Dudley Zoo

Dudley Zoo Dudley Zoo and Castle Have you ever come face to face with a Lemur? Walked through a Rainforest? Seen the largest owls in Europe? Or travelled back in time?
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At Dudley Zoo, you can do this and so much more. Surrounding an 11th Century Castle, you’ll get closer to the World’s rarest animals, discover the horrible history of Dudley Castle and join in plenty of fun activities. Visit www.dudleyzoo.org.uk for full details.

Are you stuck for a last-minute Father’s Day gift? How about treating him to a ticket to watch one of our upcoming open-...
10/06/2026

Are you stuck for a last-minute Father’s Day gift?

How about treating him to a ticket to watch one of our upcoming open-air films, or take out a year-long adoption for one of our amazing animal dads?

If your dad is a film fan, why not get him tickets to enjoy a screening of The Goonies on Friday 7th August, or A Nightmare on Elm Street the evening after (Sat 8th) – with both films being held in the grounds of Dudley Castle.
Tickets cost £14 each and can be booked online.

Or if he’s an animal lover, a personalised adoption makes a fantastic gift! We’ve got a huge variety of species on-site to choose from, including lots of wonderful dads of our own - Djimat the orangutan (who celebrates his birthday on Father’s Day!), Chester the spider monkey, Twenke the bush dog and Reggie the sloth for starters!
Adoption packages start from just £41.50.

And don’t forget dads can come and visit the zoo for free over Father’s Day weekend (June 20 -21) with a full-paying child or adult and enjoy our family fun day!

The links to find out more are below!

09/06/2026

Great grey owls, Granville and Ursula, were spotted putting on the PDA!

Known as allopreening, watch as they both gently preen each other's feathers around their neck and head.

Not only is this an affectionate behaviour in bonded pairs, but practically, it also helps clean out-of-reach areas!

Visitors were inspired to make a difference for wildlife during a successful ‘Festival of Change’ at Dudley Zoo and Cast...
08/06/2026

Visitors were inspired to make a difference for wildlife during a successful ‘Festival of Change’ at Dudley Zoo and Castle.

The two-day community event, which brought together twenty local organisations and community groups, was designed to highlight how simple changes can make big impacts for people and wildlife.

The festival, a first for DZC, was made possible thanks to the Richardson Brothers Foundation and featured a host of talks, lectures, demonstrations and hands-on interactive activities, including bird and bat box building, flower seed ball and recycled bird feeder making – which visitors were able to take away with them to use at home.

The funding also allowed the charity to gift more than 400 free tickets for the festival to local people, including a number of ‘Wildlife Champions’ who were nominated for going above and beyond for nature in their local areas.

An exhibition, featuring the top ten inspiring Wildlife Champions, will remain on-show on the zoo over the summer months.

Zoo Director, Matt Lewis, said: “Despite the British weather, the Festival of Change was a fabulous event, which brought many inspiring people together and allowed for lots of valuable connections to be made.

“We hope to be able to look at running it again in the future, and we thank the Richardson Brothers Foundation for their continued support.”

We’re celebrating Father’s Day with fun for all the family – and dads can enjoy it for free! Throughout the Father’s Day...
08/06/2026

We’re celebrating Father’s Day with fun for all the family – and dads can enjoy it for free!

Throughout the Father’s Day weekend (Saturday 20 and Sunday 21) we’re hosting two family fun days, with additional activities in the castle courtyard between 12pm and 4pm.

Activities will include:
• Flip & Dippy’s Mini Beasts magic and puppet show
• Meet zoo mascots Monty and Jambi
• Tombola
• Face Painting
• Colouring

Explore the 11th century castle, ride on the chairlift and train and discover our amazing animals and fabulous fathers – while yours can come for free!

To claim the complimentary admission, dads will need to be accompanied by a full-paying child or adult. Tickets need to pre-booked in advance on our website – the link’s below.

Have you spotted our new female Colombian black spider monkey?Six-year-old Blinky has joined us from Fota Wildlife Park ...
07/06/2026

Have you spotted our new female Colombian black spider monkey?

Six-year-old Blinky has joined us from Fota Wildlife Park in Ireland to form a new breeding group with 18-year-old Chester and Evita, aged 22.

Although she’s been here a while, she’s only recently been introduced to our older pair in their habitat on the lower zoo site.

You may have also noticed our five-year-old girls, Ivy and Nina, are no longer here at DZC – they’ve both moved to new collections as part the breeding programme – with Nina trading places with Blinky and moving to Fota Wildlife Park, while Ivy moved to Colchester Zoo earlier this year.

What a great time we had yesterday during our first day of the Festival of Change and we’re set to do it all over again ...
06/06/2026

What a great time we had yesterday during our first day of the Festival of Change and we’re set to do it all over again today!

There’s going to be more external speakers, hands-on conservation workshops and activities, a packed courtyard of stalls by our local community partners and storytime sessions, as well as a conservation inspired clay model workshop with award-winning stop motion animator, Leo Wright.

Plus, we’re welcoming our ‘Wildlife Champions’ to the festival who were nominated for going above and beyond for wildlife in their local communities.

The top ten champions are also being featured in a special exhibition across the zoo throughout the coming months, so take a look the next time you’re visiting.

Find out scheduled timings of today’s events in our stories.

05/06/2026

Jude, our Linne’s two-toed sloth, is two today!

If you’re coming to today’s Festival of Change, make sure to stop by our mixed armadillo and sloth habitat and wish Jude a very Happy Birthday!

There’s lots going on across site today, including guest speaker talks from representatives from Twycross Zoo, West Midlands Bird Club, University of Birmingham and DZC; hands-on conservation activities, stalls from external partners, a packed animal talk programme and storytime.

Find out timings in our stories!

It was Arthur and Dorothy our pancake tortoises making the tracks! Were you correct with your guesses?Our Reptile House ...
04/06/2026

It was Arthur and Dorothy our pancake tortoises making the tracks!

Were you correct with your guesses?

Our Reptile House is open each day from 11am for you to discover more about our tortoises and their fellow reptile friends!

Make tracks to DZC this weekend for our Festival of Change - but do you have any idea who these tracks belong to?Leave y...
04/06/2026

Make tracks to DZC this weekend for our Festival of Change - but do you have any idea who these tracks belong to?

Leave your guesses below and we’ll reveal the answer later!

Thank you to everyone who visited us last month – you helped us achieve our best performing May in nine years!Our David ...
03/06/2026

Thank you to everyone who visited us last month – you helped us achieve our best performing May in nine years!

Our David Attenborough birthday 100p children’s entry offer at the start of the month and a sunny half term last week saw us welcome 35,422 visitors through the gates during the month.

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We’re now gearing up to the summer holidays when we host ‘Wild Bricks’ – a first for DZC!

We hope you’ll join us throughout the six-weeks to see a trail of life-sized endangered animals, which are made up of thousands of colourful toy bricks.

Anyone who pre-books tickets for the summer holidays can use the early bird discount code, BRICKS30, giving you 30 per cent discount on admission!

Find out more on our website!

Address

Tipton Road
Dudley
DY14SQ

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 5:30pm
Tuesday 10am - 5:30pm
Wednesday 10am - 5:30pm
Thursday 10am - 5:30pm
Friday 10am - 5:30pm
Saturday 10am - 5:30pm
Sunday 10am - 5:30pm

Telephone

+441384215313

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