Escape the everyday - host your next meeting or gathering on a Suffolk Wildlife Trust nature reserve
Looking for a refreshing change of scene for your next away day, team meeting, or private event? We have unique venues and meeting rooms available for hire in the heart of nature.
With four beautiful facilities across Suffolk, our venues provide the perfect setting to bring people together in peaceful, natural surroundings; and every booking helps support our vital work for nature.

Discovery Room at Carlton Marshes visitor centre - Peter Cook
Carlton Marshes Discovery Room
Located on the outskirts of Lowestoft, Carlton Marshes is a spectacular 1,000 acre nature reserve in the Broads National Park. Within the visitor centre, our Discovery Room is available for private hire.
Capacity: 50
Facilities: parking, toilets (including a Changing Places toilet), cafe, screen, projector, tables, chairs, outdoor space
Fee: £20/hour + VAT. Catering options available from £3pp
Email to enquire: carlton.centre@suffolkwildlifetrust.org

Green Oak Centre, Bradfield Woods - Simply C Photography
Bradfield Woods Green Oak Centre
One of England's finest ancient woodlands, Bradfield Woods is National Nature Reserve south of Bury St Edmunds. By the entrance to the reserve, our cosy Green Oak Centre is available for hire.
Capacity: 12 boardroom style / 20 theatre style
Facilities: parking, kitchen (with kettle, microwave, fridge, crockery & cutlery), toilets, tables, chairs, outdoor spaces
Fee: £20/hour + VAT
Email to enquire: bradfield.engagement@suffolkwildlifetrust.org

Foxburrow Discovery Centre - Steve Alyward
Foxburrow Discovery Centre
A beautiful reserve of rewilded farmland, Foxburrow is a unique nature reserve outside Woodbridge off the A12. One of the historic barns has been converted into our Discovery Centre.
Capacity: 40
Facilities: parking, kitchen (with kettle, microwave, fridge, crockery & cutlery), toilets, projector, tables, chairs, log burner, outdoor spaces
Fee: £20/hour + VAT. With outdoor space: £30/hour + VAT
Email to enquire: foxburrow.engagement@suffolkwildlifetrust.org

Lackford Lakes Wild Learning Room
A short drive from Bury St Edmunds, our Lackford Lakes nature reserve is a wildlife oasis of lakes, woodlands, and Breckland heath. The Wild Learning Room in the visitor centre at is available for private hire.
Capacity: 40
Facilities: parking, toilets, cafe, interative screen, projector, tables, chairs, covered outdoor space
Fee: £20/hour + VAT. Catering options available from £3pp
Email to enquire: lackford.centre@suffolkwildlifetrust.org
Commercial filming
Looking for a wild and beautiful backdrop for your next film or photo shoot? Our nature reserves showcase some of the very best of Suffolk’s natural environment - from sweeping wild landscapes and vast wetlands, to ancient woodlands and atmospheric marsh.
If you’re interested in filming on one of our reserves, please contact Screen Suffolk — the county’s official film office.