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Take a walk through Bristol Zoo Garden's new Butterfly Forest which celebrates the amazing variety of butterflies and moths found across the world, from the Arctic to the tropics. The new exhibit will immerse visitors in a butterfly paradise as they wander freely through a colourful array of butterflies, moths and flowers. Taking the theme of a tropical rainforest, the undercover walk-through will also be surrounded by a newly landscaped Nectar Garden.
Visit the Monkey Jungle at Bristol Zoo. This fabulous exhibit provides a first class home for its primate neighbours including monkeys, lemurs and gorillas. It also offers visitors the unique opportunity to interact with the lemurs in the delightful lemur garden.
Come face to
face with penguins and seals in their natural element - beneath the waves - at award winning Seal and Penguin Coasts, a must for all visitors to the Zoo. Other favourites include award-winning Bug World, Twilight World, the Reptile House and the children's play area. From the smallest and rarest tortoise in the world, to the largest ape, there are over 450 exotic and endangered species to experience.
The Gardens
Over 160 years of nurturing and garden artistry has established 12 acres of rare beauty and outstanding variety. Apart from the fascination of the animals, the gardens provide botanical and educational interest as well as an enjoyable horticultural experience for all.Carefully chosen combinations of colour are used to stunning effect all year round. This can best be seen in the formal setting of the spring and summer beds and borders, and within the less formal arrangements of the rock gardens and exotic sub-tropical displays. The tree collection is as broad as it is tall, ranging from ornamental acers to centuries old cedars.
Animal enclosures are enhanced wherever possible. Some feature rare species of plant like 'moth orchids' from the Philippines or the more local Bath asparagus, which are endangered in the wild.
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Opening Times
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(2008 times)
Open daily from 9.00am - 5.30pm in high season (5.00pm in low season). Closed Christmas Day.
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Admission Charges
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(2008 prices)
Adult 12.00; Child (3-14yrs) 7.50; Senior Citizen/15-18 yrs/student with NUS or ISIC card 10.50; Family Ticket 35.00 (2 adults + 2 children); Under 3yrs Free.Please note admission prices include a 10% per person voluntary donation to support our International Primate Projects. |
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Directions
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By Bus: A Zoo Safari Ticket on any First Badgerline/City Line bus into Bristol centre gives discounted bus travel/Zoo entry. Frequent services - 8 (508) and 9 (509) between City Centre, Redland, Temple Meads Station and the Zoo. Also 585/587. Open top bus ('Hop on and off') 1st April - 24th Sept - hourly, touring round the City. Discounts on dual Zoo/bus tickets. By Road: From the M5, take the A4018 via J17; A4 via J18, then follow brown elephant signs. These signs can also be followed from Bristol City Centre. From South Wales, use 2nd Severn Crossing (M4), take M49, then M5, J18 (A4). By Train: Bristol Temple Meads and take the 8 or 9 bus to the Zoo main entrance. |
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Bristol Zoo Gardens Postcode for SatNav: BS8 3HA |
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Nearby Attractions
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Bristols City Museum and Art Gallery
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Bristol Museum containing collections representing the arts, human history and natural science. |
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Bristol's Georgian House
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A carefully preserved example of a late 18th-century sugar merchant's town house. |
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Bristol's Red Lodge
(1 Mile)*
Built c. 1590, it was in the grounds of the Great House which stood on the site of the present Colston Hall. Inside on the first floor, is the last surviving suite of 16th-century rooms in Bristol. |
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