Surrey Zoological Gardens in United Kingdom

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Surrey Zoological Gardens
Surrey Gardens in 1850
Surrey Gardens in 1850
Typezoo
Founded1830
Opened for public1831
Last elephant left1856
Closed down1856
Address Pasley Park
Place London
District Kennington, Surrey
Country United Kingdom
Related persons
Owner 1830-1844: Edward Cross
Key People 1830-: Philip Castang (superintendent)
Zoological department
Elephant department
Record history
History of updates2022-03-21
Latest document update2022-03-21 08:43:23
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Surrey Zoological Gardens, located at Pasley Park, in London, United Kingdom , was founded in 1830, opened for public in 1831. The last elephant left in 1856. Surrey Zoological Gardens closed down in 1856.


Comments / picturesThe zoo was founded 1830 in the Royal Surrey Gardens, today known as Pasley Park, by Edward Cross who had previously taken over the Exeter Exchange menagerie on Strand. Royal Surrey Gardens were pleasure gardens in Kennington, London in the Victorian period, slightly east of The Oval. The gardens occupied about 15 acres (6.1 ha) to the east side of Kennington Road, including a lake of about 3 acres (1.2 ha).

Surrey Zoological Gardens in United Kingdom United+Kingdom
From the London Illustrated News, 10 June 1854. The zoo had acquired, "at considerable expense, two calf elephants, which in height reach up to the breast of a man of ordinary stature. They are the youngest elephants ever imported into England"

Surrey Zoological Gardens in United Kingdom United+KingdomThe elephant house in Surrey Zoo, by English School.

Surrey Zoological Gardens in United Kingdom United+KingdomSurrey Zoological Gardens, Walworth, London. Engraving after the drawing by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd. The conservatory was 300 ft in circumference, containing over 6,000 sq ft of glass, and at the time it was the largest glass building in England.

The zoo was extremely popular with the London public; in 1847 the Kentish Mercury declared "we never consider summer to be fairly at hand until the opening of these charming grounds". It also hosted flower shows and fete days as well as the attraction of the animals.

However the zoo, failing to keep up with competition from the ever-growing London Zoo, closed and the animals were sold off in 1856, two years after Cross died.

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Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2025). Surrey Zoological Gardens, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=3335. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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