An Essex zoo has formally submitted to build a new lion enclosure as part of a "master plan" for its long-term future. Colchester Zoo ... and bodies of water would feature to “help encourage ...

The city also has the Jumbo Water Tower, which is a massive Victorian structure named after a famous London Zoo elephant. Colchester proudly ... granted city status as part of the Queen’s ...

More than 60 species at Colchester Zoo have taken part in breeding programmes, but its zoological director, Rebecca Moore, said the number of transfers had dropped since the UK left the European ...