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Get your Belfast Zoo tickets to the educational Science Behind the Zoo event
If you're between 15 to 18 and are considering a zoo-related career, then this experience in Belfast is just the day out in Belfast Zoo for you.
The zoo is a great place to work. There are many varied and meaningful career paths within the field of animal care, welfare and conservation.
Science Behind the Zoo is a one-day event for children and young people considering a zoo-related career. The event gives an introduction to different zoo careers and provides insight into key areas of animal husbandry, welfare and veterinary. A combination of classroom learning and interactive activity onsite is included.
If you are aged between 15 and 18, book a place for a half day taster of life in the zoo, meet some of team including keepers, curators, educators, veterinary staff and get some hands on experience behind the scenes and also to create some enrichment items to support the mental well-being of the animals at Belfast Zoo.
Admission to Belfast Zoo is included with your ticket!
How to find us
By car:
Belfast Zoo is well connected to the motorway and roads network and you will see Belfast Zoo signposted on your route. For satellite navigation please use postcode: BT36 7PN.
There is free car parking onsite: over 300 spaces in the upper car park, including accessible bays, and 80 spaces in the lower car park. There is an electronic vehicle charge point close to the Visitor Centre entrance.
- From the North: Approach Belfast on the M2 motorway. Leave the motorway at junction four (Glengormley/Larne) and take the third exit off the roundabout. Follow this road through Glengormley for one mile. The zoo is on the right, just past the motorway bridge.
- From the South and West: Approach Belfast on the M1 motorway. Follow the directions for the M2 over the Westlink. Leave the motorway at junction two (Greenisland/Whitewell/Rathcoole). The zoo is signposted from here. Take the extreme left slip road and follow the signs for the zoo.
- From Belfast City Centre or County Down: Follow directions for the M2 motorway. Stay on the M2 until you reach the second junction. Leave the motorway at junction two (Greenisland/Whitewell/Rathcoole). The zoo is signposted from here. Take the extreme left slip road and follow the signs for the zoo.
- From Belfast International Airport: Follow directions for the M2 motorway. Stay on the M2 until you reach the second junction. Leave the motorway at junction two (Greenisland/Whitewell/Rathcoole). The zoo is signposted from here. Take the extreme left slip road and follow the signs for the zoo.
By bus:
There are lots of bus routes to Belfast Zoo with a stop on the Antrim Road. Metro services 1A, 1C, 1D, 1E, 1F, 1G, 1J, 2A and 2B (for Antrim Road or Bellevue) depart from Upper Queen Street in Belfast City Centre and stop on the Antrim Road opposite the zoo entrance.
When you get off the bus, you must walk approximately 500 metres to get to the Visitor Centre.
By train:
The nearest train station is Mossley West. It is approximately three miles from the zoo. You can order a taxi to the zoo from this station, or take the Metro 1D bus.
By foot or bike:
The zoo is located on the side of Cave Hill, at the top of Antrim Road, approximately seven miles from Belfast. Walking from the city centre takes at least 90 minutes. Cycling takes around 30 minutes.
From Belfast city centre, follow the signs for Donegall Street and Clifton Street until you reach Carlisle Circus. Turn right onto Antrim Road and continue along the road, past Belfast Castle. The zoo is clearly signposted from here.
The Science Behind the Zoo event will run from 9:30am to 2:15pm on Saturday the 23rd of March and costs £25 per person. The price includes zoo admission.
The Science Behind the Zoo Workshop is open to those between the ages of 15-18.