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.
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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
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
Dudley Zoo
…Dudley Zoo & Castle (previously Dudley Zoological Gardens) is a 40-acre (16 ha) 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. The zoo opened to the public on 18 May 1937. It contains 12 modernist…
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