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Article: DAYS OUT ; Trentham Monkey Forest, Staffordshire,
- Article from:
- The Independent on Sunday (London, England)
- Article date:
- May 13, 2007
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The industrial landscape of the Potteries is an unlikely place to
find a forest full of monkeys. But beyond the defunct pot banks and
coal mines there are plenty of green spaces, not least the pleasure
park, Trentham Gar-dens. At the southern end of that estate, 60
acres have been enclosed to provide a home for 140 Barbary Macaques.
There they roam in freedom, interacting at will with the humans who
pay to get a closer look by following a trail amid the trees where
the monkeys play. It's an extraordinarily intimate experience,
enhanced by the presence of knowledgeable staff who roam the grounds