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**Whipsnade Zoo**
 Dunstable

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**Venue**: Whipsnade Wild Animal Park 

**Address**: Whipsnade, Dunstable LU6 2LF

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Experience a truly memorable job at the UK's biggest zoo. ZSL Whipsnade Zoo is home to some 3,000 animals and set in 600 acres of lush countryside overlooking the beautiful Chiltern Downs.

ZSL Whipsnade Zoo offers a variety of food in different areas of the Zoo including the Wild Bite Café, Hullabazoo Café and the Lookout Café.

Directions

By bus
The park is served by Centrebus route X31, linking Luton Central Station, Luton Centre, Dunstable and Hemel Hempstead (Centre and Rail Station) with the zoo.

By train
The nearest stations are Luton and Hemel Hempstead (both about 10 miles away from the Park).

From the railway station, ZSL Whipsnade Zoo is accessible by bus, or is approximately a twenty minute taxi ride. There are taxi ranks at both stations.

By car
Only 20 minutes from the M25 (junction 21), ZSL Whipsnade Zoo is signposted from the M1 (junction 9 and junction 12) and all major roads – use the postcode LU6 2LF.

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