Meet the mischievous meerkats and go nose-to-nose with sharks at Chessington Zoo this winter.

The theme park in Leatherhead Road is closed for the season, but the zoo’s doors are open for special zoo days until December 6, and then from December 12 through to January 3, excluding Christmas Day.

There are more than 1,000 animals to meet and greet and a variety of animal presentations and feeds take place throughout the day.

You can watch the wild wood animal antics presentation or head down to sealion bay to learn about the animals’ underwater antics.

For more information, visit chessington.com.

• Got a great story for us? Let us know by email here, phone the newsdesk on 020 8330 9555 or leave a comment below.