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Ruin of an old brick factory. See also > Link. On occasion of a wildlife survey bats were found to be inhabiting this abandoned brick factory, the ruined remains of which have been retained as a hibernaculum for bats whereas a number of the kilns now feature as the backdrop to one of the animal enclosures > Link.

After closure of the old Cromer Zoo > Link in 1983, the new Zoo Park - called 'Amazona' - has finally opened its doors on 28th June 2007. It had taken two years to transform the ten acres of neglected woodland - surrounding an abandoned brick factory and kilns - into a zoo which now is home to a wide range of animals from tropical South America such as jaguar, otters, spider monkeys and flamingos. All the animals have come from other British zoos, none are imported from the wild. The zoo is expected to attract 50,000 visitors a year, and comes 25 years after the resort's previous zoo shut. The zoo has been developed by Ken Sims, owner of Thrigby Hall Wildlife Gardens near Great Yarmouth.