Golders Hill Park Zoo
Golders Hill Park Zoo is a small zoo that is home to a number of exotic mammals and birds. The Zoo is open to visitors everyday and is located near the children's play area.
Opening times and travel information
Golders Hill Park Zoo is inside Golders Hill Park and has the same opening and closing times.
Our animals
The Zoo is home to a wide range of exotic and native species including:
- Ring-tailed lemurs
- Scottish wildcats
- Red-necked wallabies
- an eagle owl
- Kookaburras
- Fallow deer
- Donkeys
- Bantam chickens
- And more!
Adopt an animal
Help support Golders Hill Park Zoo by adopting an animal for a year.
In return for adopting an animal, we'll give you a ’thank you' pack containing a certificate and a photograph of your animal.
Find out more about our adopt an animal scheme.
Support us
You can help support the Zoo by making a donation. All money collected will go directly to the Zoo and will be used to help feed the animals, for enrichment and for making improvements to their enclosures.
The future of the Zoo
The Zoo will be undergoing a series of changes over the coming years, with our collection will be re-focused to reflect the story of ‘Wildlife in Britain’ and its links to Hampstead Heath.
To accommodate the collection changes, we'll be making improvements to the Zoo's enclosures, enhancing the habitats of the existing enclosures, and building new enclosures to house new additions to the collection.
Following the changes the animals housed within the Zoo will tell the story of ‘Wildlife in Britain’.
Conservation
In the summer months, the Zoo team also spend time surveying areas in the Park to record what wildlife can be seen. The regularly survey for: butterflies, bumblebees, damselfly and dragonflies.
The History of the Zoo
Sir Samuel Scott and Master Frank Walker donate deer to the Park
Hon. Lionel Walter Rothschild MP donates two emus, two kangaroos and two rheas
Captain RW Templeton donates a black bear for two years
The British Bee Keepers Association install hives at the Zoo
The Zoo's stock is reduced as permission is given for the animals to be killed if their food was unavailable due to rationing
Post-war development sees red deer, a white stag, wallabies, rabbits and guinea pigs added to the collection
The Greater London Council take over management of the Zoo and replace its red deer with fallow deer and add Chinese water deer, soy sheep and wallabies to the collection
Flamingos, rheas, sarus cranes and several domestic species join the collection
The City of London Corporation takes on management of the Heath, Park and Zoo
The Zoo joins the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums and ring-tailed lemurs, coati, kookaburras and other animals are added to the collection
Plans to redevelop the Zoo commence with a move towards a stronger association with native British wildlife.
Two Scottish Wildcats are added to the collection. A male, Ruthven, and female, Fearne, are a non-breeding pair and part of an important conservation plan to protect this endangered species.
