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 […]