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Posted 28 March 2024

London Zoo / Whipsnade Zoo Universal Credit Tickets - £3 children / £5 adults - tickets end of March to September

£3£21.7086% off
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This offer now has extended dates from end of March to the beginning of September. Reduced price tickets to London Zoo/ Whipsnade Zoo for £3 child and £5 adults. This is available for those receiving Universal Credit, Working Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit, Employment and Support Allowance, Income Support or Jobseeker’s Allowance. Usual ticket prices direct or from third party tickets sites are £21.70 for child and £31 for adult, so an excellent saving if eligible.

Please note there are separate sites for London Zoo and Whipsnade zoo, so book at the site you want tickets for, links below

London Zoo tickets

Whipsnade Zoo tickets




Tickets from as little as £3 per person

  • Universal Credit tickets - We know how hard things are for many families on low incomes right now, and we want to do what we can to help.
  • We have made reduced price tickets to London Zoo available for those receiving Universal Credit, Working Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit, Employment and Support Allowance, Income Support or Jobseeker’s Allowance.
  • These tickets are only available to purchase online in advance, for up to six people per household (under 3’s go free and do not need to book – but must be accompanied by an adult with a booked ticket).
  • These tickets must be booked online in advance of your visit, as only full price tickets are available to buy at the gate.
  • If you can afford to spend a little bit more on your ticket, please consider adding a voluntary donation of £1 on tickets. These donations are crucial to our vital conservation work around the world protecting wildlife.
  • We allocate tickets flexibly based on how many overall visitors we expect. Keeping the zoo safe and fun for everyone is our priority, along with the welfare of our animals.
  • We may release additional Universal Credit tickets for sold-out dates closer to the day, so keep checking back.
  • If reduced price Universal Credit are unavailable for the date you select, please try another date. Only full price tickets are available to buy at the gate, so please do not travel to the zoo without a ticket even if you are eligible for reduced price entry.
  • What you need to bring For your group, you will need to bring one proof of benefit letter or with you to the zoo when you present your tickets(s) to our friendly staff at the admissions gate (this can be an electronic copy, for example logging in to your Universal Credit App to show us on arrival). You may alsobe asked to show Photographic ID.
  • Unfortunately, we won’t be able to accept reduced price tickets unless you are also able to show one of the above documents (per household) as proof of eligibility.
  • The Universal Credit tickets offer has proved very popular, so please be prepared to queue to enter the Zoo, especially at peak times like weekends and during school holidays. To minimise waiting time we recommend arriving later in the day, or choosing to visit at off-peak times






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London Zoo tickets

Whipsnade Zoo tickets
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Edited by Chanchi32, 29 March 2024
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  1. TristanDeCoonha's avatar
    To give an idea of the saving, it is normally around £30 per adult for Whipsnade
  2. thabeska's avatar
    Whipsnade charges £30 for parking
    adamguest1985's avatar
    Parking at the gate is free. Taking your car into the zoo grounds and using it to get between areas incurs a cost.
  3. ROCHJA's avatar
    Nice offer. Heat added. Just wish it included OAPs
    SynthNoise's avatar
    Or the working poor that don't get Universal Credit, whom often end up poorer than the UC claimants after their let offs and freebies.
  4. FIRE40's avatar
    As usual, those of us working hard, paying astronomical taxes and not entitled to public funds are penalised again! (edited)
  5. lcm123's avatar
    For those note eligible, check out getting the kids a Blue Peter badge (for free) as both zoos have free entry with the badge when accompanied by a paying adult. Find them listed at the bottom under “ZSL”. Also worth seeing what other attractions near you accept them. Some places even do two badges holders free per one paying adult.

    bbc.co.uk/cbb…ons
  6. Mujahid_Ali's avatar
    Booked as wife receives this, booked under my name should be okay?
    adamguest1985's avatar
    As long as someone in your household / booking has proof of benefit you'll be okay.
  7. monkeyplane's avatar
    So it’s only people on universal credit who feel the pinch? I know people on the face of of it under UC who are better off than some families who don’t claim. It’s not the same in all cases but UC is to go some way to levelling up to a standard of living.

    Nothing against UC but seriously it’s ok to then ask a family to pay full non discounted entrance prices in comparison? (edited)
  8. swarnford's avatar
    So open to barely anyone then - cold
  9. nomez's avatar
    So just have to find a way to get a "proof of benefit letter"
    campers's avatar
    Let us know if such thing exists please
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