Alumni and guests are invited to join the Northumbrian Cambridge Association for their spring outing to the Kirkley Hall zoological gardens.

Kirkley Hall has long been known as an agricultural college that has trained thousands of young guardians of the British countryside. In recent years it has expanded its Animal Management programme to encompass more exotic species in its zoological garden. It now has a range of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and aquatics, and runs events designed to introduce the public at close quarters to a variety of species.

• 10 am - Meet in in the Orangery Tearoom, within the Kirkley Hall quadrangle, morning coffee will be available
• 10:30 am -  A talk on the zoo’s conservation policy in Kirkley Hall’s elegant conference room. In the discovery room, and with the expertise of a Kirkley guide, we will be introduced to some of the zoo’s reptiles and will have a chance to see them at close quarters
• 11:30 am - 12:30 pm - Explore the Zoo yourself
• 12:30 pm - Lunch
• 1:30 pm -2:30 pm - An optional woodland walk (of approximately 1 hour), led by the President and Secretary, after which you can visit the walled garden, and/or return, if you wish, to the Orangery Tea Room for afternoon tea.