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Linton Zoo, Cambridgeshire’s Wildlife Breeding Centre is the perfect place for a family outing whatever your age. There is also a coffee shop and gift shop.
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With a wealth of rare and exotic wildlife to see including Tigers, Lions, Tapirs, Lemurs, Owls, Parrots, Giant Tortoises, Tarantula Spiders and many others so there is always something exciting to see and do. The zoo is set in 18 acres of beautiful gardens with plenty of picnic areas. Free parking is within zoo grounds and there are children's play areas for all ages including a picnic area. Sinc

e opening in 1972, the Simmons family has built up a positive world wide reputation for its success with breeding endangered species and is especially respected for its work with animals often regarded as difficult. The zoo is also an important centre for environmental education, programmes on offer attract nursery groups up to University level.

05/08/2024

What fabulous news!💕💕💕

02/08/2024

Good morning Nefeli our gorgeous snow leopard girl!

02/08/2024

Good morning Nefeli! Our gorgeous snow leopard girl💕💕

01/08/2024

😊😊Our new website is now up and running😊😊
Please share with your family and friends.

Experience the beauty of wildlife at Linton Zoo Conservation Park. Learn about conservation efforts and get up close to a variety of animals.

28/07/2024

We are open daily now until the end of the school holidays at the beginning of September. It is no longer essential purchase tickets in advance although we do recommend it.

Thank you Nadia Lincoln for sharing your visit experience with Cambridgeshire Live followers!

Enjoy your Sunday everyone from all of the team at the zoo xx

27/07/2024

We won’t pretend it’s easy funding our huge animal family, we all know how much our everyday bills have increased in the last couple of years! That is why we are so grateful to the many of you who have been consistent supporters with donations of all kinds of things. We are very, very grateful to Sainsbury’s of Haverhill for regularly donating essential fresh fruit and vegetables.
Today’s lovely donation pictured and then you can see how some of the goodies have been prepared for some of our specialist birds such as Blyth's hornbills, aracari and turacos. We also owe a huge thank you to Beaphar UK for keeping donating supplies of their Universal food which is used as a topping for the fruit and insect eating birds.
Thank you from all of the team!

19/05/2024

VACANCIES AVAILABLE FOR IMMEDIATE START.
We have part time vacancies for catering/retail/admission assistants available now for an immediate start.
Previous experience beneficial but we provide full training. Flexible hours to fit in with our opening times currently 10am to 4pm (summer closing 5.30pm) some midweek days but open always at weekends, school holidays and bank holidays. Minimum age 16.
Application forms are available from the vacancies tab on our website www.lintonzoo.com these can be dropped off at the front gate or emailed to [email protected]

Linton Zoo Gardens, emphasis is on conservation and education whilst providing an enjoyable family day out.

17/05/2024

There is still time to book on to this conference!

10/05/2024

We’re open this weekend and for once it looks like it’s going to be dry a sunny, perfect for zoo visits 😀! Here’s a copy of our latest information leaflet. Have a lovely day from all of the team😊xx

29/03/2024

WE’RE OPEN DAILY FROM TODAY UNTIL SUNDAY 14th APRIL 24. We are aware that our website provider is having technical issues. Pre booking is not essential but encouraged. You can still book tickets and find opening information via the link.

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20/03/2024

Suddenly the gardens are bursting into colour, couldn’t resist sharing this photo which I have taken just now, of the grass beds by the tapirs. Have a lovely evening all of you!

18/03/2024

❤️❤️❤️Eastern Quoll snuggles❤️❤️❤️It’s mum and daughter time!
Stella and her one year old daughter Annie, provided many very cute photo opportunities for visitors at the weekend. Thank you to Simon Heywood for sharing this heart melting image.

14/03/2024

VACANCIES AVAILABLE FOR IMMEDIATE START.
We have part time vacancies for catering/retail/admission assistants available now for an immediate start.
We offer full training and flexible hours, mostly weekends, school holidays and bank holidays.
Minimum age 16.
Application forms are available from the vacancies tab on our website www.lintonzoo.com these can be dropped off at the front gate or emailed to [email protected]

Linton Zoo Gardens, emphasis is on conservation and education whilst providing an enjoyable family day out.

29/12/2023

We are aware our website hosting company are having some technical issues.
Whilst we are encouraging you to book in advance to guarantee admission this isn’t essential and you can buy your admission on arrival.

