Vote your favourite icons to be added to the Bristol Walk of Fame - 01/12/11

Submitted by lucy on Thu, 2011-12-01 12:30

Bristol Zoo Gardens is asking members of the public to vote their favourite local icons onto the Bristol Walk of Fame.

Earlier this year the Zoo opened the Bristol Walk of Fame to celebrate the best of Bristol as part of its 175thbirthday. The walk features 49 of the city’s most renowned people, places and icons from across the historic, creative, sporting and wildlife spectrum.

Voting is now open (Thursday, December 1st2011) for the public to select which 10 icons they would like to see added to the walk next spring.

The new inductees will join current icons such as Banksy, Massive Attack and The Wurzels, to Cary Grant, Ian Holloway and Bill Bailey.

Wendy Walton, Head of Commercial Operations at Bristol Zoo, said: “The Bristol Walk of Fame aims to celebrate the city’s most renowned people, places and icons from across the historic, creative, sporting and wildlife spectrum. The fact that the icons are voted for by the public makes it even more special as it is the people’s choice.”

To cast your vote from a list of 41 icons, simply visit the Zoo’s website at www.bristolzoo.org.uk/walk-of-fame-2012. The public can vote for up to 10 icons each. Voting closes on Monday January 16th 2012.

The Bristol Walk of Fame is a trail of specially designed plaques within the grounds of the Zoo, with each plaque bearing the names of famous inductees, and is sponsored by local organisation Mama Bear’s Day Nursery and Pre-school.

ENDS

For media enquiries please contact Bristol Zoo’s press office:

Lucy King, T: 0117 974 7306, or email: lking@bristolzoo.org.uk
Vanessa Hollier, T: 0117 974 7309, email: vhollier@bristolzoo.org.uk

Notes to the Editor:

The icons up for nomination are:

  1. Princess Campbell MBE
  2. Robin Cousins
  3. Jo Durie
  4. Peaches Golding OBE
  5. John Grimshaw
  6. Harveys Bristol Cream
  7. Nik Kershaw
  8. Hannah More
  9. Colin Pillinger
  10. Portishead
  11. David Prowse
  12. Sir Michael Redgrave
  13. Mark Regan
  14. David Sproxton
  15. John Wesley
  16. Peter Lord
  17. William Henry Wills
  18. Gareth Chilcott
  19. Judd Trump
  20. Stephen Lansdown
  21. George Ferguson
  22. Barny Haughton
  23. James Dyson
  24. Richard Scudamore
  25. Dick Penny
  26. Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence
  27. Bob Baker
  28. The Old Duke
  29. Llandoger Trow
  30. Marcus Trescothick
  31. Ben 'the Stig' Collins
  32. Bristol City FC
  33. Bristol Rovers FC
  34. Jill Mansell
  35. Wow! Gorillas
  36. Bob Woodward
  37. Tom Stoppard
  38. Rosie and Wendy the elephants of Bristol Zoo
  39. Catherine Johnson
  40. Carol Vorderman
  41. Andree Peel

Bristol Zoo Gardens

  • Bristol Zoo is open from 9am every day except Christmas Day. 
  • Bristol Zoo Gardens is a conservation and education charity and relies on income from visitors and supporters to continue its important work. 
  • In 2011 Bristol Zoo celebrates its 175th anniversary and wants to do more than celebrate.
  • Over that past 175 years, the Zoo has brought six generations of Bristolians closer to wildlife, helped save over 175 species from extinction, established over 30 field conservation and research programmes   all over the world, showed 40 millionschool aged children the wonder of nature and given more than 90 million visitors a wonderful day out.
  • Throughout 2011 we’re bring people, businesses, charities and wildlife together to share amazing experiences that raise awareness and funds to save threatened wildlife and places. To find out more, visit www.bristolzoo.org.uk/whats-on
  • Throughout 2011 we will be focusing our efforts on raising funds and awareness in support of gorilla conservation.
  • Throughout 2011 Bristol Zoo will support theEuropean Association of Zoos and Aquaria Ape Campaign.The campaign aims to make a significant and lasting contribution to the continued survival of apes and their habitats, and is being led by Dr Bryan Carroll, the Director of Bristol Zoo.
  • To find out more about the EAZA Ape Campaign visit the Zoo website at www.bristolzoo.org.uk/conservation-campaigns.
  • Bristol Zoo is involved with more than 100 co-ordinated breeding programmes for threatened wildlife species. 
  • Itemploys over 150 full and part-time staff to care for the animals and run a successful visitor attraction to support its conservation and education work. 
  • Bristol Zoo supports – through finance and skill sharing - 15 projects in the UK and abroad that conserveand protectsome of the world’s most endangered species.
  • In 2010 Bristol Zoo Gardens set up a Conservation Fund to raise vital funds to help care for threatened animals and plants – both in the Zoo and through the conservation work we do in the UK and around the world.
  • Bristol Zoo Gardens is a member of the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums. BIAZA represents more than 90 member collections and promotes the values of good zoos and aquariums.