Banham Zoo
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| Banham Zoological Gardens | |
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 ZSEA Banham Zoological Gardens Green Logo | |
 Interactive map of Banham Zoological Gardens | |
| 52°26′41″N 1°1′30″E / 52.44472°N 1.02500°E | |
| Date opened | 1968 |
| Location | Banham, Norfolk, England |
| Land area | 50 acres (20 ha)[1] |
| No. of animals | 2000+[1] |
| No. of species | 100 |
| Annual visitors | 200,000 |
| Memberships | BIAZA,[2] EAZA,[3] WAZA[4] |
| Website | www |
Banham Zoological Gardens is a 50-acre (20 ha) zoo in Banham, Norfolk, England. The zoo, which in 2024 was reported to be a home to more than 2,000 animals,[5] opened to the public in 1968, became a charity in 2013, and has since been often awarded the prize of Norfolk's Top Attraction, by numerous different organisations, with an annual visitor attendance of in excess of 200,000 people. It is part of the Zoological Society of East Anglia, a registered charity which also owns Africa Alive Zoological Reserve near Lowestoft, Suffolk.
Banham Zoo began as a collection of pheasants and parrots, and opened to the public in 1968. In 1971, it acquired a colony of Woolly Monkeys and became 'Banham Zoo and Woolly Monkey Sanctuary'. Banham Zoological Gardens became the first collection in the UK to breed the silvery woolly monkey. In 1974, Banham Zoological Gardens was accepted as a member of the Federation of British Zoos. Today,[when?] it has acquired a much larger collection of animals, but it still retains one of the best collections of smaller monkeys in Europe[6]