For the rest of the Christmas and New year holidays we are open daily 10am to 4pm, last admission 3pm, until 3rd January inclusive . Then we’re back to winter weekends. 😊

View Admission Tickets from Linton Zoo Conservation Park.

27/10/2023

Here’s the wish list reposted by popular request 😃

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27/10/2023

Thank you so much to the anonymous family or person who has kindly donated a selection of very useful items from our Amazon wish list, they have just arrived. Thank you to all of you who have kept the donations flowing, we are very, very grateful!

27/10/2023

‘Chelonian Conservation and Welfare in Europe’

15/10/2023

We love to receive photos you have taken here at the zoo. Thank you to Nick Levene for emailing lots of lovely images taken last weekend.

04/10/2023

Our adorable albino wallaby joey is daring to be out the pouch quite a lot this week, the little one is growing so fast! He or maybe she is sooo cute😍

Our OCTOBER OPENING SCHEDULE is weekends and also the half term holiday from 10am to 4.30pm. Last admission 3.30pm Tickets are now available to purchase via our website www.lintonzoo.com

23/09/2023

☀️☀️☀️💕💕💕 Catching some sun rays this morning. Our gorgeous boy Ziziki, still so handsome and still such a good looker for just past 20 years old!

21/09/2023

Our tapirs have three feeds a day of chopped veg, fruit, cereal, herbs and hay but their favourite is still always browse!
The weather is looking okay for the weekend, we’re open 10am to 5pm with the last admission at 4pm. Our education team will be out with some of the smaller zoo animals for you to meet at 1pm.
We are still encouraging visitors to pre book tickets via our website but it is no longer essential, you can just turn up! Hope to see you soon😊.

16/09/2023

Lovely day for zoo visits! Our daily animal encounter with our education team and keepers is a great way to learn more about our wonderful animals. For some, especially children, it’ll be the first time they’ve had an opportunity for such a close encounter with amazing animals like Dennis our Sinaloan milksnake.

15/09/2023

☀️☀️☀️☀️We’ve experienced some very warm temperatures over the last week or so, our thermometers recorded 32 degrees! The Aldabran giant tortoises enjoy the sprinkler or a soak in their nice muddy wallow on these hot, dry sunny days.☀️☀️☀️☀️

13/09/2023

Our September 2023 opening schedule is Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays 10am to 4pm and weekends 10am to 5pm. Last admission is one hour before closing. Please ignore any road closed signs, you can still get to us! Lovely to see many new faces and lots of regulars coming out to enjoy the quieter weekdays. Just got this snap our tapir family enjoying their teatime meal.

08/09/2023

☀️☀️☀️☀️ After a hot dry day out on the paddock our Hartmann’s all think it’s the perfect time for a dust bath.☀️☀️☀️☀️

28/08/2023

🥰🥰Our Southern ground hornbills love a pile of dry leaves to rummage through. It’s great enrichment especially when we mix in some of their favourite fruit and veg pieces and also some tasty mealworms. Watch two of our youngsters, Luki and Lakicia having a great time this morning.

18/08/2023

Our visitors have been delighted to see the latest addition to our wallaby mob, Doreen has a very cute albino joey.
We believe the albino red-necked wallaby is a descendant of a trio given to Queen Elizabeth 11, on a state visit to Australia in 1962. Albinism occurs when an animal, even some humans, are born without colouring pigments in the skin. It is rare for us to have albinos in our wallabies, the first birth here was in 2013.

14/08/2023

🦁🦁🦁Learn more about lions - Tuesday 15th August.🦁🦁🦁
Visitors will be able to listen to a couple of short talks at the lion enclosure tomorrow as we are joined by James Welch founder of the Safina Lion Conservation charity. James will be around for most of the day to answer any questions you might have about this very special cat!

James and his charity volunteers have raised over £20,000 to help with lion conservation.
Pictured below ; James meeting Masanja, an Ilchokuti 'Lion Custodian' working to monitor the local lions for KopeLion in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania, one of the four organisations James supports to help wild lions.
This special interest James has for lions started when he was just 12 years old and he met our gorgeous boy Zuri as a cub in 2006. James later joined us as a trainee keeper and started his zoo keeping career, he now works full time at Cotswold Wildlife park.
Great work James we are very proud of you! We all look forward to seeing you tomorrow.

09/08/2023

Our animal encounters team were out today inspiring the next generation and sparking a special interest in our natural world. Michael, Sophie and Sarah brought out a snake, tortoise and tenrec for visitors to meet!

