Knowsley Safari
Drive through the reserve from the car, then the sea lion and birds of prey shows. Reviews are split on value, and several warn that families expect a full zoo and find fewer headline animals, so set expectations first.
Knowsley Safari membership
Priced per person rather than per family, so a family of four is around £330. The saving point comes quickly if you go back, and the drive-through works in weather that would ruin most other days out.
1 place on kidzdaysacross 1 countyprices checked 2 August 2026
What it costs
| Option | A year | A month |
|---|---|---|
| Adult | £87 | £6.50 |
| Child or senior | £78 | — |
Two adults and two children: £330 a year. £87 each for 2 adults plus £78 each for 2 children. No family price.
Checked 2 August 2026. Nearly all of these go up in the spring, so if you are reading this much later, treat the figures as the shape of the thing rather than the price.
What it gets you into up here
One place on kidzdays, and this is it.
Also covers: One site, but the safari drive and the foot safari are separate halves of it.
The catch
Per-person pricing is easy to miss when you are comparing against a National Trust family membership.
Would it actually pay for itself?
We are not going to pretend to know. It turns entirely on how often you would really go, and the honest answer for most families is fewer times than they imagine in the shop. Count the trips you genuinely made last year, not the ones you meant to.
Worth saying plainly: more than half the days out on this site cost nothing at all, and no annual pass beats free. Have a look at those first.