The Open Guide to London: the free London guide

London Zoo, found in Regents Park is perhaps one of the most famous, and the most forgotten zoo in existence. Many Londoners have memories of visiting it as a child, but then don't visit it again until they have children themselves. It was nearly closed some time ago but thankfully is still open to the public.

Features:

• Bear mountain,
• A large aquarium,
• Children’s zoo,
• Many big cats in cleverly designed eye ball to eye ball bar less enclosures,
• Penguin pool (voted 15th in the "50 best modern buildings in Britain" by Channel 4/English Heritage
• The elephant house is now devoid of elephants as it doesn’t come up to today’s requirements.
• Nocturnal Animals house which has lighting controlled to make the animals think its night time and worth coming out on show,
• Reptile house ( where Harry Potter is said to have first spoken to a snake)
• Chimps and Gorillas in somewhat cramped quarters.

Besides the website for the zoo here is another website on their "Web of Life" exhibition.

http://www.weboflife.co.uk/weboflife/

A pleasant day out may be had by taking a boat trip on the Regent's Canal direct to the Zoo from Little Venice or Camden Lock.