Dudley Zoo is in the West Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode DY1 4QF), in the parish of Dudley, unparished area.

How do I get to Dudley Zoo?

The nearest railway station is Tipton, about 2.0 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode DY1 4QF.

Zoos & aquariums · West Midlands

Dudley Zoo

Also known as: Zú Dudley

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Dudley Zoo — zoo in West Midlands, England.

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Plan your visit

Typical visit: 3 h–5 h
Nearest railway station: Tipton · 2.0 km

Family-friendly
Wheelchair accessible

Dudley Zoo is a zoo, wildlife park, or public aquarium in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 1937. Address: DY1 4QF. Wikidata describes it as: "zoo in West Midlands, England". Coordinates: 52.5139°, -2.0771°.

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From the Wikipedia article

Dudley Zoo & Castle (previously Dudley Zoological Gardens) is a 40-acre (16 ha) zoo within a 200-acre densely-wooded site located within the grounds of Dudley Castle in the town of Dudley, in the Black Country region of the West Midlands, England. The zoo opened to the public on 18 May 1937. It contains 12 modernist animal enclosures and other buildings designed by the architect Berthold Lubetkin and the Tecton Group. The zoo went into receivership in 1977 and was purchased by Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council. Dudley Zoo is now operated by Dudley and West Midlands Zoological Society, founded in 1978 and a registered charity.

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Background

History

The owner of Dudley Castle, William Ward, 3rd Earl of Dudley, decided to create a zoo in the castle grounds in the 1930s. The initial Board of the Dudley Zoological Society was made up of the Earl, Ernest Marsh (director of Marsh and Baxter) and Captain Frank Cooper, owner of Oxford Zoo, who wanted to sell his animals and it was Oxford Zoo, which closed in 1936, that supplied Dudley with the majority of its initial collection of animals. The zoo was built between 1935 and 1937, with Dr Geoffrey Vevers, the Superintendent at London Zoo acting as an advisor. Thirteen zoo buildings were designed by Berthold Lubetkin and engineering was carried out by Ove Arup. Further constraints were…

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Coordinates: 52.5139, -2.0771
District: Dudley
Parish: Dudley, unparished area
Postcode: DY1 4QF
Parliamentary constituency: Dudley
Phone: +44 1384 215 313
Established: 1937
Nearest railway station: Tipton — 2 km
Official site: www.dudleyzoo.org.uk

Sources

wikidata: Q5312027 (CC0)
wikipedia: Dudley Zoo (CC BY-SA 4.0)
commons: Dudley Zoo entrance, pic 2, England.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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