Chessington World of Adventures Resort is a theme park, zoo and resort facility in Chessington, Greater London, England, around 12 miles (19 kilometres) southwest of Central London. The complex opened up as Chessington Zoo in 1931, with the amusement park being established alongside the zoo by The Tussauds Team and opening up on 7 July 1987, as one of the initial themed theme park in Britain. The style park, which features over 40 rides, is now possessed by Merlin Entertainments, following its merger with The Tussauds Team in 2007. Under Merlin, Chessington has been progressively turned into a hotel visitor location, consisting of 2 on-site hotels, a high ropes program and also camp website. Chessington Zoo has more than 1,000 animals, including western lowland gorillas, sea lions, and also Sumatran tigers. It is broken up into numerous locations: Route of the Kings, Sealion Bay, Kid's Zoo, Amazu, Penguin Bay as well as the Wanyama Town as well as Book along with a Sea Life Centre....