Hopwood Hall College wants to open the first zoo in Greater Manchester since Belle Vue's closure in 1977.
Greater Manchester has been without a zoo since Belle Vue Zoological Gardens closed in 1977.
Once one of the North West's biggest tourist attractions, it opened in 1836, initially offering visitors a large aviary and a few other animal enclosures to enjoy, but grew into a large zoo with an attached theme park, circus, stadium and boating lake.previous proposal in 2020 to create a 150-acre zoo on the siteSubmitting its plan to Rochdale Council, the college said the new idea would be "a really positive thing...
"Its unique offering as an educational facility in this area of expertise gives a real [unique selling point] to the borough and attraction of students," it added.Why not follow BBC North West on
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