We’ve been ranked the best zoo in the UK by TripAdvisor and it’s all thanks to you, our visitors.
The world’s biggest travel guidance platform, TripAdvisor, has named Chester Zoo as the best rated zoo to visit in the UK with over 11,000 ‘Excellent’ ratings!
Based on millions of online reviews, the new ranking puts us ahead of other zoos after earning consistently good reviews from our visitors. TripAdvisor has also listed us as the eighth best zoo or aquarium to visit in Europe.
This wonderful news means that as a conservation charity, we can continue our work with countries across the world to help all animals survive and thrive, as well as provide expert care to the 37,000 animals we are currently home to.
With every admission ticket, membership, animal adoption, or experience purchased, you are contributing to our mission of preventing extinction, and with your support we can keep making a difference.
“We’re over the moon to be named the best zoo in the UK. It’s an incredible achievement and especially pleasing given it’s based on thousands upon thousands of genuine reviews and opinions.”
Jamie Christon, CEO of Chester Zoo.
Jamie continued to say:
“It’s a real seal of approval from our visitors and testament to every single one of our dedicated, hardworking, and talented staff that make our conservation zoo the wonderful place it is.
“We’re always looking to offer new, exciting and authentic experiences that connect our visitors with the natural world, while also putting a much-needed spotlight on the environmental challenges our planet is facing and highlighting what people can do to tackle them. Only last month we unveiled a fantastic new habitat for highly threatened snow leopards, featuring special air-conditioned caves and more than 600 tonnes of rock to closely replicate the Himalayas – a place where these stunning animals are fighting for their survival. This time next year we’ll be gearing up to open another – a project we’re calling Heart of Africa which will recreate the experience of herds mixing as they do in African grasslands, bringing together a number of different animals including giraffe, zebra, roan antelope, blesbok antelope and ostrich on a large mixed-species savannah.
“Every time someone walks through our gates, not only do they enjoy all kinds of wildlife experiences like these and a have great day out, they’re also contributing to the vital conservation work we carry out here and around the world. That’s why, as a not-for-profit conservation zoo, this top Tripadvisor ranking means such an awful lot to us. It’s confirmation that we’re getting things right for our visitors – especially important as, together, we’re preventing extinction and making a real difference for wildlife.”