Blackpool Zoo

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Name Blackpool Zoo Park

Address:
Blackpool Zoo, East Park Drive, Blackpool, Lancashire FY3 8PP

Telephone number:	Fax Number	E-mail address
01253 830830	01253 830 800	contact@blackpoolzoo.org.uk

How to Get There

For directions go to Mapquest and type in the postcode of the zoo.

Train:
Coach:

Opening Hours

Everyday except Christmas Day
Opens 10.00am to 5.45pm
Last admission 5.00pm

Facilities

General

Miniature Railway Ride
Toilets including disabled facilities
Gift shops

Catering

Self Sevice Cafe with licensed bar- kiosks and picnic areas

Children

Childrens Zoo
Childrens Play area
Baby changing room

Disabled

Toilets including disabled facilities

Feeding

Meerkat Feed and Talk
Sealion Feed and Talk
Pelican Feed and Talk
Otter Feed and Talk
Big Cat Feed and Talk (Talk daily, no feed Friday)

Shows

Swimulator-allows you to ride with the dolphins
Elephant Walk (Back to Elephant House)
Parrot Display (in the Arena)
Camel Walk
Great Ape Talk
Lemur Talk (inside Lemur Wood)
Tapir Talk
Animal Handling - (Insect and reptiles - inside the Elephant House)

Other Attractions

Walk through Lemur wood
Free flight aviary
Gorilla mountain
Wolf wood

Additional Costs

Restrictions

Number Of Species

Number of animals
(400+)

	Number of Species	Number of Animals
Mammals	40	167
Birds	53	247
Reptiles	2	23
Amphibians	0	0
Fish	1	30
Invertebrates	0	0
Totals	96	467

Annual number of visitors	Number of staff	Area in acres	Association memberships	Proprietor
303,249	26	32	The Federation of Zoological Gardens of Great Britain and Ireland European Endangered Species Programme European Association of Zoos and Aquaria-EAZA ISIS

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	Your Day at Blackpool Zoo
10.00am	Zoo opens
10.45am	Meerkat Feed and Talk
11.00am	Sealion Feed and Talk
11.25am	Pelican Feed and Talk
11.30am	Elephant Walk (Back to Elephant House)
11.45am	Parrot Display (in the Arena)
12.00pm	Otter Feed and Talk
12.30pm	Camel Walk
1.30pm	Great Ape Talk
2.00pm	Lemur Talk (inside Lemur Wood)
2.15pm	Parrot Display (in the Arena)
2.30pm	Sealion Feed and Talk
3.00pm	Otter Feed and Talk
3.15pm	Tapir Talk
3.30pm	Big Cat Feed and Talk (Talk daily, no feed Friday)
4.00pm	Animal Handling - (Insect and reptiles - inside the Elephant House)
5.00pm	Last admission to zoo
5.45	Zoo Closes