Christmas - Dudley Zoo and Castle

Santa opens Reindeer Ravine!

Santa cut short his summer holiday to come and officially open our new £200K Reindeer Ravine! The work, which has taken four months to complete, has seen the Bear Ravine paddock on the lower zoo site transformed for our herd of 12 reindeer – including our five 2024 calves, Koda, Flynn, Flora, Robin and Sven. […]

Posted on 22nd July 202420th July 2024 by Press Office

A special Christmas gift!

We’ve received a very special early Christmas present, following the birth of a baby giant anteater! The pup was born to four-year-old mum, Lyra and six-year-old dad, Bubbles on Saturday afternoon in front of surprised visitors. Section Leader, Sam Grove, said: “It’s wonderful to end the year with this happy news, especially just before Christmas […]

Posted on 19th December 202320th December 2023 by Press Office

Thank you for playing Santa!

Thank you to everyone who continues to play Santa to our animals sending them treats and enrichment from our Amazon wish list, not just at Christmas, but also throughout the year. We’ve recently received lots of parcels for distribution across the site, including tasty lickits for our tapirs and giraffes, feeder balls for our sloth […]

Posted on 8th December 20235th December 2023 by Press Office

CBeebies stars welcome Santa!

Two CBeebies stars helped us kickstart our Christmas festivities, as they welcomed Santa to his popular grotto, which opens TODAY! Father Christmas was greeted by children’s television presenters Evie Pickerill and Gyasi Sheppy, who are both starring in Wolverhampton Grand Theatre’s pantomime, Snow White. Dudley Zoo’s Media and Communication Officer, Rachel Hickman, said: “Over the […]

Posted on 25th November 202324th November 2023 by Press Office

Panto launches at DZC!

Have you spotted DZC’s charming Harry Hatch’s cottage in Wolverhampton Grand Theatre’s fabulous pantomime launch photos? We had great fun welcoming the stars of Snow White on site, including Kelle Bryan, Niki Colwell Evans, Evie Pickerill, Gyasi Sheppy, as well as panto favourites Tam Ryan and Ian Adams for their official cast photographs. DZC Media […]

Posted on 12th October 202312th October 2023 by Press Office

Santa’s grotto tickets on sale!

Our Christmas Santa’s grotto tickets are on sale and we’ve already taken our first few bookings! And this year we’re opening our ‘The Chronicles of Dudley Castle’ on Saturday, November 25, with it then running from December 1 until Christmas Eve. Tickets for the festive package, which includes a visit to see Father Christmas inside […]

Posted on 31st July 202311th October 2023 by Press Office

Search for Santa!

It may be the start of summer, but we’re thinking ahead to Christmas as we launch a search for Santa! We’re looking to recruit the star of our busy castle grotto, which attracts thousands of excited young visitors each year. Interested applicants need to be able to spread lots of festive cheer as they work alongside […]

Posted on 4th July 20234th July 2023 by Press Office