Families can walk among some of the most beautiful butterflies in the world, flying freely against a backdrop of tropical plants, at Butterfly World in Studley Grange, Wroughton.

You can also enjoy a tour with a friendly guide by taking a stroll around the tropical butterfly house, and you might even be lucky enough to find a butterfly or two landing on you.

Enter the mini-beast room where you will come face to face with a tarantula, scorpion and many other exotic insects. Visitors can also feed the very hungry koi carp.

Although butterflies might be in the name of the attraction, many families make the journey to centre to see the family of meerkats.

There are also otters, geese, ducks, turkeys, pheasants, rabbits, guinea pigs and loads more farmyard favourites for you to meet.

For more information call the centre on 01793 852 400 or log onto www.studleygrange.co.uk.

Need to know

Adult, senior, student and child’s tickets are £4.95. Under threes go free. A family ticket (2+2) is £16.50. The centre is open daily except Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day. Summer opening hours are from 10am until 6pm. Last entry is one hour before closing.

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