Colchester Zoo
Colchester Zoo is a zoological garden situated near Colchester, England. Open since June 1963, the zoo is home to many rare and endangered species, including big cats, primates and birds as well as many invertebrates and fish species.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Opening hours: 9:30 AM—4:00 PM
- Type: Zoo
- Description: zoological garden situated in Colchester, England
- Also known as: “Stanway Hall Zoo Park”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Michael and All Angels Church, Copford and Copford Hall.
St Michael and All Angels Church, Copford
Church
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of St Michael and All Angels, Copford is a 12th-century parish church located near the small village of Copford, Essex. It most likely served as a chapel to nearby Copford Hall, once owned by the bishops of London. St Michael and All Angels Church, Copford is situated 1 mile northwest of Colchester Zoo.
Copford Hall
Building
Photo: Glyn Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Copford Hall is a manorial seat and Grade II listed country house, with gardens by Capability Brown, in the village of Copford, Essex, England, 46 miles from London. Copford Hall is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Colchester Zoo.
The Stanway School
School
The Stanway School is a mixed secondary school located in Stanway in the English county of Essex. The school was converted to academy status in May 2013, and used to be a community school under the direct control of Essex County Council. The Stanway School is situated 1½ miles north of Colchester Zoo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hardy’s Green and Copford Green.
Hardy’s Green
Hamlet
Hardy's Green is a hamlet in civil parish of Birch in the Colchester district, in the county of Essex, England. Nearby settlements include the city of Colchester.
Copford Green
Hamlet
Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Copford Green is a hamlet within the civil parish of Copford and the district of Colchester in Essex, England. It is near the A12 and A120 roads, and is 3 kilometres south west of Colchester. Copford Green is situated 1½ miles west of Colchester Zoo.
Layer de la Haye
Village
Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Layer de la Haye, sometimes hyphenated as Layer-de-la-Haye, is a village and civil parish in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England. It is the largest and easternmost of the three neighbouring parishes called Layer, the others being Layer Breton and Layer Marney. Layer de la Haye is situated 1½ miles southeast of Colchester Zoo.
Colchester Zoo
- Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: Stanway, City of Colchester, Essex, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.86089° or 51° 51′ 39″ northLongitude
0.83143° or 0° 49′ 53″ eastElevation
82 feet (25 metres)Open location code
9F32VR6J+9HOpenStreetMap ID
way 106947352OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=zoo
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Swedish—“Colchester Zoo” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Colchester Zoo”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جنينة حيوانات كولتشيستر”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جنينة حيوانات كولشستر”
- French: “zoo de Colchester”
- French: “Zoo de Colchester”
- German: “Colchester Zoo”
- Irish: “Zú Colchester”
- Italian: “zoo di Colchester”
- Polish: “Colchester Zoo”
- Polish: “zoo w Colchester”
- Swedish: “Colchester Zoo”
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