Summer Hours: The carpark is locked at 7pm. The Visitor Centre closes at 5pm. Café is open until 3pm, or 4pm during weekends and the school holidays.//
Please note, the waterplay feature is closed Monday mornings for routine cleaning and maintenance.
The talk The Agony & Ecstasy of a Canal Boater An overview An Entertaining talk themed around this Country’s Wonderful Canals & Inland Waterways. Features my Life as a Hotel Boater, the Audience is involved from beginning to end & finishes with a Poem & Song. The speaker Barry has an endless supply of anecdotes, industry […]
The talk Alice Hawkins - Suffragette An overview With oral history passed down over the family generations, Peter gives a stirring and passionate account of his great-grandmother’s hard-fought campaign for the right to vote over 100 years ago. A shoe machinist by trade and mother of six, centenary year 2018 marked a bronze statue unveiled […]
Join the Ranger team in the Visitor Centre to hear about the work they have completed throughout the winter conservation season, their wildlife highlights so far, and their plans for the upcoming months. The talk will be followed by an optional wildlife-spotting walk around some of the key locations on site where conservation work is […]
The talk Water Vole Reintroduction at Stanwick Lakes and Beyond. An overview An overview of the ecology, history, importance, and future of water voles by reserve ranger Isaac Manley. With the exciting news that Stanwick Lakes will reintroduce Water Voles, this talk explains their current UK status, how we got there and how the UK […]