London Zoo 

No visit to London is complete without a visit to the famous London Zoo, located at the north-east corner of Regent's Park on the Outer Circle. The zoo covers 36 acres which are spread over three areas of garden linked by tunnels and bridges. A recommended route guides visitors around the site.

London Zoo was the World's first scientific zoo. Opened in 1828, it housed a collection of exotic animals that were studied by eminent scientists of the day. Only later in 1847, did the Zoo open its doors to the public and, from then on, became the most famous zoo in the World.

The zoo houses many of the Zoological Society of London's smaller animals including a wonderful range of reptiles, fish, invertebrates, birds and small mammals. Of the more than 650 species at London Zoo, 112 are listed as threatened in the Red Data books. London Zoo participates in breeding programmes for 130 species.

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An animal adoption is a unique and unusual gift for yourself or someone special, and provides a crucial lifeline to our vital conservation work in over 30 countries.

Available from as little as £25, the money raised from your adoption will help to provide food and special care for our animals at London Zoo and Whipsnade Wild Animal Park.

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Throughout the 19th century, most of the animals were sent by people from all over the world – diplomats, sailors, collectors. Many reached London by sea and some were required to walk the last few miles to the Zoo,The first giraffes on their walk to the Zoo in 1836, panicked at the sight of a cow in Commercial Road! 'Tommy' the first chimpanzee arrived in more style in 1835, in a stage coach.