Twycross Zoo

Twycross Zoo is now in its 47th year of business, having evolved from a comparatively small collection to become one of Britain's major Zoos. Our two founding ladies, Miss Molly Badham and Miss Nathalie Evans, were rival pet shops owners in Sutton Coldfield before they joined forces and moved to Hints Zoological Society near Tamworth in 1949. Hints comprised of ¾ of an acre of land and a bungalow.

These premises soon became too small with the growing collection of animals, including chimps. Within 4 years the ladies had no choice but to move to alternative premises. In the summer of 1962 the ladies and the collection of animals moved to Twycross.