THURSDAY 3RD OCT: Limited menu! Plenty of coffee and cake. Café is open until 4pm during weekends and the school holidays.
Please note, the waterplay feature is closed Monday mornings for routine cleaning and maintenance.
Build a den at Stanwick Lakes this summer holidays! 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 to build your den! One of our Ranger team will be on hand to visit your shelter and hear about your chosen den-building techniques and vision.
Come along and join us for a month long exhibition by local artists in our Visitor Centre at Stanwick Lakes. Nature inspired artists working across painting, drawing and printmaking, exploring wildlife, natural elements and abstract landscapes. Artists Taking Part: Deirdre Blackburn Cate Kutas Kate Saunders Dawn Edge - The Running Pheasant Marlene Snee Ange Mullins […]
Come along and join us for our third run of the year here at Stanwick Lakes! You have a choice of running 5k, 10k or even pushing yourself to complete a half-marathon in the beautiful scenery of our lakes. It's a lovely way to promote fitness for physical and mental health as well as supporting […]
Talk Overview Presented by finalists from the BBC’s multi award winning series Race Across the World, Stephen and Viv talk about their adventures as they travelled from northern Japan all the way to Lombok in Indonesia. Over eight gruelling weeks and covering 15,000 kilometres they crossed six seas, eight borders and all on a very […]
Come and experience the fusion of art and nature up close and discover the inspirations behind the stunning works in the Art in Nature exhibition at Stanwick Lakes. An exciting opportunity to meet nature inspired artists exhibiting this September, learn about their creative processes, and watch live demonstrations all here in the visitor centre at […]
For a week every September (6th-15th), Heritage Open Days brings people together, including thousands of volunteers and organisations, to celebrate heritage with England's largest community-led festival of history and culture. We're celebrating at Stanwick Lakes on Sunday, 8th September! Join us from 10am to 4pm for our Heritage Open Day, where you can step back […]
An overview A talk spanning ancient & modern times, with many peculiar items. There is also an option to explore the area yourselves afterwards, to find a few of them, including blackberries! The speaker: Susan Copperwheat, a Local & Social Historian based in East Northamptonshire, and a member of Northamptonshire Heritage Forum. "I have been […]
Explore a variety of artist and maker stands, purchase one-of-a-kind pieces, prints and accessories created by the exhibiting artists in the Art in Nature at Stanwick Lakes. Come along to meet the artists, learn about their creative inspiration, watch live demonstrations, and take home a special piece that captures the essence of the exhibition. Click […]
🍂 Autumn Craft Fair at Stanwick Lakes 🍂 Looking for a unique, nature-inspired gift or an early Christmas present? Join us at Stanwick Lakes this Sunday for our Autumn Craft Fair, where local artists and makers will showcase their one-of-a-kind creations in a beautiful setting, outside along the lakeside. 🗓 Date: Sunday, 15th September ⏰ […]
An overview The Song of the Nightingale – following on from his presentation earlier this year about kingfishers, Nick Penny will talk about nightingales in Northamptonshire. He’ll include the reactions of local writers John Clare, HE Bates and “BB” to the nightingale’s glorious song and will play his own harp music to recordings of birds he made […]
An overview Andy is a retired Detective Chief Inspector and was trained as a Senior Investigating Officer. He spent some years working on the Homicide and Major crime Team. His talk looks at how the police respond to a major crime and in particular to a homicide, what is an incident room and how does […]
The talk: Northamptonshire on the Big and Little Screen: Movies, TV programmes, film and TV stars from the county An overview Northamptonshire connections with Stars from the Silver Screen and Personalities from televisions past are investigated in this illustrated talk. Aspects of connections with county Actors and Actresses, involvements with early cinema, British Films, the Golden Age of […]
