BRISTOL ZOO PROJECT | NEW, WILD AND WONDERFUL PHOTO OPPORTUNITIES |

The new Bristol Zoo Project site is a wonderful photo location and its layout enables many photographs to be taken without the hindrance of bars and barriers. The animals are in vast enclosures which have been made as natural as possible so in many instances you are taking photos with fields, grasses and wild flowers around the animals with no cages or fences to have to focus through. In the bear and wolves area you are walking above the ground on wooden walkways looking down on the the animals with an unimpeded view.

Bristol Zoo Project | Past Present and Future

In 2020, it was announced that Bristol Zoo Gardens in Clifton was closing in order to build a new conservation zoo at Bristol Zoo Project.

There have been frequent updates on progress on their websites and newsletters including the one below from June 2024

Following its closure in 2022, we have been preparing the site for sale. This has been a complicated process!

Since 2022, we have moved our animals, significant parts of our higher education activities and our volunteer and schools programmes, to the Bristol Zoo Project site.

We have also repurposed as much as possible, moving furniture and other items to Bristol Zoo Project. For example, our new red panda habitat at Bristol Zoo Project is made in part from an old Clifton enclosure.

Following the closure of Bristol Zoo Gardens we brought in a specialist archivist to identify items of historical value to be retained. We have also ensured aspects of the site are listed and therefore protected and can’t be moved, such as the famous sign – ‘To the Zoo’ – on Guthrie Road. In addition, we asked the public to contact us if they had personal items they would like to secure and have returned everything from plaques on benches, to portraits and plants.

The new Bristol Zoo Project site opened in 2022 and is a vast area of land with many plans for the future.

WHERE TO FIND THE NEW BRISTOL ZOO PROJECT

TRAVELLING BY CAR

Heading north on M5

Exit motorway at Junction 17.
At the roundabout, take your first left, signposted B4055.
Continue on the B4055 for 150 metres. The Bristol Zoo Project entrance is on your left.

Heading south on M5

Exit motorway at Junction 17. There are two filter lanes on the right. Stay in the left-hand side lane, signposted B4055.
At the roundabout, take the third exit, signposted B4055.
Continue on the B4055 for 150 metres. The Bristol Zoo Project entrance is on your left.

From the Mall South Car Park at Cribbs Causeway

Head southeast.
At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit.
Turn left towards Merlin Road.
At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Merlin Road
Turn right onto Cribbs Causeway/A4018.
At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Cribbs Causeway/B4055. Continue to follow B4055.
Take the first left to Bristol Zoo Project.

PARKING is free of charge but you are advised to booking your admission ticket in advance during peak periods to avoid disappointment. There are two coach parking spaces, which are strictly limited and must be pre-booked. They are allocated on a first come, first served basis.