Dudley Castle
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Dudley Castle is a ruined fortification in the town of Dudley, West Midlands, England. Originally, a wooden motte and bailey castle built soon after the Norman Conquest, it was rebuilt as a stone fort
The keep of Dudley Castle
The castle was partly demolished in 1646 on the orders of Parliament.
During the Tudor period, John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, ordered the construction of a range of new buildings within the ancient castle.
Towers of Dudley Castle
Dudley Zoo
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Dudley Zoo & Castle is a 40-acre zoo within a 200-acre densely-wooded site located within the grounds of Dudley Castle in the town of Dudley, in the Black Country region of the West Midlands, England.
Dudley Castle
…residential buildings were destroyed by fire in 1750. In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the site was used for fêtes and pageants. Today, Dudley Zoo is located on its grounds. Its location, Castle Hill, is an outcrop of Wenlock Group limestone that was extensively quarried during the Industrial…
Dudley Zoo & Castle logo 2023
William Humble Eric Ward, the Third Earl of Dudley, created Dudley Zoo in the grounds of his ruined castle
One of the modernist structures at Dudley Zoo
One of the sea lion pools at the zoo