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Chester Zoo

Chester Zoo is a zoological garden at Upton-by-Chester. Within the built-up area of Chester, it is one of the places to visit. Our list has 27 more places within 15 km; first among them is Chester Cathedral, at 3.9 km.

Photo: Chester Zoo, Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net). (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where

In Chester

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 5%

#372 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–21°C

In brief

Zoo in Chester

One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#372 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (15 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Chester

Chester Zoo is inside Chester’s built-up area, with 12 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

How the seasons run

Afternoons in Chester reach 17–21°C from May to September.

Jan8° / 2°56 mm

Feb9° / 2°47 mm

Mar11° / 3°45 mm

Apr14° / 5°48 mm

May17° / 7°53 mm

Jun20° / 10°65 mm

Jul21° / 12°63 mm

Aug21° / 12°67 mm

Sep18° / 10°66 mm

Oct15° / 7°77 mm

Nov11° / 4°72 mm

Dec8° / 2°75 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Chester, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Chester. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Chester’s full climate →

About

Chester Zoo

It is written up in 15 Wikipedias.

Type: Zoo
Wikipedias: Covered in 15 languages
Town: in Chester
Official site: chesterzoo.org

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Where Chester Zoo is

Chester Zoo is in orange, with the places near it numbered as below.

Towns near it

Towns around Chester Zoo, by distance

In size, Chester comes first of the 8, with 92,756 people. The towns whose pages list it: the one it is in, those within 5 km of it, then larger towns further out.

1 · It’s in town

Chester

92,756 people · 17 places to visit

2 · 500 m west of it

Moston

1,099 people · 13 places to visit

3 · 2.1 km west of it

Mollington

285 people · 13 places to visit

4 · 2.9 km east of it

Mickle Trafford

1,840 people · 8 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Chester Zoo is	People	Places to visit
Chester	It’s in town	92,756	17
Moston	500 m west of it	1,099	13
Mollington	2.1 km west of it	285	13
Mickle Trafford	2.9 km east of it	1,840	8
Ellesmere Port	3.2 km north of it	65,425	9
Guilden Sutton	3.5 km southeast of it	1,462	11
Littleton	4.2 km southeast of it	707	11
Saughall	4.2 km west of it	2,655	6

Each has its own grades, prices and things to do.

Make a day of it

What else is near Chester Zoo

A visit can add 4 castles, a cathedral and a fort, from 27 places within 15 km.

CathedralChester Cathedral3.9 km away 2

Castle · English HeritageChester Castle4.6 km away 3

FortChester city walls4.5 km away 4

Historic houseEaton Hall9.6 km away 5

MuseumGrosvenor Museum4.4 km away 6

CastleOld Hawarden Castle10 km away 7

Castle · CadwCastell Ewloe13 km away 8

CastleBlobb Hill Castle11 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Chester Zoo, answered

Where is Chester Zoo?

Chester Zoo is in Chester, Cheshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Chester Zoo?

Zoological garden at Upton-by-Chester, in Cheshire, England.

When is the best time to visit Chester Zoo?

May to September are the warmest months in Chester, with afternoon highs of 17–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Chester Zoo?

Within 15 km: Chester Cathedral (3.9 km), Chester Castle (4.6 km), Chester city walls (4.5 km) and Eaton Hall (9.6 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (9)

Chester Zoo: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Chester Cathedral: Stephen Hamilton, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Chester Castle: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Chester city walls: John S Turner, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Eaton Hall: Neil Kennedy, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Grosvenor Museum: Dennis Turner, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Old Hawarden Castle: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Castell Ewloe: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Blobb Hill Castle: John S Turner, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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