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ADVANCE NOTICE: The Colchester Zoo Stampede Half Marathon will be taking place on Sunday 2nd October. Although the zoo will be open to visitors from 9:30am, there may be slight disruptions to some areas until 1:00pm, along with some road closures surrounding the zoo. Please factor this into your journey if you are visiting us on Sunday 2nd October. Queuing along the road and into the zoo grounds will be expected.

SAVE PAPER and download the Colchester Zoo App ahead of your visit for an interactive map and all of today's animal encounter times!

Make sure you TURN ON the Bluetooth and location services on your mobile device to use the INTERACTIVE map function.

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