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Chester Zoo is a zoo in Upton-by-Chester, Cheshire, England. Chester Zoo was opened in 1931 by George Mottershead and his family. [ 3 ] The zoo is one of the UK's largest zoos at 51 hectares (130 acres) [ 4 ] and the zoo has a total land holding of approximately 160 hectares (400 acres).
The Chester Zoo monorail was an internal transport system at Chester Zoo that operated from 1991 to 2019. Description. Map showing monorail in 2012.
The Secret Life of the Zoo is a British documentary programme produced by Blast! Films on behalf of Channel 4.The series is filmed on location at Chester Zoo in the North West of England, and focuses on the behaviour of the animals at the zoo and their relationships with the keepers.
A construction firm which normally works on public projects like schools, bus stations and fire stations has just completed work on a new attraction at Chester Zoo. Andrew Dunham, from Telford ...
After his death, his ashes were scattered on the zoo memorial garden dedicated to his wife Elizabeth who died in 1969. The garden is now the Chinese garden at the zoo. The story of George Mottershead's founding of Chester Zoo is the subject of a 2014 BBC television drama serial, Our Zoo. Mottershead is portrayed by Lee Ingleby.
Our Zoo is a British drama television series from BBC One, first broadcast on 3 September 2014.. The six-part series, written by Matt Charman and directed by Andy De Emmony, is about George Mottershead, his dreams of creating a cage-free zoo, his family and how their lives changed when they embarked on the creation of Chester Zoo.
Oakfield Manor was originally a country house in Upton-by-Chester, near Chester, Cheshire, England.Since the 1930s it has been the headquarters of Chester Zoo.The house and its stables are recorded separately in the National Heritage List for England as designated Grade II listed buildings.
Professor Gordon Reid, director of the North of England Zoological Society, which runs Chester Zoo, admitted at Chester Crown Court that the law on health and safety had been broken. The Zoo was fined 25,000. Elephant keeper Richard Hughes, 34, died following the incident at Chester Zoo on February 8, 2001.