Zoo
Chester Zoo
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
🦒 Zoo or wildlife park, United Kingdom 194 spp. present
Chester Zoo is a zoo in Upton-by-Chester, Cheshire, England. Chester Zoo was opened in 1931 by George Mottershead and his family. The zoo is one of the UK's largest zoos at 51 hectares (130 acres) and the zoo has a total land holding of approximately 160 hectares (400 acres). Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
53.227° N 2.884° W
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Essentials
Entrance
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Tourism
High
Species present
194
speciesOpened
1931
Size
Large
Visit
Opening hours
Every day · 10:00–16:30
Getting there
Who runs it
- Founded by
- George Mottershead
What visitors say
🦒 Animals in captivity
Before you go
Where is Chester Zoo?
United Kingdom
Chester Zoo is a zoo or wildlife park in the United Kingdom. Its coordinates are 53.227° N, 2.884° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Snowdonia National Park, about 73 km away.
What animals can you see at Chester Zoo?
194 species
Citizen-science photos record 194 species at Chester Zoo, including Komodo Dragon, Slender-tailed Meerkat, American Flamingo, Humboldt Penguin and Greater Flamingo. Those with a page of their own in our atlas show the odds of seeing them in the wild.
Where can you see the animals of Chester Zoo in the wild?
Komodo Dragon: Komodo National Park
Some of the animals photographed at Chester Zoo also live in the parks and cities we cover: Komodo Dragon (over 90% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Komodo National Park), Slender-tailed Meerkat (about 40% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park) and American Flamingo (about 70% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve).
When is Chester Zoo open?
Every day · 10:00–16:30
According to its open map listing, Chester Zoo is open Every day · 10:00–16:30. Opening hours change with the season and on public holidays, so confirm them on the official website before you travel.
When did Chester Zoo open and how big is it?
Opened 1931, 66 ha
Chester Zoo, a zoo or wildlife park in the United Kingdom, opened in 1931 and covers about 66 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 194 species are photographed there.
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Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Wikidata (CC0) · iNaturalist observers · Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) · the centre's official website