The Manchester Zoological Gardens opened in 1838, on a site between Broom Lane and Northumberland Street in
Broughton, now in
Salford
Salford () is a city and the largest settlement in the City of Salford metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. In 2011, Salford had a population of 103,886. It is also the second and only other city in the metropolitan county afte ...
, 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
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and
horticulture
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in later life. The gardens competed with John Jennison's
Belle Vue Zoological Gardens
Belle Vue Zoological Gardens was a large zoo, amusement park, exhibition hall complex and speedway stadium in Belle Vue, Manchester, England, opened in 1836. The brainchild of John Jennison, the gardens were initially intended to be an enterta ...
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
London Zoo, also known as ZSL London Zoo or London Zoological Gardens is the world's oldest scientific zoo. It was opened in London on 27 April 1828, and was originally intended to be used as a collection for science, scientific study. In 1831 o ...
and to
Hampton Court
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.
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External links
University of Manchester Library Map Collection: 1850 Map of Broughton and the Manchester Zoological Gardens
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Zoos in England
Former zoos
Zoos established in 1838
Zoos disestablished in 1842
1838 establishments in England
1842 disestablishments in England