🌟 THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHT TOP TIPS 2025 🌟 Christmas is coming, which means The Festival of Light is almost upon us! On selected dates, join us for our new theme: British Icons with Wallace & Gromit and friends.

Who wants to be a traitor when you can be a villain? Meet family favourites at The Festival of Light this Christmas!

Can you guess which famous UK landmark Morph has found today? 🤔

How we're feeling now that half-term's over 💤

When hide and seek goes wrong! Challenge time: can you tell us which animal is hiding in this picture? 🤔

Grrr-eat news! Animal Park has been shortlisted in the TV Choice Awards 🎉 We are keeping all our fingers, claws and paws crossed that the show will win Best Daytime Show.

Already looking forward to next Howl-oween's tricks and treats 🐺

With some ever-popular pumpkin enrichment, we're sure our lemurs will have a gourd-geous World Lemur Day and Halloween tomorrow 🎃

Fabrication is well underway and lanterns are popping up across the park for The Festival of Light ✨

Fabrication is well underway and lanterns are popping up across the park for The Festival of Light ✨

Inny and Gordito show us just how graceful they are underwater (and how enthusiastic they are for food) in this #KeeperCam footage! 🦦

The Great British Autumn has arrived at Longleat, and what a fabulous fall-themed first weekend it's been! 🍂 With creative crafts and birds of prey shows in The Longhouse and our giant Top Trumps Trail around the park, there's lots to explore with your Day Ticket this half term.

Tick tock, tick tock - we're back to Greenwich Mean Time today! 🕰️ Did you know that Greenwich Mean Time is the yearly average of the time that the Sun crosses the Royal Observatory Greenwich each day?

Look who has arrived at Longleat 👀 With just two months until Christmas Day, Morph is here to help us get ready for The Festival of Light this year! Keep your eyes peeled for him on our socials as we prepare for this year's theme: British Icons with Wallace & Gromit and friends.

"Oi! Have you heard that Longleat's Great British Autumn event starts tomorrow?"  It's true! Are you coming to join us? 🍂🧡

This might just be Keeper Ian's shot of the year - what do you think? 🐯📸 Our tigers make such stunning subjects!

Only the hottest album artwork ever 😎 The Ring-Tailed Lemurs are the coolest band in Wiltshire.

Keeper Sam took these amazing photos of Koda showing off one of the things that make the red panda such an interesting species! 🤩 #KeeperCam

Happy International Sloth Day to the slowest pair of mammals on the park 🦥 📸 Keeper Nadia #KeeperCam

Howl you doing? It's Wolf Awareness Week! 🐺 Believe it or not, predator species like wolves are incredibly important to ecosystems. An excellent example of their impact can be seen at Yellowstone International Park.

One week to go until the Great British Autumn at Longleat! 🍂 Come rain or shine, it's the perfect family day out over October half term. Stay in the comfort and warmth of your own car for our Drive-Through Safari before getting creative in The Longhouse with themed crafts!

POV: You called Janine an emu in front of Kevin (they're secretary birds!) 🙊

Could this shadow captured on camera be a previous owner of Longleat House roaming the grounds? 👀 The spooky shape was spotted by Dr Tom Lewis, conservation and research manager, as he reviewed camera traps in the Safari Park.

When someone says they like your smile and it totally makes your day ☺️

Sisterly love 🐯💖

We can barely contain our excitement - Animal Park has once again been longlisted for 'Best Daytime Show' in the TV Choice Awards 🎉 If you love the series as much as we do, make sure to cast your vote here: https://www.tvchoicemagazine.co.uk/vote/ #TVChoiceAwards #AnimalPark

Only a fortnight to go until Great British Autumn at Longleat, featuring a Giant Top Trumps Trail around the Park and birds of prey shows in The Longhouse! 🍂

You're not prepared for the level of cuteness in these photos 😍 Pinkie, Green Bean and William are only around three months off reaching maturity and are now approaching their parents' weights - which is 20x more than they weighed when they were born.

Inside Longleat will return to our screens soon! 📺 In the second series, we'll see Lord and Lady Bath and their team of specialists host our summer events.

Just one more month till Wallace and Gromit and other classic Aardman characters join us at Longleat for The Festival of Light! ✨

Falling in love with the autumn colours 🍂  It really is one of our favourite seasons on the Longleat Estate.

Are you ready for Celebrity Traitors this week? Our team certainly are. But are you a faithful?

Paws-itively ad-roar-able 😻

It's Bat Appreciation Month, so we're inviting our members to an exclusive evening of talks from our expert speakers 🦇

We're grinning from ear to ear - we've been announced as one of the happiest places to be in the world during summer 2025! 😁

Hip, hip, hippo-ray! Our pod have been loving their purpose-built paddock 🦛 Have you spotted them on the Jungle Cruise? Share any snaps below 👇

There's nothing quite like spending family time with your little ones 💖 And over the International Zookeeper Day Weekend (4 & 5 October), you can get a FREE child ticket per full paying accompanying adult when you book online in advance with the code KEEPER25.

Can you find all the giant Top Trumps cards at our Great British Autumn event? 🍂

Just hanging out with Chico 🦥 📸 Keeper Nadia

Passing on our luck to the Red Roses in the Rugby World Cup Finals! 🌹 And thank you to Wyvern Farm Vets for getting involved. #RWC2025

It's Save the Koala Day! Here at Longleat, we're proud to be part of the international effort to conserve the southern koala species 🐨

Today it’s three months until Father Christmas boards his sleigh - just like Shaun and the Flock! 🦌

This spooky season, you are invited to meet some of Longleat House’s more elusive guests 👻

Happy World Rhino Day to our incredible crash! 🦏

Say cheese - or banana! 📸 Keeper Sam

Our lions are testing their roar score 🦁 You can test yours at our Great British Autumn event from 25 October to 2 November!

Go on a cracking adventure to Longleat this winter! 🚀🧀🐑 The UK's original and best lantern experience is back with a brand new theme that's all about British Icons - from Aardman to Abbey Road!

Looking for a wild day out for less? 🦁 This International Zookeeper Day (4 & 5 October), kids go FREE at Longleat with every full paying adult!

We are saddened to announce that Lionel, who was a guest favourite here at Longleat, has passed away.

POV: you've told her she can't have a snack 🙊