60% of all primate species are threatened by extinction or are endangered, according to recent estimates. The decline of these populations is essentially due to loss of favourable habitat but also hunting and the illegal pet trade. Trentham Monkey Forest in Staffordshire is home to 140 endangered Barbary macaques. This year the park has formed […]
It’s finally here – this week one of the Trentham Monkey Forest team is setting off to climb the biggest mountain in Africa, Kilimanjaro. A team of people from Staffordshire, Cheshire, and Shropshire will be taking part in the 6-day climb. They will walk through extreme temperatures and a variety of terrains – including an […]
Local couple and owners of nearby hotel Heywood Hall celebrate their monkey anniversary in Trentham. Alison and Joseph Petitjean met whilst working in France in the early 80s. Joseph, who grew up in the beautiful Alsace region of France, lived extremely close to one of our sister park La Montagne des Singes. This park was […]
This September, local attraction Trentham Monkey Forest is teaming up with reading charity ‘Beanstalk’ to bring you the Monkey Forest Readathon on 9th September. Monkey Forest wants to encourage the local community to read and what better way than making the stories monkey related. Beanstalk, who rely on volunteers to help provide their services, do […]
#MFReadathon Competition – Terms and Conditions #MFReadathon – Win a family ticket to Trentham Monkey Forest and books donated by Beanstalk Trentham Monkey Forest want people to send in pictures of them reading with their little ones using the hashtag #MFReadathon for a chance to win. Prize: 1 x family ticket to Trentham Monkey […]
Win the Ultimate Trentham Experience We’re giving visitors the chance to win the ultimate Trentham experience in our new summer competition, Baby Zoom. The appropriately named competition wants visitors to send in their best baby monkey images, which shouldn’t be too hard as we’ve recently welcomed 4 new arrivals! There are 4 […]
Baby Zoom Photography Competition – Terms and Conditions Baby Zoom – Win the ultimate Trentham Experience Trentham Monkey Forest’s competition to win the ultimate Trentham experience by sending in photos of Monkey Forest’s baby monkeys via social media pages. Prizes: Top prize – 4 tickets to Monkey Forest, 4 tickets to Trentham Gardens, 4 […]
Baby season is hotting up at Trentham Monkey Forest as the first babies of the year are born. Slightly later than usual, the 2 new arrivals were born on 27th and 30th May and they will hopefully be the first of a number of births in the coming weeks. Birthing season runs from late spring […]
Forget the Easter Bunny, Stoke on Trent has 140 Easter monkeys! Trentham Monkey Forest is getting ready to celebrate and what better way than chomping down on some Easter Bunny favourites. As we indulge ourselves in Easter eggs, the Barbary macaques are taking a leaf out of the bunnies’ book and eating lots of carrots […]
It’s British Science Week! Join us on the 19th March to celebrate. As well as our NEW Become a Scientist Quiz, we’ll be joined by Air Products who are here to show you some very cool science displays.