White Stubbs Lane, Broxbourne, EN10 7QA.
When looking to visit Hertfordshire Zoo, tickets can be purchased both online and at the attraction. This is a cashless site however this is made clear on arrival, the emailed tickets and on their website.
Ticket prices (pre-booked prices during high season - these were correct as of the 09/08/2024):
Adult - £26.00
2 and under – Free
3-16 years – £24.00
65+ years - £23.00
Hertfordshire Zoo offers an annual membership of £105 per adult and £90 for children (3-16). They also have family season tickets available starting at £190 for 1 adult and 1 child.
Hertfordshire Zoo is open to the public daily 9:30am-5:30pm between April-September and 9:30am-4:30pm between October-March.
We spent just over 6 hours there. If we arrived at the zoo slightly earlier, we could have lasted the whole day (8 hours) as we didn’t have time to do the splash park, indoor soft play and large slides.
At Hertfordshire Zoo, there was a variety of different animals to see. This included penguins, a tiger, a sun bear, a snow leopard, lions and much more. There were animal talks and safari stage shows throughout the day. There was a large animatronic dinosaur walk through, a speedway museum, large park areas and bird/owl flying shows. We found the park suitable for children under the age of 12. We felt the zoo tried to have something in the park for each child visiting, whether they were 2 years old or even in a wheelchair. There is a dinosaur train the family can go on (pushchairs cannot go on this and need to be left in the buggy area by the train entrance) for an additional fee (£2 per person) which travels through the dinosaur section. There were also two gift shops (one for the dinosaur section and one for the animals).
Two of our favourite areas were the dinosaur walk through and the big cat area.
We spent an hour in the dinosaur walk through and were impressed with how realistic they looked. They had flying dinosaurs and even dinosaurs being eaten by other dinosaurs. When entering there was also a sand digging area and a dinosaur gift shop.
The big cat area was decorated throughout to the theme of where the animals were from. It gave a completely different experience compared to other zoos we have been in. There were lots of opportunities to see the animals, whether this be via the many jotted around windows (including a swimming viewing area for the tiger and jaguar) or via the ramp walkway which allows you to have an overhead view of the enclosures.
There is plenty of parking available in a non-grass car park. Parking is free of charge. The car park is situated on the other side of the road of the zoo. There was no crossing in place and was a case of crossing the country road when it was safe to do so.
While at Hertfordshire Zoo, you can stop for something to eat at either their restaurant which is by the play area or there are several kiosks jotted around. The food prices were reasonable for what you would expect to find on a day out, however we found it much cheaper to bring a picnic with us. There are plenty of picnic benches around to enjoy your home brought lunch.
When we last visited, our children were 3 years old and 22 months old. We found this day out had something for everyone, no matter your age.
We found a few sets of toilets around the attraction, which included changing facilities and accessibility toilets.
We found the paths at the zoo quite flat and did not struggle to push a pushchair around. Most of the upper viewing areas were via a ramp, however there were some only accessible via stairs.
Overall, we would visit again. When we saw staff, they seemed friendly and helpful. We felt this day out was worth the money due to the amount of time we spent there and the range of things to do/see. However, we found the car park situation quite dangerous where there was no safe crossing available to stop oncoming traffic, therefore we have rated this day out 4 1/2 stars out of 5.​
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Date of recent visit: August 2024
