Chester Zoo

Type: Animal Collection

Chester Zoo is the UK’s no 1 charity zoo. Packed with 7,000 rare, exotic and endangered animals in 110 acres of award-winning gardens, Chester Zoo is a fantastic and stimulating day out for all ages. With 11 miles of footpath and a vehicle-free site, you’re free to roam and discover what’s around the corner.

Where else can you visit for a day that’s value for money and your funds goes directly to a conservational charity?

New at Chester Zoo.....
Cheetahs – The world’s fastest land mammal, the cheetah, has returned to the collection. View them from the new Bats Bridge!

Philippine Crocodiles – This freshwater crocodile, found only in the Philippine islands, is one of the most threatened crocodile species in the world. Their new enclosure is in the Tropical Realm.
For spectacular colour and a whole new sensory experience, visit the Butterfly House and Gardens home to up to 30 different species of exotic and native species.

New arrivals....
Come along and see our babies, including Kirana the new baby orang-utan and Asani, the Eastern black rhino calf, the first to be born at Chester Zoo for 10 years!

The 110-acre zoo is open all year from 10am daily (except Last entry and closing times vary with the seasons.

Car parking is free.

Restaurants, shops, monorail and summer time boat bus.

Facilities for disabled visitors, including self-drive electric scooters and wheelchairs.

Opening Times

Open Daily from 10am 1 Jan 2009 - 31 Dec 2009

Tickets Information

Road Directions

Follow the brown Chester Zoo signs from M56, jct 14; M53, jct 12.

The zoo is also clearly signed on the A41 Chester road.

Public Transport Directions

From Chester Main Line Station: Take taxi (app. 2 miles), or bus to Town Hall bus exchange. Mon - Sat, First Crosville number 1 half hourly to main entrance, or number 4, half hourly to pedestrian entrance. Bank Hols, 1 only. Suns and Bank Hols, Arriva 411, 412 to main entrance.

From Merseyrail Bache Station: First Crosville 1, (Mon-Sat and Bank Hols) from Mill Lane or Arriva (Sun and Bank Hols only) 411, 412 from Liverpool Road. All Arriva Trains Merseyside manned stations sell combined rail/bus/zoo tickets.

From Rivacre, Ellesmere Port and Cheshire Oaks: First Crosville 4, half hourly to Pedestrian Entrance (Mon-Sat).

From Liverpool, Birkenhead and Ellesmere Port: First Crosville 1 half hourly to Main Entrance (Mon-Sat), Arriva 411, 412 half hourly to Main Entrance (Sun and Bank Hols).