Port Lympne Hotel and Reserve & Howletts Wild Animal Park
Matthew Crittenden possesses extensive experience in leadership and management roles across various organizations. Currently serving as Lifeboat Operations Manager and Station Manager at RNLI since July 2014, Matthew has demonstrated commitment to maritime safety. In addition, Matthew has been a Volunteer Coordinator at Carers Support since December 2016 and previously held the role of Volunteer Coordinator at Healthwatch Kent from November 2018 to February 2020. Earlier experience includes roles as Education Officer Animal Keeper at Port Lympne Hotel and Reserve & Howletts Wild Animal Park, Lead Youth Worker at CXK Limited, and involvement in historical properties with Historic England. Matthew also briefly served as a Press Officer and crew member with RNLI in August 2009.
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Port Lympne Hotel and Reserve & Howletts Wild Animal Park
Howletts Wild Animal Park and Port Lympne Hotel & Reserve, are Kent’s award winning wild animal parks, working in conjunction with the world leading conservation charity, The Aspinall Foundation. The popular visitor attractions are breeding sanctuaries for some of the world’s most rare and endangered animals and where possible, animals born at the parks are returned to protected areas of their native habitat to live wild and free – just as they should be! At Howletts, Kent’s original wild animal park, visitors can explore Animals of the Ice Age, Canterbury’s coolest outdoor exhibition! Plus, see the largest herd of African elephants in the UK, western lowland gorillas, walk with lemurs as the playful primates explore the branches overhead, come face to face with big cats and small cats and many more animals. Port Lympne Hotel & Reserve, is Kent’s largest wild animal park covering an impressive 600 acres! Home to the county’s authentic safari experiences, the reserve is also Europe’s first animal focussed holiday destination, offering overnight guests a variety of unique ways to stay. Visitors to Port Lympne can journey through South America, Asia and Africa via safari truck, to see hundreds of amazing animals, including Kent’s only giraffe and spectacled bears. Plus explore a forgotten world when they venture into Dinosaur Forest to come face to face with the terrifying T Rex and other favourites or, go wild and choose from a host of additional activities including animal experiences, private safaris, laser clay pigeon shooting, zorbing and much more.