Knaresborough Zoo was a zoo located in the grounds of Conyngham Hall, Knaresborough, a small market town within the district of Harrogate, North Yorkshire. It opened on 29 July 1965 and closed on 13 January 1986.
Knaresborough Zoo was opened on the 29th July 1965 by Edward Milborrow, a former pet shop owner and circus ringmaster. Edward Milborrow had two young daughters, Ella and Jane Milborrow who spent a lot of time on site with the animals, they appear in many of the old photographs that have been shared of the zoo, an article about Knaresborough Zoo by York Press has a photograph of both girls sat within a penguin enclosure.
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