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Whipsnade Zoo, formerly known as ZSL Whipsnade Zoo and Whipsnade Wild Animal Park, is a zoo and safari park located at Whipsnade, near Dunstable in Bedfordshire, England. It is one of two zoos (the other being London Zoo in Regent's Park, London) that are owned by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), a charity devoted to the worldwide conservation of animals and their habitats.
He played for Watford, Norwich City, Blackburn Rovers, Tottenham Hotspur, Portsmouth and Coventry City. Graham Barber, retired FA referee, used to live in the village. A number of films and television shows have been filmed around Dagnall, including First Knight, Dinotopia, Humans (TV series), Worzel Gummidge.
Whipsnade is home to Whipsnade Tree Cathedral, a 9 + 1 ⁄ 2 acres (3.8 ha) arboretum planted in the arrangement of a cathedral, and Whipsnade Zoo. A chalk hill figure of a lion can be found on Bison Hill, created in 1933; it is owned by the zoo. It is the longest hill figure in England at 483 feet (147 m).
Whipsnade Zoo in Bedfordshire says it has been told by conservationists that its own boxer pupfish is the last one of its species in the world. It is native to Lake Chichancanab in Mexico, but ...
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The newborn chick walked around with its mother, Blossom, in its enclosure at the zoo. Red-crowned cranes, sometimes known as Manchurian cranes, are among the rarest cranes in the world. In 2020 ...
Construction of the railway started in 1970 and the initial line opened on 26 August 1970. The line provided rides within the animal enclosures and an additional attraction in its own right. Originally called the Whipsnade and Umfolozi Railway, [1] it began as a short line running from near the children's zoo. It was later extended to form a ...
The Abbey Line, also known as the St Albans Abbey branch line, is a railway line from Watford Junction to St Albans Abbey.The 6.5-mile (10.5 km) route passes through town and countryside in the county of Hertfordshire, just outside the boundaries of the Oyster Card and London fare zones. [1]