxfordshire Awards in 2023.

The public online voting will close on Tuesday, May 26.

Cotswold Wildlife Park (Image: Cotswold Wildlife Park)

The awards have introduce new lifestyle categories like best afternoon tea, fashion and interiors, artisan food and drink producer, best-loved local pub and wellness breaks.

Cotswold Wildlife Park & Gardens is home to more than 1,500 animals from 250 different species, making it one of the largest zoological collections in the United Kingdom.

Other attractions at the Park include a narrow gauge railway and the Skymaze adventure playground.

The Park, which opened in 1970, is set in 160 acres of landscaped parkland and gardens and it welcomed over 460,000 visitors in 2022.