Important update: The Visitor Centre is now closed. The country park and gardens will remain open to the public. Please read the update below.

Rutland Water Nature Reserve is an internationally recognised Site of Special Scientific interest (SSSI), Special Protection Area (SPA) and a Ramsar Wetland of International Importance. It is one…

Coastal reserve with shingle, grassland and water features

Tucked away by the side of a large bend in the muddy lower Ouse, the wetland and woodland habitats on this small reserve attract some brilliant wildlife all year round.

The Visitor Centre is open Wednesday-Sunday, 10am-3pm. The nature reserve remains open daily dawn-dusk.

What is unique about Skerne Wetlands? The answer is clear as crystal: the sparkling waters of the UK's most northerly chalk streams and the wildlife living in and around them.

A large and attractive lake in the Colne Valley with nationally important numbers of wintering birds, including spectacular Goldeneye and Smew.

York's busy ring road seems a million miles away once you're out for a stroll on Strensall Common, savouring its expansive beauty and abundant wildlife.

Swanwick Lakes has become one of the Trust’s most popular nature reserves. Much of the reserve is woodland and comes alive with bird song in the spring. Swanwick Lakes is managed in partnership…

Testwood Lakes is a hidden wildlife haven where lapwing, oystercatcher and great crested grebe breed in the spring, and butterflies, dragonflies and damselflies gather in the summer. A beautiful…

Essex’s great transformation story, enjoy birdwatching and walking trails along the banks of the Thames.

Slow worms warming themselves up under rocks, lizards basking on sunny gorse, woodcocks performing their 'roding' display flight at dusk and evidence of hazelnuts chewed by dormice –…

A reserve filled with birdsong south of Bishop’s Stortford, and one of a string of wetlands flanking the Stort Navigation.

The Thorndon Nature Discovery Centre is situated in Thorndon Country Park. There are some fantastic walks through ancient woodland and historic deer parks which lie close alongside recently…

A spacious expanse of flowering meadows, riverside, woodland, hedgerow and parkland.

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The Pond Café at Tyland Barn is now open!

Welcome to Walthamstow Wetlands, a huge, internationally important reserve. Just 15 minutes from central London, and free to visit, you will find a unique haven to explore, enjoy and connect with…

The ever-changing wood, home to the Wilder Blean project where we have introduced European bison.

A wildlife haven at the heart of bustling Winchester

Woodberry Wetlands is a haven for wildlife and people in Hackney: 11 hectares of reed-fringed ponds and dykes, free and accessible to everyone.