Dudley Zoo Prices / Admission Fees / Ticket Offers

Dudley Zoo Prices / Admission Fees are different for Adults, Senior Citizens and Youth. Entry is free for a child below 3 years. Dudley Zoo provides the huge discounts on admission fees for students. Following are the details about Dudley zoo prices with a donation and without a donation.

Complete Details About Dudley Zoo Prices For The Year 2018

Dudley Zoo Opening Times and Closing Times For 2018

Dudley zoo remains open on all weekdays except Christmas day. Public holidays and festival season may affect the timings.

Following are the details about Dudley zoo opening timings (Including Sunday)

Best Time To Visit

You can visit this wonderful zoological garden at any time of the year. But it will be more pleasant during summers. Always keep your sunglasses, water bottle and cap with you. We suggest you wear soft shoes because it takes around 3 to 4 hours to explore all the attractions of a zoo.

Dudley Zoo Information

Dudley Zoo is one of the most visited tourist places present in Birmingham. This is a man-made abode of more than 1300 animals. Ultimate zoological garden situated near castle hill of Dudley. It is a great place for all age people. We can easily spend some quality time with family and friends. A large number of wild animals are the special attraction for kids. The zoo is one of the favorite one-day picnic places for local residents. Every Sunday thousands of footfalls are recorded here. The surrounding lush green garden with the pleasant environment gives you an incredible experience.

This 8-decade old zoological garden was opened in the year 1937. The zoo was built by William Humble Eric Ward, the Third Earl of Dudley. In 1930’s he decided to create zoo near his castle. This castle is known as Dudley castle. Construction of zoo was started in the year 1935. In 1936, Oxford zoo had sold their collection of animals to Dudley zoo.

There are total 13 zoo buildings which were designed by architect Berthold Lubetkin. Engineering work was done by Ove Arup. Zoo recorded a huge success on its opening day. There were around 50,000 visitors visited this zoological garden on its opening day. In the year 1938, toy train kind of small miniature railway was built by G & S Light Engineering. In 1978, it comes under the Dudley and West Midlands Zoological Society charity group. Not it is run by this society.

Dudley Zoo Animals

There are more than 1300 animals are present in this zoological garden. Big cats like Asiatic Lion, Sumatran Tigers, Snow Leopards and Lynx are attracting visitors in large number. The beautiful Red Panda, Asiatic Bear, Giraffe, Kangaroo, African Hunting Dogs, Yellow Mongoose, South African Porcupine, Sea Lion, Brazillian Tapir are some of the rare species of mammals which can be seen here.

There are numerous species of reptiles present in the reptile house. Carpet python, Milksnake, Garter Snake, Bornean Blood Python, Californian Kingsnake, Brazillian rainbow boa, Giant Asiatic Turtle, Philippine Lizard, Chinese Water Dragon, Iguana are some of them. There are more than 18 species of primates are adopted by the zoo. Collared Lemur, White-faced Saki, Ring-tailed Lemur, Yellow-breasted Capuchin, Colombian black spider monkey, Marmoset, Red-ruffed Lemur, Macaque are some of the primates which entertain children lot.

Dudley zoo is an ultimate destination for bird watchers. Birds like Mandarin Duck, Rainbow Lorikeet, Partridge, Yellow-backed chattering lory, Indian blue peacock, yellow-shouldered amazon, Flamingo, Snowy owl, Pheasant, Violet Turaco, Satyr Tragopan, Kookaburra, Monal Himalayan Pheasant, Java Sparrow, Little Egret etc. can be seen here.

Dudley Zoo Address, Contact Number, Map Location

Address: Castle Hill, Dudley DY1 4QF, West Midlands, United Kingdom.
Contact Number: 01384215313
Fax: 01384456 048
Email ID: [email protected]
Website: dudleyzoo.org.uk
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Attractions and Activities

Chairlift

This is one of the most favorite rides of visitors. It was built between zoo entrance and the Dudley castle in the year 1958. This was the first passenger ropeway of England. In 2000, it was closed by authorities due to health and safety concerns. But in the year 2012, it was reopened to the public. This is the perfect place to capture the panoramic view of Birmingham.

Land Train

The small miniature train which carries around 150 people. It runs in the park from 10:00 AM to 4:30 PM. You can explore all the attractions of a zoo with this toy train journey.

How To Reach Dudley Zoological Garden?

By Road: Dudley bus station is the nearest bus station from the zoo. It is situated at the distance of 0.9 miles from the zoological garden. It takes 5 minutes to reach here.