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Chester Zoo
Chester Zoo, Chester, Cheshire West and Chester CH2 1LH, UKAbout
Chester Zoo is a zoological garden at Upton-by-Chester, in Cheshire, England. It was opened in 1931 by George Mottershead and his family, who used as a basis some animals reported to have come from an earlier zoo in Shavington.[2] It is one of the UK's largest zoos at 111 acres (45 ha).[1] The zoo has a total land holding of approximately 400 acres (160 ha).