Whipsnade and London Zoo spruce up this January

We’re sprucing up! 

We’re taking some time early this year to give our zoos some extra love and attention. We’ll be closing both of our zoos for 10 weekdays this January, when our zoos are least busy, for routine annual maintenance, so we can devote time to tackling some of the jobs that are difficult or unsafe to do with visitors around.  

We’ll still be open every weekend, but from Monday 20 to Friday 24 January, and again the following week from Monday 27 to Friday 31 January, both London Zoo and Whipsnade Zoo will be closed. This is so all colleagues – from zookeepers to scientists and everyone in between – can muck in and help to mend, paint, clean, sweep, sow, plant and renew parts of our zoos. All weekends will be open as usual, so you can still get your Zoo visits in.

Thanks for your everyone who has signed up to lend a hand during the spruce up, and for your ongoing support.