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- Parc history
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Plan your visit
Things to do
- Indoor activities
  
  Kirby tropical house
  
  Enter the night zone and see the fascinating lives of the night creepy crawlies! Explore the world of scorpions, amblypygids, vinegaroons and centipedes
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  Hinton tropical house
  
  In the seven zones that make up Hinton House, you’ll come face to face with grasshoppers, katydids, crickets, praying mantises, and tarantulas!
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  Comstock tropical house
  
  Meet the insects of the forest floor including millipedes and isopods. We’ll introduce you to fascinating beetle species and our colony of leaf-cutting ants.
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  Butterfly tropical house
  
  Our covered tropical butterfly house features over 30 species.
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- Bug handling experience
Chrysalis Café
Gift shop
Children's play area
School bookings
Birthday parties
Volunteer
Media

Find us

By car

Head northwest from Norwich on the A1067. Nowhere Lane is on the right just after the village of Lenwade.

By bus

You can get a bus to The Bug Parc on the X29 service between Norwich and Fakenham. However, the nearest bus stop is around a 20-minute walk from the zoo and involves walking along main and country roads without footpaths. We are currently working to secure a nearer stop, which would make the walk shorter and safer.

Parc facilities

The Bug Parc is expanding all the time with new facilities being added each season.

Car Park (including coach and accessible parking)
Public Patio Seating
Chrysalis Café
Animal Handling Room
Gift Shop
3 Tropical Houses
Children's Play Area (including an undercover sandpit and a giant jumping pillow)
Picnic Benches

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Opening times

The Chrysalis Café and Gift Shop are open to the public free of charge. To access the exhibits and the rest of The Bug Parc, you’ll need a ticket.

Parc and gift shop opening times

Wednesday to Sunday

10am - 4pm

(Closed Mondays and Tuesdays except for bank and school holidays)

Chrysalis Café

Wednesday to Sunday

8:30am - 4pm

(Closed Mondays and Tuesdays except for bank and school holidays)

Reviews

Excellent experience. All exhibits well documented. Clean environment.

Chris Wells

6 day(s) ago

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First visit for me and my partner. Amazing place. Good value for money, great place to visit. Alot of insects scorpions molluscs beetles ants etc to see. A beautiful butterfly house and a great area to get h...

Dave McNeil-Watson

1 week(s) ago

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Fantastic place for children and adults alike. Need more places like this in the UK, honest, reasonably priced and a great experience.

Dan L

1 week(s) ago

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I have been meaning to write a review since going to he The Bug Parc in January. We had purchased through Virgin Experiences a private handling tour for 2 with the owner, for my daughter who loves insects a...

Rachel Douglas

1 week(s) ago

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This place is amazing! The Bug Park is one of my favourite places to take my daughter for a quality day out. The owner personally comes out to give customers a great experience. The ant farm is totally mesme...

Gem Creed

1 week(s) ago

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Fascinating place

Tobias Cottle

3 week(s) ago

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Our 3rd visit and another fabulous day out! A brilliant display of different invertebrates (amazing for my bug mad son)! The staff are lovely and friendly, as well as very knowledgable and always keen to ask...

JASMINE LEWTHWAITE

3 week(s) ago

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Had a great time looking at all the bugs, me and my partner took part in the bug handling and Max was a great host, explained everything very well. Absolutely worth the experience.

Jon Travolta

3 week(s) ago

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