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Linton Zoo

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Linton Zoo
Linton Zoo
Linton Zoo
Linton Zoo
Linton Zoo
Linton Zoo
Linton Zoo
Linton Zoo
Linton Zoo
Linton Zoo
Linton Zoo
Linton Zoo
Linton Zoo
Linton Zoo
Linton Zoo
Linton Zoo
Linton Zoo
Linton Zoo
Linton Zoo
Linton Zoo
Linton Zoo
Linton Zoo
Linton Zoo
Linton Zoo
Linton Zoo
Phone:
+44 1223 891308

Hours:
Sunday10am - 5pm
Monday10am - 5pm
Tuesday10am - 5pm
Wednesday10am - 5pm
Thursday10am - 5pm
Friday10am - 5pm
Saturday10am - 5pm


Linton is a village in rural Cambridgeshire, England, on the border with Essex. In AD 1086 the Domesday Book recorded the village as Lintone, with 27 households and two mills. The civil parish population at the 2011 Census was 4,525. It has been expanded much since the 1960s and is now one of many dormitory villages around Cambridge. The railway station was on the Stour Valley Railway between Shelford and Colchester, closed since 1967. The Rivey Hill overlooks the village, with its famous water tower. The River Granta runs through the village. Linton Zoo is on the southern edge of Linton, whilst Chilford Hall and its vineyards are to the north side, beyond Linton's best-known feature, Rivey Tower. The A1307 passes through the village. Many businesses are based in Linton, with several around the trading estate at The Grip and along the High Street, where there are three public houses. The Wacky Races was a local annual event that occurred from 2002 to 2006 on the second Bank Holiday Weekend in May. It began on the extended Bank Holiday Weekend, which commemorated Queen Elizabeth II's 50th coronation anniversary, and raise money for local charities. Participants would race in comedic, homemade costumes and carts down the High Street, with one teammate stopping in each pub to have a pint, and then racing through the fields next to the village and back down the High Street, again drinking in the pubs. Along the course, Firemen, from Linton Fire Station, would spray water at the racers, as well as spectators utilising water pistols and water bombs.The Icknield Way Path passes through the village on its 110-mile journey from Ivinghoe Beacon in Buckinghamshire to Knettishall Heath in Suffolk. The Icknield Way Trail, a route for walkers, horse riders and off-road cyclists also passes through the village. The author Graham Greene's wife once owned The Queens House in Linton. His wife Vivien bought the house in 1947 but sold the house in 1948. The house is on the High Street and is opposite The Crown pub.
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