Visitor centres
Our visitor centres are open 7 days a week and have hot and cold food and drink for sale, and a wildlife themed shop.
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Carlton Marshes Visitor Centre Lowestoft
The southern gateway to the Broads National Park, Carlton Marshes is a huge expanse of water, woodland and marshes, home to a wide variety of fantastic wildlife. The reserve has a number of trails for visitors to explore including the Sprats Water trail which is fully accessible. With a safe wild play area for children, a café, shop and visitor centre it’s the perfect family day out.
Carlton Marshes Nature Reserve & Visitor Centre
1,000 acres of wilderness in the Broads National Park, with floodplain marsh and lowland fen home to some of the largest populations of wading birds in the East of England.
Lackford Lakes Nature Reserve & Visitor Centre
A wildlife oasis of lakes, reedbed, meadow and woodland near Bury St Edmunds. Experience nature all year-round from iridescent kingfisher and dazzling dragonflies, to colourful ducks and precious…
Bonny Wood Nature Reserve
To visit Bonny Wood is, on some levels, to experience two different worlds.
Visitor Centre Volunteer at Lackford Lakes (Bury St Edmunds)
We are looking for volunteers to support our visitor centre at Lackford Lakes into one of the best nature reserves in Suffolk where visitors get close to the wonderful wildlife found on the…
There's plenty to do at the new Carlton Marshes visitor centre!
Volunteers are working hard preparing the new centre for its opening to visitors later this autumn. The reserve is also being prepared for wild visitors, as our migratory birds and wintering…
Carlton Marshes Visitor Centre receives building awards
We're delighted that Carlton Marshes was recognised at the East Suffolk Quality of Place Awards with a 'Green Commendation' and 'Highly Commended' in the Community…
Wood warbler
Look for the wood warbler singing from the canopy of oak woodlands in the north and west of the UK. Green above, it has a distinctive, bright yellow throat and eyestripe.
Walk: Butterflies in Bonny Wood.
A walk to an ancient woodland where a variety of butterflies can be seen.
Dragonfly delights, Fen Raft Spider drama and the visitor centre build begins!
In the heat butterflies, dragonflies and Fen Raft Spiders are out in huge numbers, head to Carlton Marshes for an invertebrate safari. Read on for wildlife news from across the Suffolk Broads,…
Combs Wood Nature Reserve
Situated in rolling farmland just above Combs Ford near Stowmarket, this small but botanically rich reserve has roots stretching back to the Domesday book, where it was recorded as “a wood for 16…