Children can visit Dudley Zoo and Castle for just £1 during October and November – and it includes half term too! Join us from Saturday, October 24 – Sunday, November 1 for spooky activities and ghost talks and discover more about the people who once lived at Dudley Castle – reportedly one of the most […]
Come and enjoy an afternoon adventure to DZC for just £10 on selected dates this summer! We’re staying open until 7pm every Wednesday throughout August with the discounted admission available from 4pm, giving you plenty of time to explore the 40-acre site, see the animals and follow our Wild Bricks sculpture trail! And for those […]
We’re proud to announce we’ve won a top industry award for Reindeer Ravine! We were named the winner of the ‘Habitats’ category at the prestigious British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquarium (BIAZA) Awards for the in-house transformation of the former Bear Ravine for our reindeer herd. Throughout the work, which was carried out […]
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 external 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, […]
We had a great time hosting our first few coffee morning events here at the zoo and can’t wait to do it all again this week! We welcomed more than 50 people last Tuesday and Thursday as we began our free ‘Coffee, cake and Castle Hill’ mornings in the site’s Tecton Room off the Safari […]
If you’re joining us during ‘owloween half term, make sure you check out our ‘Haunted Hunters’ – a brand-new spooky bird of prey display in the dark and eerie undercroft of the 11th century Dudley Castle. The free-flying display will be running at 11am and 2pm each day of the school holidays, but due to […]
As part of our conservation mission to connect the wider community with nature, we’re delighted to have secured funding from the UK government, through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, to deliver an exciting new initiative here at the zoo. We’ve partnered with Dudley Council, to provide ‘Coffee, Cake and Castle Hill’ – a brand new […]
There’s set to be frighteningly good fun at DZC this Halloween half term with our ‘Frights, feathers and fur’ event! Join us from October 25 through to November 2 for some spooky shenanigans! New for 2025, we bring you ‘Haunted Hunters’ a fangtastic bird of prey display in the eerie undercroft of the 11th century […]
Be a Zooperhero and help us tackle the threats endangered wildlife are facing in the wild. We’re inviting visitors to sign up for a 5K sponsored walk here at DZC on Saturday September 27 to raise funds for Painted Dog Conservation and DZC’s conservation projects. Zoo Director, Matt Lewis, said: “We’re really excited for this […]
