Summer hours are now in effect! (from March 23rd). Please note that the car park is open until 7pm. The Visitor centre still closes at 5pm.
Please note the water play area is closed on Monday mornings for routine cleaning and maintenance.
Join us over the Easter holidays for pottery painting in our Visitor Centre and Café! Offering practical pieces like plates and mugs, as well as our new egg-citing Easter pieces, we've got plenty of options to keep all ages entertained. Our pottery pieces range from £7-£20 and include your chosen bisque, the paints, a table […]
This Easter, have a go at some of our walk-in crafting activities at Stanwick Lakes! These activities will be available in our Visitor Centre & Café throughout the Easter holidays - just ask at reception for the materials. We ask for a small donation for the materials, depending on your choice of craft.
Come and have a go at completing our Egg-cellent Easter trail during the Easter holidays! Join the Funny Bunnies on our DetEGGtive Nature Trail, learning about eggs around Solstice Lake with an activity sheet and prize. Trail packs are available to purchase from the Welcome Desk in the Visitor Centre, for £3.50 each. The trail […]
Build a den at Stanwick Lakes this Easter holiday! A Ranger will lead your group to our den building area and introduce you to the tools and materials available, and discuss the min main properties a shelter should have if it were to be needed in a survival situation. You'll then be set a challenge […]
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 […]
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 […]
An overview: Between 2009 and 2012, the Cambridge Archaeological Unit (CAU) excavated a later prehistoric palaeochannel at the Must Farm Quarry, Whittlesey, Peterborough. The excavations revealed the richness of the archaeological material preserved in the channel, including a group of nine exceptionally well preserved logboats which dated from the Middle Bronze Age to the Early […]
The talk Railway Stations of the old East Northamptonshire District Council An overview Over sixty years ago there were more than seventy railway stations serving their communities in Northamptonshire, and thirteen in East Northants. Today, the county has six whilst there are none locally. This illustrated talk looks at each of the thirteen local stations […]
Join Heritage Coordinator Nadia Norman for a heritage walk around Stanwick Lakes, exploring the fantastic areas created during the recent project exploring the Bronze Age and Iron Age history of the site. Taking on part of the Heritage Trail, the walk is a great way to explore both nature and heritage together. The walk is […]