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CARPARK CAPACITY: Our car parks are currently OPEN with SPACES. Updates about congestion and capacity will be posted here. Thank you.

 

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.

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Plan Your Visit

We offer bespoke events especially for uniformed groups, whether at district level or with smaller units. These events are designed to engage young people with our values of nature, heritage and adventure and support the inspiring programme that uniformed group volunteers provide. If you would like to begin planning your own unique event today, contact our education team with your chosen session/s from the options below, your preferred date/s, and group size. We look forward to welcoming you.     

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Shelter Building

Learn to design, build and evaluate a waterproof structure. Perfect for those working towards their ‘Brilliant Builder’ or ‘Camp Craft’ badges. 

A vibrant blue and orange kingfisher perched on a log, enjoying a small fish for his dinner.

Brilliant Birds

Learn how we can identify and group a variety of birds, looking closely at their structure and discussing how our birds are well suited to their habitat. Perfect for those working towards their ‘Go Wild’ or ‘Naturalist’ badges.  

Wildlife Detectives

Identify and name a variety of common animals in our woodland and wetland habitats and practice working scientifically by learning about the importance of monitoring wildlife and discovering the methods used to do so. Perfect for those working towards their ‘Go Wild’ or ‘Naturalist’ badges.

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Minibeasting

Learn to identify and classify living things in our woodland’s micro-habitats and explore non-living things, to discover how minibeasts rely on dead or decaying habitats to survive. Perfect for those working towards their ‘Go Wild’ or ‘Naturalist’ badges. 

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Natural Art

Learn about natural art and artists and design, make and evaluate your own piece of natural art. Perfect for those working towards their ‘Get Creative’ or ‘Naturalist’ badges. 

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Pond Dipping

Learn to identify and classify living things in our pond’s micro-habitat and explore how this habitat supports the processes of life. Perfect for those working towards their ‘Go Wild’ or ‘Naturalist’ badges.  

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