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This is a list of nature centres in the United Kingdom.
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This is a list of nature centres in the United Kingdom.
| Name | Location | County | Summary |
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| Ainsdale Discovery Centre | Ainsdale | Merseyside | information, headquarters for the Sefton Coast and Countryside Service, education and programs about the 988-hectares Ainsdale and Birkdale Sandhills Local Nature Reserve |
| Attenborough Nature Centre | Attenborough | Nottinghamshire | Operated by the Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust, includes visitor centre, 145 hectares of lakes, wetland, grassland and scrub |
| Avenue Learning Centre | Wingerworth | Derbyshire | website, operated by the Derbyshire Wildlife Trust, open for school visits in the Avenue Washlands reserve |
| Bishops Wood Centre | Stourport-on-Severn | Worcestershire | website, focuses on learning for sustainability, outdoor environmental learning, 39 hectares, operated by the Field Studies Council |
| Birmingham Nature Centre | Birmingham | West Midlands | Zoo with a range of animals from Europe and around the world |
| Brandon Marsh Nature Centre | Coventry | West Midlands | Headquarters of the Warwickshire Wildlife Trust, 92 hectare (228 acre) reserve with visitor centre with displays, hands-on activities and reserve information |
| British Wildlife Centre | Newchapel, Surrey | Surrey | Outdoor displays of native wildlife |
| Brocks Hill Country Park and Environment Centre | Oadby | Leicestershire | website, 30 hectares (67 acres), visitor centre features sustainable living technology |
| Canterbury Environmental Education Centre | Canterbury | Kent | website, 12 hectares, run in partnership with Kent County Council and National Grid |
| Centre of the Earth | Birmingham | West Midlands | Environmental education center operated by the Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country |
| Conkers | Moira | Leicestershire | website, located in the National Forest, 120 acres, indoor and outdoor exhibits and discovery areas |
| Cricklepit Mill | Exeter | Devon | website, working water mill, headquarters for the Devon Wildlife Trust |
| Earth Trust Centre | Little Wittenham | South Oxfordshire | Operated by Earth Trust, visitor and education centre, near the Wittenham Clumps |
| Holland Park Ecology Centre | Kensington and Chelsea | London | 22-hectare park (54 acres), programs include nature walks, talks, programs for schools and outdoor activity programs for children |
| How Hill | Ludham | Norfolk | Seasonal gardens, residential environmental education courses for school children, adult and family programs |
| Iver Nature Study Centre | Iver | Buckinghamshire | website, 2.5 acres, run in partnership with Groundwork Thames Valley and the National Grid |
| Langdon Visitor Centre | Basildon | Essex | 461-acre Langdon reserve, operated by Essex Wildlife Trust, includes the Havens Plotlands Museum |
| Natural ScienceCentre | Newchapel | Staffordshire | website, includes a planetarium, observatory, alternative energy displays and a reclaimed wasteheap conservation area |
| Natural World Centre | Thorpe on the Hill | Lincolnshire | Visitor and nature education centre for Whisby Nature Park |
| The Nature Discovery Centre | Thatcham | Berkshire | Located on a quarry lake, features interactive wildlife and natural history displays, near to Thatcham Reed Beds, operated by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds |
| Parkridge Centre | Solihull | West Midlands | Operated by the Warwickshire Wildlife Trust in Brueton Park, 5.5 acre reserve in 130-acre park |
| Pensthorpe | Fakenham | Norfolk | Reserve covers 600 acres (240 ha), includes visitor centre, gardens, lakes |
| Radipole Lake | Weymouth | Dorset | Wild Weymouth Discovery Centre features exhibits and programs about the lake and birds, trails and viewing blinds, operated by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds |
| Ribble Discovery Centre | Lytham St Annes | Lancashire | website, education about Fairhaven Lake and the Ribble and Alt Estuaries, operated by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds |
| Rippledown Environmental Education Centre | Ringwould | Kent | website, outdoor learning center, operated by the Bay Trust |
| Rutland Water Nature Reserve | Egleton | Rutland | Includes the Anglian Water Birdwatching Centre and the Lyndon Visitor Centre |
| Skelton Grange Environment Centre | Leeds | West Yorkshire | website, 10 acres, partnership between The Conservation Volunteers and National Grid |
| Tilgate Nature Centre | Crawley | West Sussex | Features over 100 different species of animals including endangered and farmyard animals |
| Wembury Marine Centre | Wembury | Devon | Operated seasonally by Devon Wildlife Trust, features interactive displays, aquaria and rockpool rambles |
| West Boldon Lodge | West Boldon | Tyne and Wear | website, 13 acres, programs for schools and the community |
| Wildlife Discovery Room at Carsington Water | Ashbourne | Derbyshire | Operated as a partnership of Derbyshire Wildlife Trust and Severn Trent Water |
| WWT Arundel Wetland Centre | Arundel | West Sussex | 60-acre (240,000 m²) wetland reserve with visitor centre, trails, hides, boat safari |
| WWT London Wetland Centre | Barnes | London | Over 100 acres (40 hectares), wetland reserve with visitor centre, trails, hides, ducks and birds from around the world |
| WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre | Ormskirk | West Lancashire | Over 363 acres (147 ha), wetland reserve with visitor centre, trails, hides, canoeing, otters, natural play space |
| WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre | Slimbridge | Gloucestershire | 120 acres (49 ha), wetland reserve with visitor centre, trails, hides, canoeing, toad and amphibian display, flamingo lagoon |
| WWT Washington Wetland Centre | Washington | Tyne and Wear | Features rare and exotic birds, otters, wetland-themed adventure play area |
| WTT Welney Wetland Centre | Welney | Norfolk | Wetland reserve with visitor centre, trails, hides, Fenland Worlds Discovery Centre |
Angus is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland, a registration county and a lieutenancy area. The council area borders Aberdeenshire, Dundee City and Perth and Kinross. Main industries include agriculture and fishing. Global pharmaceuticals company GSK has a significant presence in Montrose in the north of the county.