01/08/2023

We are aware our website hosting company are having some technical issues. Please use the link below to book your tickets. Whilst we are encouraging you to book in advance to guarantee admission this isn’t essential and you can buy your admission on arrival. We are open daily from 10am until 5pm, last admission 4pm until further notice.

Save money by buying Tickets, Products, Membership Plans, Gift Vouchers for Linton Zoo Conservation Park online.

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http://www.lintonzoo.co.uk/

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P This is Queenie, one of our Victoria crowned pigeons. They originate from the swampy forests of Northern New Guinea and surrounding islands. Now the Dodo is extinct these birds are largest of the pigeon family. These beautiful birds are quite fearless of humans and so are easily hunted for their amazing head plumes, they are rapidly decreasing in numbers and are now IUCN ranked as vulnerable. Our pair were both captive bred and are part of a European breeding programme EEP aimed at saving them from extinction.

Katinka settling down to enjoy the morning sun

Thank you Simon for sharing this lovely video of our Eastern quoll. Stella and her daughter Annie lunching together.

💕💕💕Doreen, one of our wallabies, gave birth to an unusual albino joey last year. We thought you would like a little update so here’s a video from yesterday afternoon. He or she, we are still not sure yet, is not yet fully grown and is still so fluffy and very cute indeed. 💕💕💕

Our red kangaroos know how to chill 😃Did you know….a group of kangaroos is known as a mob, troop or court.

Good morning with Tilly our six-banded armadillo, she is so cute💕😊. We are open this weekend 10am until 4pm last admission at 3pm. We’re open for the Easter holidays from Friday 29th March, tickets are now on sale via our website www.lintonzoo.com Have a lovely day!

🌧️🌧️ It’s not stopped raining all night and this is the road outside our gates this morning! Lovely to see a few visitors have come out to see us😊☔️. Definitely not the weather we had hoped for as it’s the start of the half term holiday week ☹️. We are open daily up until and including next Sunday 25th, 10am until 4pm, last admission at 3pm.

Thank you to James Welch for sharing this video of Kali and Nabulaa, he says “Probably the laziest lion football I've ever seen thought you'd enjoy” 🦁😊Nabulaa definitely needs to give Kali lessons😂🤣

😍Happy birthday Erro, one year old today! 😍😍💕Here he is playing in the pool with mum Tiana and big sister Tamara during the storm yesterday afternoon.

☀️☀️☀️💕💕💕 Catching some sun rays this morning. Our gorgeous boy Ziziki, still so handsome and still such a good looker for just past 20 years old!

Our tapirs have three feeds a day of chopped veg, fruit, cereal, herbs and hay but their favourite is still always browse! The weather is looking okay for the weekend, we’re open 10am to 5pm with the last admission at 4pm. Our education team will be out with some of the smaller zoo animals for you to meet at 1pm. We are still encouraging visitors to pre book tickets via our website but it is no longer essential, you can just turn up! Hope to see you soon😊.

☀️☀️☀️☀️ After a hot dry day out on the paddock our Hartmann’s all think it’s the perfect time for a dust bath.☀️☀️☀️☀️

Just like people, tapirs need a little covering of sunscreen to protect them from the effects of bright sunlight. Their most sensitive areas are their ears and nose. Thank you to the supporter who recently donated a couple of tubes of factor 50 waterproof, sensitive skin sunscreen from our Amazon wish list and to all the anonymous donors who have also made recent purchases of other very useful goodies for our animals. We’re still open daily except 13th September. To guarantee admission please purchase your tickets through our website. Enjoy the last few days of the summer holidays!

Some of you have been asking about Riziki and Karla our grandparent African lions. We would like to reassure you that they are both well. During Covid the pathway to their enclosure was too narrow for social distancing, on reopening we realised that Rizi had become intolerant of some visitors trying to provoke a reaction from him whilst he was snoozing up the front. We decided, as Rizi and Karla at 19 years old and now seniors (Rizi is the second oldest male lion in the uk) we would retire them from public view. You can of course still see our other four lions at the top enclosure.

Our very loving pair Zuri and Safina…..with the snowy and freezing weather this last few days they are enjoying their very luxurious facilities, especially the underfloor heating!

Such a beautiful and peaceful day, three of our Hartmann’s enjoying the sun whilst at least eight red kites and buzzards soar higher and higher above them. The weather doesn’t look too bad for the weekend, some tickets are still available via our website www.lintonzoo.com