I went to Banham zoo
I'd give it 1.9 llama donkeys out of 5. It's small (I finished in 1.5 hours*) although they do have a reasonable selection of animals but no giraffes.

*although I don't usually spend that long in many places I visit, I managed Paris in 2.5 days

Colchester Zoo is better.
( magnum, Thu 12 Jul 2007, 20:58, archived)

Colchester is fuckloads too far away for us to do on a daytrip.
I want to go to a *good* zoo next.
( Nile, Thu 12 Jul 2007, 21:08, archived)

I may go to Woburn
it's a bit of a trek, but I think it'd be worth it to have a monkey on the roof of my car.
( magnum, Thu 12 Jul 2007, 21:11, archived)