The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) is an international wildfowl and wetland conservation charity in the United Kingdom. Its patron is Prince Charles, and its president is Kate Humble.
WWT Caerlaverock is wetland nature reserve in southwest Scotland, one of nine reserves in Britain operated by the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust founded by Sir Peter Scott.
WWT Arundel is one of nine wildfowl and wetland nature reserves managed by the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, a nature conservation charity in the United Kingdom. The 60 acres (24 ha) reserve is situated at the foot of the Offham Hangar, a part of the Arun valley in Arundel, West Sussex, England.
WWT London Wetland Centre is a wetland reserve managed by the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust in the Barnes area of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, southwest London, England, by Barn Elms. The site is formed of four disused Victorian reservoirs tucked into a loop in the Thames.
WWT Llanelli Wetland Centre at Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales is one of ten wetland nature reserves in the UK managed by the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, a nature conservation charity.
WWT Slimbridge is a wetland wildlife reserve near Slimbridge in Gloucestershire, England. It is midway between Bristol and Gloucester on the eastern side of the estuary of the River Severn. The reserve, set up by the artist and naturalist Sir Peter Scott, opened in November 1946. Scott subsequently founded the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, which has since opened eight reserves around the country. Slimbridge comprises some 800 hectares of pasture, reed bed, lagoon and salt marsh. Many water birds live there all year round, and others are migrants on their ways to and from their summer breeding grounds. Other birds overwinter, including large numbers of white-fronted geese and increasing numbers of Bewick's swans.
WWT Washington Wetland Centre is a wetland reserve managed by the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust at Washington, Tyne and Wear, North East England.
Ouse Washes is a linear 2,513.6 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest stretching from near St Ives in Cambridgeshire to Downham Market in Norfolk. It is also a Ramsar internationally important wetland site, a Special Protection Area under the European Union Birds Directive, a Special Area of Conservation, and a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I. An area of 186 hectares between March and Ely is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire, and another area near Chatteris is managed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust manages another area near Welney.
Montrose is a town and former royal burgh in Angus, Scotland. Situated 38 miles north of Dundee and 42 miles south of Aberdeen, Montrose lies between the mouths of the North and South Esk rivers. It is the northernmost coastal town in Angus and developed as a natural harbour that traded in skins, hides, and cured salmon in medieval times.
Carsington Water is a reservoir operated by Severn Trent Water located between Wirksworth and Kniveton in Derbyshire, England. The reservoir takes water from the River Derwent at Ambergate during winter months, pumping up to the reservoir by 10.5-kilometre (6.5 mi) long tunnels and aqueduct. Water is released back into the river during summer months for water abstraction and treatment further downstream. It is England's ninth largest reservoir with a capacity of 35,412 megalitres.
The Devon Wildlife Trust is a member of The Wildlife Trusts partnership covering the county of Devon, England. It is a registered charity, established in 1962 as the Devon Naturalists Trust, and its aim is to safeguard the future of the county's urban, rural and marine wildlife and its environment.
The Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust,, covers the whole ceremonial county of Lincolnshire, England. It was founded in 1948 as a voluntary charitable organisation dedicated to conserving the wildlife and wild places of Lincolnshire and to promoting the understanding and enjoyment of the natural world.
Montrose Basin is a nearly circular tidal basin which makes up part of the estuary of the River South Esk and which sits just inland of the town of Montrose in Angus on the east coast of Scotland. The basin is protected by a number of designations, it is managed by the Scottish Wildlife Trust as a Wildlife Reserve, as well as being designated as a Local Nature Reserve, Site of Special Scientific Interest, a Special Protection Area and a Ramsar Site.
The Scottish Wildlife Trust is a registered charity dedicated to conserving the wildlife and natural environment of Scotland.
Loch of the Lowes is a loch near Dunkeld in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. The loch and the surrounding area are designated as a wildlife reserve, run by the Scottish Wildlife Trust. The loch is also a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), as well as forming part of a Special Area of Conservation.
The Millennium Coastal Park was originally a project undertaken by Llanelli Borough Council to transform a 12 miles stretch of industrial wasteland on the south Carmarthenshire coast into green parkland. The project was then taken over by Carmarthenshire County Council after the amalgamation of Welsh local authorities and the land was transformed into a landscaped recreational area for the general public. The park is 1000 hectares in area, cost £35 million to develop and in 2002 was awarded a Civic Trust Award. It has extensive views over the Lloughor Estuary to the Gower Peninsula. It includes a cycle track which provides traffic-free cycling and has been described as "one of the finest stretches of the whole National Cycle Network". Another feature is a wave-shaped, grass-covered landform, created from 115,000 cubic metres (4,100,000 cu ft) pulverised fuel ash, a form of "land art".
Spey Bay is a small settlement in Moray, Scotland. It is situated at the eastern side of the mouth of the River Spey on the coast of the Moray Firth between the village of Kingston on the western side of the Spey, and the fishing port of Buckie to the east.
St Cyrus or Saint Cyrus, formerly Ecclesgreig is a village in the far south of Aberdeenshire, Scotland.