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 […]
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 […]
The HERDS is a groundbreaking public art and climate initiative designed to inspire action and renew our bond with the natural world. From April to August 2025, life-size puppet animals will sweep through city centres on a 20,000km journey from the Congo Basin to the Arctic Circle, bringing together the worlds of arts and science […]
This free-to-enter exhibition will explore the heritage journey spanning over 40 years at Stanwick Lakes, from archaeological excavations and quarrying activities to the creation of a nature reserve, visitor centre, and transformative heritage projects. The national significance of the site’s heritage was unearthed during early archaeological excavations prior to gravel quarrying, resulting in a large-scale […]
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 […]
An overview: Join Dr. James Dilley as he looks back at the highs, lows, spills and thrills of the Big Bronze Age Boat Build at the lakes. From amusing predicaments to exploring the role of prehistoric archaeology in today’s world. If you are interested in history, archaeology or crafts (and enjoy a laugh), this is […]
An overview: Join history enthusiast Tim Page as he shares photographic slides – on the original slide projector - of the Stanwick Lakes site as it was during the archaeological and quarry work excavations in the 1980’s and 1990’s. The photos, taken by past Stanwick village resident photographer and historian Ernie Head , are a […]
An overview: For five seasons, from the summer of 1985 to the autumn of 1989, with winter breaks, Andy and Pat Chapman were part of the excavation team at the deserted medieval hamlet of West Cotton, and the underlying prehistoric monuments. During the week they lived on site in a caravan along with their two […]