Castle Keep
The castle keep here is part of Dudley Castle which is a ruined fortification in the town of Dudley, West Midlands, England. Dudley Zoo is located in its grounds. The location, Castle Hill, is an outcrop of Wenlock Group limestone that was extensively quarried during the Industrial Revolution, and which now along with Wren's Nest Hill is a Scheduled Ancient Monument as the best surviving remains of the limestone industry in Dudley. It is also a Grade I listed building. The Dudley Tunnel runs beneath Castle Hill, but not the castle itself.
The keep (the most obvious part of the castle when viewed from the town) and the main gate date from the re-building in the second half of the 13th century. During the civil war in 1646 Parliament ordered that the castle be partly demolished and the present ruined appearance of the keep results from this.
The red glow is from the Wallapy House at Dudley Zoo which is a 40-acre (16 ha) zoo founded in 1935, and the Zoological Gardens opened to the public on 18 May 1937.
Next to the Wallaby House is a visitor chairlift that is erected between the zoo's entrance and the castle in 1958. It was taken out of use in 2000 due to health and safety concerns. In August 2012 the chairlift was reopened after a 12-week, £117,000 restoration which included returning it to its original light cream colour. more than 300,000 visitors have taken that two minute ride in the past 24 months!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudley_Castle
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudley_Zoo
Castle Keep
The castle keep here is part of Dudley Castle which is a ruined fortification in the town of Dudley, West Midlands, England. Dudley Zoo is located in its grounds. The location, Castle Hill, is an outcrop of Wenlock Group limestone that was extensively quarried during the Industrial Revolution, and which now along with Wren's Nest Hill is a Scheduled Ancient Monument as the best surviving remains of the limestone industry in Dudley. It is also a Grade I listed building. The Dudley Tunnel runs beneath Castle Hill, but not the castle itself.
The keep (the most obvious part of the castle when viewed from the town) and the main gate date from the re-building in the second half of the 13th century. During the civil war in 1646 Parliament ordered that the castle be partly demolished and the present ruined appearance of the keep results from this.
The red glow is from the Wallapy House at Dudley Zoo which is a 40-acre (16 ha) zoo founded in 1935, and the Zoological Gardens opened to the public on 18 May 1937.
Next to the Wallaby House is a visitor chairlift that is erected between the zoo's entrance and the castle in 1958. It was taken out of use in 2000 due to health and safety concerns. In August 2012 the chairlift was reopened after a 12-week, £117,000 restoration which included returning it to its original light cream colour. more than 300,000 visitors have taken that two minute ride in the past 24 months!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudley_Castle
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudley_Zoo