So many people would like to paint but feel they lack natural artistic ability to begin – well maybe I can help? My name is Chris and today I spent the morning demonstrating watercolour painting at the Stanwick Lakes Craft Cafe. The Visitor Centre is a beautiful place...
With the wet and miserable weather this year, we’ve struggled to get up to the apiary for our regular inspections. Inside the hive the bees must keep a constant temperature of 35C, so if we go up and open the hives on a cold day you risk chilling the brood (lava). Up...
This week we are celebrating the fantastic heritage of Stanwick Lakes by inviting hundreds of children to step back in time and become Celts for the day. Yesterday the sun was shining, the birds were singing and 90 children from Higham Ferrers Junior School came to...
When we think of Stanwick Lakes today most of us value its natural beauty; the birds, animals, the trees and flowers and of course the lakes. But the new Heritage Trail is a great reminder that the site has always been a centre of human activity, a reminder that for...