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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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 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…
Careers
At Suffolk Wildlife Trust, we’re a friendly team of nearly 100 people working across the county to bring nature back to Suffolk. Established in 1961, we’re one of 46 Wildlife Trusts in the UK and the only one focused solely on safeguarding Suffolk’s wildlife & wild spaces. We manage over 7,700 acres across 60 nature reserves, from Lowestoft to Bury St Edmunds, helping local habitats recover & thrive.
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…
Celebrating our volunteers - Matt, Jo and Laura
In the past year, over 1,360 volunteers have contributed nearly 68,300 hours of volunteering time and we are celebrating the fantastic difference our volunteers make for wildlife in Suffolk. Thank…
My career path
As a Trainee Reserves officer at Rutland Water Nature Reserve, Dale is lucky enough that he can take his passion for wildlife to work with him, with a job that will set him up for a career in…
Thank you, arc shopping centre, Bury St Edmunds!
A huge thank you to arc shopping centre in Bury St. Edmunds for helping us raise more than £2,100 from donations and sales, as they hosted wildlife themed events, as well as supporting membership…
Wild Tots, school visits and volunteers...
My name is Charlotte and I am doing my Learning Internship with Jo at Carlton Marshes. As well as working at Carlton Marshes I am also living onsite in the new visitor centre as I have moved to…
A big thank you to the Arc Shopping Centre, Bury St. Edmunds
We want to say a big thank you to arc Shopping Centre in Bury St Edmunds, who have kindly chosen us to be their charity of the year, 2022/23!
Winter visitors
Birdwatcher Tom Hibbert is dreaming of a twite Christmas