Manchester Zoological Gardens

Manchester Zoological Gardens
Date opened	1838
Date closed	1842
Location	Broughton, Salford, England
Coordinates	53°30′37″N 2°15′31″W / 53.51028°N 2.25861°W / 53.51028; -2.25861

The Manchester Zoological Gardens opened in 1838, on a 15-acre (6 ha) site between Broom Lane and Northumberland Street in Broughton, now in Salford, England. Attractions included a Grand Menagerie, a lake, a maze, an archery ground, and a series of landscaped walks. The gardens were laid out by a company of local business men, on land rented from the Rev. John Clowes of Broughton Hall, who had become interested in botany and horticulture in later life.^[1]^[2] The gardens competed with John Jennison's Belle Vue Zoological Gardens opened three years earlier, but the venture was commercially unsuccessful and closed in 1842. Some of the animals were acquired by the Belle Vue Zoo, others went to London Zoo and to Hampton Court.^[1]

References

Notes

1 2 "Manchester Zoological Gardens, Salford, Greater Manchester, England", Parks and gardens UK, 7 January 2009, retrieved 20 July 2010
↑ Ellwood & Desmond (1994), p. 155

Bibliography

Ellwood, Christine; Desmond, Ray (1994), Dictionary of British and Irish botanists and horticulturalists: including plant collectors, flower painters and garden designers, Taylor & Francis, ISBN 978-0-85066-843-8

External links

University of Manchester Library Map Collection: 1850 Map of Broughton and the Manchester Zoological Gardens

Zoological gardens in the United Kingdom

Those listed in italics contain more than 5000 animals

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Safari parks	Blair Drummond Safari Park Highland Wildlife Park Knowsley Safari Park Longleat Safari Park Port Lympne Wild Animal Park West Midland Safari Park Woburn Safari Park

Permanently closed	Belle Vue Zoo Glasgow Zoo Coventry Zoo Manchester Zoological Gardens Southport Zoo Windsor Safari Park Rare Species Conservation Centre Cricket St Thomas Wildlife Park

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