White Park cattle

White Park
Conservation status
  • FAO (2007): not at risk:145
  • RBST (2021–2022): at risk
  • DAD-IS (2023): at risk/endangered
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Distribution
  • Australia
  • Canada
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
Usebeef
Traits
Weight
  • Male:
    800-1000kg
  • Female:
    500-700kg
Coatcolour-pointed – white with black or red points
Horn statushorned
  • Cattle
  • Bos (primigenius) taurus

The White Park is a modern British breed of cattle. It was established in 1973 to include several herds or populations of colour-pointed white cattle – white-coated, with points of either red or black on the ears and feet. Such cattle have a long history in the British Isles, and the origins of some herds go back to the Middle Ages.

In the twenty-first century it is an endangered breed, and in 2023 was listed as 'at risk' on the watchlist of the Rare Breeds Survival Trust. Two semi-feral populations of these cattle were later given separate breed status as the Chillingham Wild Cattle in Northumbria and the Vaynol herd from Gwynedd in North Wales, .

In the United States it is known as the Ancient White Park; the American White Park is a different breed.