Five Sisters Zoo

11/10/2026

Our bears might be slowing down as winter approaches, but there’s always time for a good scratch! 🐻🌳

🎥 Carnivore Keeper Emma

10/10/2026

Saturday morning calls for a biiiiig stretch! 🦁🐾

📸 Carnivore Keeper Gary

09/10/2026

Our penguin Junior is here to remind you all that we offer weekly penguin experiences! 🐧

Step behind the scenes to learn all about our Humboldt penguin colony, spend time with our keepers and even join in at feeding time! 🐟

Find out more and book your experience here: https://fivesisterszoo.co.uk/penguin-experience/

08/10/2026

06/10/2026

Not only is it National Badger Day, but this week also marks an incredible 10 years since our European badger Dachsie arrived at Five Sisters Zoo! 🦡

Dachsie was rescued in the Netherlands in 2016 after construction work disturbed a mother badger and her five young cubs living beneath the concrete floor of an old industrial building. Sadly, their mother did not return, and the cubs were taken into the care of Natuurhulpcentrum Opglabbeek.

The five cubs were cared for and rehabilitated by the team, with four eventually able to return to the wild. Dachsie, however, was considered unsuitable for release and needed a permanent home, which he found here at Five Sisters Zoo. 🏠

A decade later, Dachsie is still very much part of the Five Sisters Zoo family, and we’ve had the pleasure of caring for him ever since! ❤️

📸 Peter Baird

29/09/2026

Could we have the UK’s biggest Christmas tree?! 👀🎄

Things are getting VERY festive here at Five Sisters Zoo as our 20-metre Christmas tree is being erected for this year’s FSZ Illuminations! ✨🎄

Our team is working hard behind the scenes to get everything ready, and we can’t wait to welcome you to FSZ Illuminations this November and December! 🌟

🎅🏼 Don’t forget, you can also add a Santa’s Grotto experience to your visit — bookable online!

🎟️ Get your tickets now:
https://fivesisterszoo.co.uk/zoo-illuminations-2026/

28/09/2026

Exciting Changes to Our Sponsorship Programme! 🐾

We’re currently restructuring our sponsorship programmes, with some exciting changes coming very soon! 🎉

A huge thank you to everyone who has supported our animals through sponsorships and adoptions over the years. Your continued support means so much to us and has helped us provide the best possible care for the animals here at Five Sisters Zoo.

For anyone who has sponsored or adopted an animal with us over the past 20 years, please be aware that, as part of these changes, our existing sponsorship and adoption boards will begin to be removed from April 2027.

If you have sponsored or adopted an animal within the last year, your name will remain displayed for the full year before the board is removed.

We’ll be sharing more information about our new sponsorship programmes very soon, so be sure to keep an eye on our website and social media for all the latest updates! 👀

27/09/2026

We have a new addition to the outside work that we offer, we now employ a garden / landscape designer who is available to provide expert advice and drawings with what you can do to either improve, makeover or to create a completely new garden.
We offer this as a design only or design and construct service we can carry out just about anything you can think of for your garden with free quotations .
All work is carried out by our expert inhouse landscaping / building squads with all profits going towards helping the zoo get through the next six months which can often be a difficult time for us.
Please share if you could as this may just help even if one person you know could be interested in this service.
Please email [email protected] or call / text 07584324920

27/09/2026

A little slower, a little sleepier 🥺🐻

🎥 Carnivore Keeper Gary

26/09/2026

This week we celebrated a special birthday as Clementine turned 10! 🎂🥳

Our lovely capybara was treated to a special birthday feast put together by her keepers, packed with some of her favourite veggies. 🥕🥬

Happy 10th birthday, Clementine! 🧡