Īn Ordnance Survey inch-a-mile map published in 1936 shows the area around as farmland and villages and marks the present Zoo area north of Oakfield as "Butter Hill". The first animals were displayed in pens in the courtyard. There were local objections, but Mottershead prevailed, and Chester Zoo opened to the public on 10 June 1931. The house had 9 acres (3.6 ha) of gardens and provided easy access to the railways and to Manchester and Liverpool. He bought Oakfield Manor for £3,500 in 1930. He chose Oakfield Manor in Upton-by-Chester, which was a country village then but now is a suburb of Chester. Despite this, his collection of animals grew and he began to search for a suitable home for his zoo. Mottershead was wounded in the First World War and spent several years in a wheelchair. A visit to Belle Vue Zoo in Manchester as a boy in 1903 fuelled his developing interest in creating a zoo of his own. George Mottershead collected animals such as lizards and insects that arrived with exotic plants imported by the business.
The Mottershead family's market garden business was based in Shavington near Crewe. In 2017, it was named as the best zoo in the UK and third in the world by TripAdvisor. In 2007 Forbes described it as one of the fifteen best zoos in the world. It is the most-visited wildlife attraction in Britain with more than 2 million visitors in 2019. The zoo has a total land holding of approximately 160 hectares (400 acres).Ĭhester Zoo is operated by the North of England Zoological Society, a registered charity founded in 1934. It is one of the UK's largest zoos at 51 hectares (130 acres). Chester Zoo was opened in 1931 by George Mottershead and his family. Mkomazi National Park Painted Dogs ConserveĬhester Zoo is a zoo at Upton-by-Chester, Cheshire, England.
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