** Visitor Attraction of the Year at the Marketing Cheshire Tourism Awards 2022/23 - Highly Commended **
** Best Tourism Marketing Project Award Winner at the Marketing Cheshire Tourism Awards 2022/23 **
Chester Zoo is home to over 27,000 endangered and unusual animals based in beautiful, award-winning zoological gardens. With over 500 different animal species in our 128 acres of award-winning gardens, you’re sure to have great day out full of adventure where you’ll feel empowered and inspired to create a better world for wildlife.
Bring your pride to see ours and visit our incredible Asiatic lions in their savannah habitat. Take a trip to Madagascar and wander through our lemur walkthrough habitat, then explore the dense jungles of South-East Asia by boat, and immerse yourself in the sights, sounds and smells of the Monsoon Forest.
Come and see some of our newest and cutest arrivals, with many making their very first appearances, from the critically endangered cotton-top tamarin to the incredibly rare dusky pademelon.
Stop for a bite at one of the many restaurants, cafes and kiosks located throughout the zoo! From classic family friendly dishes to tasty street food.
If you’re looking for something extra special, our contemporary British pub The Oakfield, serves freshly prepared locally sourced food and hand-picked beers, wines and spirits – the perfect accompaniment to your zoo visit.
Join our Zoo Rangers for a jam-packed programme of talks and family-fun events to top up your knowledge of incredible animals across the globe! What’s more, we have plenty of playgrounds and activities to keep the kids (and the kids at heart) happy all day long!
Why not turn your zoo visit into an adventure and book one of our unique Experiences that give you the opportunity to get even closer to our animals and plants with exclusive access and feeding activities? You’ll also gain behind the scenes knowledge from our expert keepers.
Large Attraction of the Year Gold Award Winner and Silver Award Winner for the Resillience and Innovation Award at the 2022 Visit England Awards for Excellence.
Discover our revolutionary new app, Wild Wander; where Pokémon Go meets rambling!
Wild Wander, our exciting new app has been designed to connect people with nature through the digital world and encourage them to explore and protect the great outdoors. The app will allow users to explore four trails in the zoo’s Nature Recovery Corridor like never before: thriving with beautifully animated local species in augmented reality.
September/October (4 Sept 2023 - 29 Oct 2023) | ||
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Day | Times | |
Monday - Sunday | 10:00 | - 16:30 |
May (9 May 2024 - 26 May 2024) | ||
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Day | Times | |
Monday - Sunday | 10:00 | - 17:00 |
May Half Term (27 May 2024 - 4 June 2024) | ||
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Day | Times | |
Monday - Sunday | 10:00 | - 18:00 |
June/July (5 June 2024 - 22 July 2024) | ||
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Day | Times | |
Monday - Sunday | 10:00 | - 17:00 |
July (28 July 2024 - 29 July 2024) | ||
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Day | Times |
July/August (30 July 2024 - 3 Sept 2024) | ||
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Day | Times | |
Monday - Sunday | 10:00 | - 18:00 |
* The zoo will be closed on Christmas Day and Boxing Day
Opening times may change depending on special events, please see T&Cs for further details.
Last admission is 1 hour before the zoo closes.
Last admissions for members is 30 minutes before closing.
The motorway and road network means that Chester Zoo is easy to reach from all over the UK, and you can visit in under two hours from as far as Birmingham or Leeds. From the M56, Junction 14, or M53 Junction 12, follow the brown signs to Chester Zoo. The postcode for sat nav is CH2 1EU. The zoo is also clearly signed on the A41 Chester road. The zoo is on the national cycle network and there are cycle racks at both the main and pedestrian entrance.
Visit www.chesterzoo.org for more info about getting to the zoo via public transport.
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